Hey.... Lets keep Chickens..!

Gigervamp

Have a look on Chicken Vet. It looks like there is one around your way.

ionahenor2

LAM2011 Try asking on one of the other chicken forums like down the lane, Omlet etc.These might be of help too.

http://www.downthelane.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=23863&sid=d206cef9883fcbb8d6cc725501618e85

http://club.omlet.co.uk/forum/viewforum.php?f=11


http://chat.allotment.org.uk/index.php?topic=17568.0

Good luck with your little hen. Having just lost my favourite black rock too I feel for you.

mountainviews

Just in case anyone is interested, I wanted some maggots for my chicken who had sour crop, I do not have a fishing shop near me, so I had to look online, some of the maggots looked horrid, all coloured, but found one an auction site Eb** they sell small quantities, I think they are for feeding to reptiles etc, anyway they are not dyed, and are fed on oats and honey , so no problem - as I read you can get problems with maggots fed on carrion, just look up pet supplies section and put in "live maggots" they are cheap, and are sent in a little petrie dish 1st class post, no wastage as some people buy 1/2 pint and throw the rest away, just thought I would mention it as they arrived within 24 hours of ordering £2.30 inc postage! and not everyone can get to the shops!
bargain!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hope everyones chooks are doing well.:)

Mojisola

mountainviews wrote: »

Just in case anyone is interested, I wanted some maggots for my chicken who had sour crop, I do not have a fishing shop near me, so I had to look online, some of the maggots looked horrid, all coloured, but found one an auction site Eb** they sell small quantities, I think they are for feeding to reptiles etc, anyway they are not dyed, and are fed on oats and honey , so no problem - as I read you can get problems with maggots fed on carrion, just look up pet supplies section and put in "live maggots" they are cheap, and are sent in a little petrie dish 1st class post, no wastage as some people buy 1/2 pint and throw the rest away, just thought I would mention it as they arrived within 24 hours of ordering £2.30 inc postage! and not everyone can get to the shops!
bargain!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hope everyones chooks are doing well.:)

There's no need for waste - just feed the leftovers to the rest of the chickens!

HeatherintheHills

mountainviews wrote: »

Just in case anyone is interested, I wanted some maggots for my chicken who had sour crop, I do not have a fishing shop near me, so I had to look online, some of the maggots looked horrid, all coloured, but found one an auction site Eb** they sell small quantities, I think they are for feeding to reptiles etc, anyway they are not dyed, and are fed on oats and honey , so no problem - as I read you can get problems with maggots fed on carrion, just look up pet supplies section and put in "live maggots" they are cheap, and are sent in a little petrie dish 1st class post, no wastage as some people buy 1/2 pint and throw the rest away, just thought I would mention it as they arrived within 24 hours of ordering £2.30 inc postage! and not everyone can get to the shops!
bargain!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hope everyones chooks are doing well.:)

How big a quantity did you get for £2.30?

Locally I get a pint for about £1.30 and there is never any waste, the chooks love them and there is a near riot when they spot them.

Thriftkitten

Baby sabelpoots growing by the day, they are soooo cute and will be 2 weeks old on friday, I cant believe the colouring on their wing feathers and they look so funny with fluffy feet, but boy can they fly already when jumping out of the hutch to the outside run....
On a more depressing note "Sue" the female hen is still cox a doo ing every morning, of course we have never had an egg in the 3 months or so that we have had her..... I'm really feeling down about it as she has grown on us as a pet but I can't keep her much longer as she is waking the elderly neighbours, I hate the thought of the inevitable with her, but I am finding it sooo hard to rehome a female hen that crows and dosent lay eggs!!!!:o
I just wish I could find a kindly person who had a lot of space and didn't mind no eggs!!!

Badrick

Free at the moment on Kindle, may prove useful to someone..

Treating the Sick or Injured Chicken [Kindle Edition]

eveie189

Thanks for that Badrick, just downloaded it.

dianasnan

thanks for that, I am chicken sitting for a relative at the moment and hopefully will not need this, but it's good to be prepared..

Syman

Badrick wrote: »

Free at the moment on Kindle, may prove useful to someone..

Treating the Sick or Injured Chicken [Kindle Edition]

many thanks, as it's free nothing to lose.

while i'm here...

The last of the school girls has now started laying, so now get 5 eggs most days. they are now showing their characters a bit more too.
also for the time being their run space has doubled as the rabbit and guinea pigs are away on holiday so they get do eat some fresh grass and bugs. Not the clippings from my lawn.

Hope all is well with all of you and your birds.