I give mine garlic.. approx 1 clove per chooken in the water once a month. Once that is gone ACV until that is consumed & then I give them plain fresh water until the next dose of garlic around the next full moon.
They love plain fresh water too. They need a break from the garlic & ACV.. at least I think they do.
When I am dosing them up with garlic & ACV, I make sure they have no access to fresh water, so that I know they are actually getting the stuff into them. Once they have finished the the garlic/ACV water, then they get to drink the plain water.
If they know they can access fresh water instead of the garlic/ACV, they will, as they do prefer it.. well mine do anyway 🙂
Can anyone tell me what it means when they have a floppy comb? My rescue girls had floppy, pale combs. They are changing to be more normal looking, but wondering what caused it in the first place. :shrug:
Maybe some special attention and exclusive (supervised) rights to the vege garden might be all she needs? Chooks seem to thrive being the ‘favoured’ ones. Extra worms and greens…
Does the pale comb thing have anything to do with sunlight? Mine started colouring up within the day and are now bright red (and I would have thought if they were going to go off the lay they would be doing it now while it’s getting cooler and have been relocated).
My chooks have a pale floppy comb if they are stressed or sick. It’s a sign to watch your chook carefully to check nothing is wrong. Moulting, new environment, being hen-pecked, thirst, just being caught and dusted with lice powder etc. are all stresses that can cause a comb to go pale and floppy.
If the chook hasn’t got any current stresses, keep an eye out for any other symptoms and give a few treats – greens, ACV, etc to check she is not sick.
Well, we’ve hand fed her garlic, fresh water and greens, checked her all over for ticks, mites etc over the last few days and she’s not improving – in fact she’s looking worse. Not standing at all, eyes shut most of the time.
sorry to hear that marz. maybe she is egg bound in which case it would be the kindest thing to put her to sleep as after this length of time she would be too far gone to help her as peritonitis would probably have set in. have you noticed any discharge and were her poos normal looking. we have lost a couple of chooks this way despite our efforts at intervention so don’t feel bad, as you did all you could.:hug:
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