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I have an appointment with the vet tomorrow, Thursday. Will update with new information afterwards. Thanks for your responses.

Thank you for your reply. An injury could be the root cause. We did not even notice this swelling until we had given her a bath one afternoon to clean up a poopy rear. Will the feather grow back as the infection, if it is that, heals? Would you suggest getting her to a vet for antibiotics...

Hi, We have a hen that has a similar issue but smaller. What happened to this chicken? Do you think draining the swelling was helpful at first?

What happened to your hen when she had this? Did you figure out what caused this? I hope she's still alive! Lyra is still eating and laying eggs perfectly fine and not showing symptoms of anything else wrong. Her backside is soft and has a few scabby bits on it. So if you drain it is that better...

Hello, We have a young hen, Lyra, who has developed a swollen, featherless, soft watery lump beneath her vent between her legs. Her comb is red and perky, she eats and drinks well, lays an egg a day, and seems well otherwise. I applied some antibiotic ointment on some areas that appeared...

Hello, We have a small backyard flock and are looking for other individuals in the Tennessee tri-cities area to relate with regarding chickens! Thanks!

Enid did not make it. She was so weak and had not been eating for about 10 days. We are very sad. She was about 4.5 years old. Thanks for the good thoughts sent our way.

After trying ACV, Tums, probiotics, yogurt, grit, Wazine -17 and TLC, my lovely BO Enid was still not eating, was very lethargic, and had runny poo. I took her to the vet today where he gave her a full exam and did a fecal float. He saw some parasites but not cocci. We went home with Baytril...

Okay..how do I give her extra calcium? What about Tums?

Thanks for the information. I have some Spectinomycin powder on hand that was prescribed by a vet for my other BO hen. SHe had been treated with Baytril for a foot abcess and when it was not effective he prescribed this one for her. It is indicated for use against E.coli and Mycoplasma...

HI, I have one 4 year old BO hen who laid a strange egg within another leathery egg about a week ago. Since then, she has been weak, little appetite, runny poop, sleeps a lot, and her comb is droopy and dark reddish. She vomited clearish liquid so I thought it might be sour crop. I have...

I was referencing the photos in post #9.

Hi, I have two BAs15 weeks old. One is crowing, one not. What do the wing feather in the last two photos indicate? Which is hen and which is rooster? Thanks

We have two black Australorps...almost 15 weeks old. One is definately a rooster as he is already crowing, but the other has not. We can see saddle feathers coming in on his back and they look pointy and glisteny. What does everyone think about the other one? Hen? Maybe please??? ...

Arrgghh. Are you basing your determination on size/color of comb/wattles? Feathers? All of the above? I guess we thought maybe Australorps had bigger combs/wattles anyway.