How cute. Funny, that's what my DH calls those breed of chickens.
Phyllis Diller chickens. lol
I missed the PBS special, sounds like something I'd like to watch. Maybe we'll get a rerun, I'll watch for it.
What should I do for my sick hen?
My little hen is doing so much better I thought I'd share! Her face is completely
clear and the only sign left of her problem is a black area on her comb. She
went outside with the rest Sat & Sun but didn't come back to the barn 'til Tues.
Scared me! I thought something got her. She's safe now in her rabbit cage 'til
daylight is long enough for me to let them out everyday.
Yeah!
Tam
Terry just moved this thread so I thought I'd post a conclusion. My little hen is all healed up and living in
harmony with the rest of the flock! The black on her comb was a scab and its off now. She's got fresh new
flesh there. Thanks for all your help with my hen.
Tam
very interesting story, thanks for moving it here!
so glad she is well!!!
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Glad it turned out well, Tammy.
HELP ME!! i have a chicken and she is not being herself, she is sitting in a nest all day long and barely moving just to drink or eat and won't go outside when you pick her up she fluffs up her back feathers and her head is near the ground she is the only black chicken around spotted ones HELP
Does she make funny noises along with these actions when you move her ? If so, that sounds like how they act when they are broody. They just want to be left alone to sit on the nest all day. If she is sitting on some fertile eggs......... in 21 days, you should have chicks. I hope she is well, and this is all it is. Let us know.
Jillie - I think Peggie is right. My little black hens get broody and there's
nothing I can do to persuade them to get off the nest. I have no roosters
and the hen is no longer laying (she's getting pretty old - maybe 4-5yrs)
but she is determined to brood. Sits on the nest day after day.
Tam
Hey there JilliexCoolie, I know where Weare is! I used to work there. She definitely sounds broody to me, Basically she's got her mama clock ticking extra loud right now and wants to hatch eggs. She's get over it. One way to maybe tell is to pick her up and see if she pulled out her chest feathers ( to better warm the eggs) if so, she's definitely broody.
i had a broody hen (ruth) that refused to move off her nest for anything, not food not water nothing! and she refused to lay an egg not one for 2 weeks! so i had to shut her out of the hen house so she decided to hid by the back door and attack my legs when i came out until i reopened the hen house, after i did that she was fine and even stopped sitting on the nest
I'm not positive as what your hen has wrong with her, but it appears to be CRD. Agin, it looks like it may be a case of Fowl Pox. The swelling of the wattles could be Cholera. All in all, I would feel safe to say it's Fowl Pox. There is no cure for Fowl Pox once a chicken has it. The best remedy is to vaccianate the birds in the summer. Fowl Pox usually shows up in the fall. mosquitos are usually the carriers of Fowl Pox.
I have never lost a chicken from fowl pox, and with time, your hen may recover.
That was an old posting. I ended up losing her a few months after
she got sick. She appeared to recover but died anyway. No other
chickens got sick. Don't know what it was but perhaps you are right.
Tam