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Post by samwiseg on Jan 26, 2015 20:56:56 GMT
Oh god, how awful! Didn't realise chickens could be like that
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Post by starlingqueen on Jan 26, 2015 23:27:40 GMT
Oh god, how awful! Didn't realise chickens could be like that It's just instinct. They attack anything red. In a fight they go for the combs and wattles. Never enter a group of chickens with a fresh cut. They will peck at it relentlessly.
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Post by samwiseg on Jan 27, 2015 8:34:09 GMT
Oh god, how awful! Didn't realise chickens could be like that It's just instinct. They attack anything red. In a fight they go for the combs and wattles. Never enter a group of chickens with a fresh cut. They will peck at it relentlessly. Thanks for the warning! Didnt realise how carnivorous they were
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Post by Shirls on Jan 27, 2015 8:34:51 GMT
I wonder if this is partly caused by the girls' crappy start to life. I suppose there is no way to stop her laying for a bit either??? I have been advised by other owners that after 'treating' the prolapse to give them a teaspoonful of olive oil in their food for 3 or 4 days after to prevent them from laying. I put a spoonful in on the day I treated Bea and she laid the next day, so not sure whether this would actually work, perhaps it needed to be done over several days. I didn't give her any more anyway as she was laying ok.
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Post by starlingqueen on Jan 27, 2015 11:26:18 GMT
I wonder if this is partly caused by the girls' crappy start to life. I suppose there is no way to stop her laying for a bit either??? I have been advised by other owners that after 'treating' the prolapse to give them a teaspoonful of olive oil in their food for 3 or 4 days after to prevent them from laying. I put a spoonful in on the day I treated Bea and she laid the next day, so not sure whether this would actually work, perhaps it needed to be done over several days. I didn't give her any more anyway as she was laying ok. There would have already been an egg in transit so would have had to be laid. If the olive oil were to work it would have been the day following that egg.
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Post by Hezz on Jan 28, 2015 0:17:56 GMT
That sounds like keep giving her the olive oil for a bit and see how things go.
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Post by Shirls on Jan 29, 2015 8:40:11 GMT
Bea seems OK now Hezz and starlingqueen. Fingers crossed that is. Both her and Georgie are laying daily at the moment. It is quite fun cos they both want to lay in what I call the 'egg basket'. Will have to post a pic as although the basket is quite large it doesn't really house two Buff Orpingtons! They both got in there yesterday sideways on!!!
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Post by samwiseg on Jan 29, 2015 8:49:53 GMT
Silly chickens
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Post by Shirls on Jan 29, 2015 8:50:26 GMT
Here we go: Could only get a pic of Bea, as when I approach they usually come out of the basket!
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Post by samwiseg on Jan 29, 2015 8:51:31 GMT
BRILLIANT!
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Post by OP on Jan 29, 2015 9:03:21 GMT
Where there's a will there's a lay. Not so silly eh!
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Post by Hezz on Jan 29, 2015 23:29:16 GMT
Good heavens, those birds are big!!! Until I saw Georgie's head in the second photo I assumed that both birds were in the basket on top of each other!!! Particularly the top photo. Silly chookies.
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Post by Shirls on Jan 30, 2015 15:45:47 GMT
I knew I shouldn't have said typed it!! Bea still having problems with her prolapse! I am now giving her olive oil every day (today being the second day) and crushed up Tums. Yes, Tums. Was recommended on the Back Yard Chicken forum, they are after all calcium based. She has also had a washed bum, prolapse pushed in,(again!)some Preparation H and some more Sudacrem! I feel quite worn out having to check and do all these things. Have really got the hang of picking her up for her 'bum inspection' now. She is sooo good bless her.
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Post by Hezz on Jan 31, 2015 0:22:22 GMT
Oh, poor little dear. How long before the olive oil starts to work? Would taking the basket away help, like it does with budgies, I wonder........... I was thinking to myself as I came onto this thread, your two would have to be contenders for the most photographed chookies on the planet.
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Post by Shirls on Jan 31, 2015 9:39:17 GMT
No Hezz, removing the 'egg basket' would only make them lay somewhere else if they wanted to lay!!!! Today is the third day of the olive oil, and she didn't lay yesterday so fingers crossed we have hit her 'days off' period, giving the olive oil time to work. Watch this space.
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