4-Hgirl --- Me and my animals

[4-Hgirl]

We are leaving for the fair on the 26th and Elvis still won't walk good he is so stubborn half the time I am pulling him while he braces all 4 legs and refuses to move and his halter is to big for him on the nose it has come off his nose and almost all the way off and when I use the prong collar he is just choking himself like at county fair I tried to use the collar and I will never use it again he went along nice enough in the class where he is being judged but in showmanship he decided he was going to be done walking nice and was choking himself.

I have already said this but spot pigs are awful to train we have had 3 of them my little sis had 1 last year named Bubbles she has another one this year named Cuddles and I have one named Puddles. all three of them were terrors to train.

this year my little sis asked if she could get 2 goats so she wouldn't have to get a pig like how is 1 extra goat easier then a pig? she would have better luck training 3 spots then she would 2 goats. Goats are just so stubborn they won't move with a prong collar.

 

[4-Hgirl]

I was just throwing scratch to my standard chickens and one of my Barred Plymouth Rock hens was having trouble walking and she was having trouble balancing and I don't know what is wrong any help would be appreciated

 

[fuzzi]

I was just throwing scratch to my standard chickens and one of my Barred Plymouth Rock hens was having trouble walking and she was having trouble balancing and I don't know what is wrong any help would be appreciated

How old is she?
Has she been laying eggs?

 

[fuzzi]

Here's some information on balance issues:

Off-Balance Hen, becoming lethargic

Hi all, Over the last few days, our 5 year old Black Orpington Hen began acting clumsy. She seems to be off-balance and sometimes trips and falls when jumping- especially on jumps she she had previously never had any issues with, like up to her roost bar or down some small steps. She is the...

www.backyardchickens.com

 

[4-Hgirl]

How old is she?
Has she been laying eggs?

I think she is 6 years old and I don't know about eggs since she is in a coop with 11 other hens

 

[fuzzi]

I think she is 6 years old and I don't know about eggs since she is in a coop with 11 other hens

It might be some type of reproductive issue.

My first rooster, Joel, was having troubles walking. I picked him up, couldn't see anything obviously wrong. When I put him down he fell over, went into seizures, and died. He was 13 months old. I never figured out what was wrong, none of the other chickens had issues.

 

[Baymule]

She may be internally laying. The post from BYH talked about it. I had a hen do that but I didn’t know it. I was butchering older hens to make room for young pullets, when I cut open the older her, her insides were packed with layers of eggs.

 

[fuzzi]

She may be internally laying. The post from BYH talked about it. I had a hen do that but I didn’t know it. I was butchering older hens to make room for young pullets, when I cut open the older her, her insides were packed with layers of eggs.

I don't imagine that was comfortable...

 

[Baymule]

I don't imagine that was comfortable...

She wasn’t acting “off”. No idea until I butchered her.

 

[4-Hgirl]

while she can walk because she went in and out of the coop and she is just squatting. could it be bumblefoot? I don't even know what that looks like but I brought a different hen in to 4-H to practice and the lady doing it with me asked if she had bumblefoot just wondering if that could maybe be it