4m x 3m Omlet pen, cube, new auto door still boxed and coop light

[Chucky1]

Hi everyone. Please take pity on a newbie.

 

We have managed six hybrids for the last 6 months or so with a regular 5 or 6 eggs a day. We decided to add a further 8 chickens to the flock and this has resulted in some pecking and mugging by the older gals. We have dealt with this by giving the perpetraor a cuddle each time, and it seems to have worked.

 

However I noticed tonight that one of the older gals has a bit of a rattle in her chest and a bit of a cough. She seems otherwise OK and is still eating and drinking and doing chicken type stuff.

 

What is it and what should we do?

[Christian]

Any rattle when they breathe would indicate a chest infection and I would recommend a visit to the vet. A quick course of antibiotics should clear it up.

 

Hope she is better soon.

[Staffordmum]

This is a helpful reference guide too :

 

http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pwhjQ6Yng877iz_JNiCN1IQ

 

she's on the road to recovery soon ...

 

Rgds,

 

Pat & Steve

[Chucky1]

Thanks for getting back so quickly.

 

I'll let you know how she gets on.

 

Fingers crossed.

 

 

 

Update. Well as of 5 minutes (17:05, 21/8) ago this seems to have cured itself no rattles from any chicken and no one coughing, everyone laying. We're great though the chickens may be a bit fed up of being picked up and having an ear put to their chest for a minute or so.

 

Thanks for the tips