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I have a bantam Cochin hen with a large egg-sized lump to the right of her breast. I'm pretty sure it's her crop as I can feel grit and junk in it. It is so much bigger than normal and it didn't empty at all today, what should I do? The vet's office nearby doesn't open again until Tuesday and I...

Update: an EE hen that seemed relatively okay yesterday and this morning died today, found her on her back with a little blood on her beak (RIP Gorgonzola :() The one that is coughing up blood (Gouda) is still alive as is the other one in isolation. Poor Cheddar is speckled with the blood from...

Gouda has deteriorated further and there is now the telltale blood splatters around the cage. She is obviously struggling to breath but still is moving around. I decided not to cull her tonight (probably a poor decision on my part but there's a part of me that desperately wanta to see her live...

I live in a very small and rural town in Maine. Their eyes don't look bubbly and I haven't noticed any facial swelling, but there seems to be a bit of nasal drainage. There is no blood on the walls as only one seems to be coughing it up. My chickens are about 7-8 months old, but I don't know how...

I have a flock of 12 assorted birds at the moment and when I checked on them this morning, many were coughing and sneezing (at least 5 or 6) and two of them had crackly breathing at times. I separated the two who seemed the worst off and put them in my garage, but that's when Gouda coughed up a...

Definitely not an air sac! I used a 25 gauge needle (didn't have an 18) to attempt to relieve the pressure and it was dark dark blood. Looked like older blood, it was almost black. I got two good syringe-fuls of it before I got nervous about it and stopped. Maybe when she got pecked a vessel...

Thank you so so much for all the resources!! From fowl pox to coccidiosis, you've bailed me out quite a few times over the years. It definitely seems like a leaking air sac - I noticed her get pecked a couple times in that area when first being integrated so the diagnosis fits. I work at a vet's...

I don't really live in an area that has botflies, but I'll check just in case. I'm in northern Maine where it's usually too cold for most common insect borne problems to be prominent

I recently got two brahma hens from a fair, and I couldn't tell them apart except for that darker coloration on one of their faces. Now, one of them has a huge protrusion from the back of her head and at first I thought her feathers had gotten rumpled, but I'm fairly certain it's a growth at...

Central Maine, which is usually pretty far from everybody else. But if you're in Maine New Hampshire or Massachusetts, I would be willing drive the distance.

As sad as it is, I probably will look for a new home for her :( I don't want her to have a poor quality of life and judging by how things are going right now that's where we're headed. I'll give it another go with the dog kennel separation but I'm thinking it's better for her to be in a bantam...

I don't have a fence but I have a large dog kennel. And I would assume she's a bantam only because I've heard Cochins are supposed to be large, but she's not as small as the other bantam chickens I've had in the past. I have a flock of 12 total with the other 11 consisting of brahmas...

I recently bought three new hens to add to my little flock- two brahmas and a cochin. Now, I'm unfamiliar with the cochin breed but I've heard they're bigger chickens and the one I have seems a lot more like a bantam to me. Anyway, the brahmas are settling in decently but the cochin is getting...

We have a fairly small coop for the chickens at night but they free range during the day. Cold weather is coming so we're working on converting and winterizing a shed for them. I would love to keep them in a run (predators are inevitable) but as of now we don't have one set up. The crate with...

Recently was given a small hen that I think is a cochin? She has feathered legs and I don't think she's laying yet but I'm unfamiliar with the breed. Anyway, I have a flock of 9 bigger hens that have just started coming into lay (wyandottes, Easter eggers, black giants, columbian rock crosses)...