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Thank you so much, we will continue. The leg is still hot this morning. She has a good, normal looking poop and continues to eat and drink. If you can think on anything else, please post again.

Thank you, I have emailed him before. It is worth a try! She is now on antibiotics and breathing poorly; I hope I have at least started the treatment correctly.

We had a hen who became eggbound every year, I am not sure why. I know that calcium is important to prevent the condition. The last time this happened, we did the traditional soak in warm water. You can also rub olive oil on her bum, and up into it just a bit (sorry to be graphic). This...

So, our 8 week baby hen is hanging in there (literally in a make-shift traction hammock, I posted an earlier thread about that) after her leg was munched by a raccoon. We put her in traction, and put the leg in a splint. The leg was very swollen, toes are swollen and probably broken a bit...

Look up gapeworms, just in case. We had one that dropped weight and shook her head, I did not notice until she was really ill. Then, it was too late, I read about gapeworms later and really think that may have been culprit. She loved eating eathworms who are involved in the life cycle. You...

OH, ours is white usually. But I think it could be gray, too. The stuff is the microscopic remains of exoskeletons and I believe the powder itself is called "ash". It may be terminology, not an added ingredient, but I do not know for sure. Our bag reads D.E. FLOUR. Food grade is the...

Something cool about DE, that I never thought of because it is kind of gross. BUT, if your dog eats chicken poop, he gets wormed too! We sprinkle it about our coop yard and on any feces in the backyard to keep the flies under control. We put it IN THEIR food for extra calcium and control of...

I have read the same about peroxide and will get the alternative tomorrow, today I was trying to make a swing and lost time!!!! Thank you again. ANYONE out there ever had a mauled an broken legged chicken????

We had a hen with similar symptoms, it was a simple respiratory problem, not the "C" word. We talked extensively with our ag agent and we were told that Coryza is reported and usually you are not the FIRST to report the problem in area. In other words, there symptoms are shared with MANY...

Check for worms or internal parasites. I read hens should be wormed on a regular basis; I believe it with all the muck they share (drinking the puddles, eating worms, etc.). A tapeworm is special and needs a special wormer, usually from the the vet. However, I read here (I think) that...

We had a chicken last year with a closed eye, turned a bit goopy, then a smelly head and sneezing. We looked it up and found HORRIBLE diseases with just these symptoms. However, she just needed antibiotics and rest. No one else in our flock caught it. What I learned: 1.) wash the eyes with...

I am so inexperienced with anatomy, especially birds. I am not sure where the break is; their legs attach along side the body almost and her ENTIRE leg dangles, so I am guessing at the hip joint. I put on an angled splint, but don't know if it goes up high enough. Hopefully the swing will...

Pics are added; can someone look and read my questions? I need help with antibiotic choice and treatment if infected; and to know if I have handled the broken leg correctly.

ALSO, her toes are all limp, does not seem able to wiggle them at all.

Awoke to frantic chirping from our 8 week pullets and found a raccoon in their outer cage; somehow two were in the outer cage and not the inner cage. One has a completely floppy, broken leg with puncture marks and one large gash. Her leg is swollen and bleeding, but only a slow drip/ooze from...