that i lost my beautiful ex Batt this morning :-( last night she was the only one not to go into home, so i lifted her and put her in, i hope she went in her sleep and didnt suffer, she was still eating and drinking well into the afternoon, she was by far my prettiest henny penny and i miss her so m...

Miss Ellie i havnt got the antibiotics, but she has had a dose of metacam tonight, will ask about anti biotics on monday and the cost etc, really do not want to see her suffer, i think she has egg peritonitis, but im stuck on the whole situation, she looks so well apart from her poor little tummy, i...

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Where do you draw the line with your Chickens when you have an ill one, im hoping that i do not upset anyone here, but vet bills are so expensive and i know that they are family pets, but vets do like to charge an excessive amount of money and when you have a rescue hen, do you just give and try you...

Thank-you i will do, she is eating dandelions at the moment, wide awake and having lots of love :-)

Aww get well soon

Yes thank-you, she seems to have perked up a bit this eve have given her one drop of Meta-cam, was advised of this, her poop is looking, what id call normal, not runny, yellow tinged with black and is going regular, added some grapefruit to her water, plenty of greens tonight and she seems much more...

Hiya, thanks for asking, pretty much the same as yesterday, stood of one foot, shutting her eyes, picking at bits of food and water, bit hunched up, what do i do next? :-(

Yes its been awful weather, i need to build mine a run also, just cannot get out in it at the moment!!! Yes it is frustrating! x

Yes, im sure i might have too if she doesn't perk up, funny as she looks the healthiest one out of the four, ill try all you suggested tomorrow and see what happens x

Aww, Hello to you too, hopefully you will have a bit more luck with the May re-homing, hope your other two are getting on well and giving you some eggs xxx

No i dont think she is pushing then, tut i hope she will be ok she is a beauty of a hen !

WoW thanks for all the info, ill check in the morning as she is sleeping now by the radiator in a box, she looks very settled, i did look at the vent and it was contracting, not sure wether this would usually happen??? but thanks everyone xxx

Yes and thanks ive tryed this also, but they are free ranging around my garden in the day so i suppose they just eat what they find!!! i dont give them treats till the afternoon, i suppose if they were REALLY hungry they would eat the corn, instead they have raided my herb patch, flowers etc and lot...