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Thanks! Will get to the store for some banana. She seems more alert every day. Pecks faster at the mealworms than she used to. I was feeling so hopeful when she ate the egg. First few days she would wear out easily, seemingly pass out before I could finish the 5ml of fluid. I know you can force...

9 days ago Chased off a family of raccoons. Momma chomped on my Brahma’s head, she has some superficial bites and I believe her eye burst. Poor Marshmallow. ;( She was in shock for a couple days and I was giving her about 20ml fluid daily via syringe. She started pecking at meal worms and dry...

Any ideas what to give her to eat other than mealworms? I changed the water form vitamins to plain hoping she would drink that but does not seem to have helped.

9 days ago Chased off a family of raccoons. Momma chomped on my Brahma’s head, she has some superficial bites and I believe her eye burst. Poor Marshmallow. ;( She was in shock for a couple days and I was giving her about 20ml fluid daily via syringe. She started pecking at meal worms and dry...

Also… it was just one piece, pics above are different angles of the same mass

I’m not sure? It came out not attached to anything, though not everything came out perfectly….

First time I’ve put down a laying hen. She did have a chronic sneeze and some diarrhea and just looked a bit off. I was going to put her down soon anyway but a dog attacked her. 😢 when processing her I found this weird thing inside? It’s rubbery- almost like an over hard scrambled egg? Any...

She’s been dead for a couple days now....maggots have already set in. Not sure if necropsy would be worth the $$$ with the decomposition that’s already started... unfortunately. I do appreciate the recommendation. After researching a bit more it seems like it may be EYP?

Hello, one of my 8 year old birds died this morning. I had treated my 2 old birds for vent gleet by cleaning their bums and giving probiotics and vitamins in their water. They still has some dirty feathers I was planning on cleaning again. I got Isabel cleaned up again today and applied...

Thanks! I am giving her Amoxacillin caps I bought at the feed store. I messaged an online avian vet and she advised me on dosing: 500mg dissolved in 3/4 tsp water. Give 0.2ml per pound. The injectable stuff is powerful, but feeling lucky I have at least this option, and she is eating well.

Thanks! I did the surgery on Tuesday afternoon. I had ordered a practice kit of suture from Amazon because it had catgut, but then I read somewhere that they don’t use that anymore because it can be contaminated with mad cow disease. (Because I guess it’s actually cow intestine) while chickens...

I’m getting ready to do an impacted crop surgery if I can’t get the mass to break down. I ordered training suture from Amazon and while Sterile, the package says for non clinical use. I got this set because it had absorbable catgut. I read though that catgut can transmit Mad Cow’s disease. So...

So I chatted with a vet online. They suggested: For Sour Crop: Monistat 7 day creme diluted half with water, give 1 ml twice daily. For Impacted Crop: Mix Metamucil to the consistency of pulpy orange juice. Mix 3/4 tsp of that with one crushed tab of Papaya enzyme. Give 3ml twice daily. I’m...

So I’m pretty sure I have a thin needle, like insulin size syringe and sterile nasal saline Wash

I know hydration is important, but what do I do about her crop?