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Another in a series of poultry disasters. Came home from a day away and noticed that one of the roos was falling asleep as he perched on the fence. It wasn't nearly dark, only about 6 pm. Others started doing it too!!! They all seemed fine this morning, Two were already roosting in the...

I have a hen with a prolapse. I've read about it and want to give her calcium gluconate in case she has a calcium deficiency. Does anyone know how often and for how long I should give her the 23% injectable? Just once? Once a day? Twice a day? For how many days? Also, the bottle I have...

Yesterday I found one of our year-old hens with a prolapse the size of a walnut. This is a first for me and I'm hoping someone can give me some advice. The prolapsed duct also has something attached to it, that looks like it could be a hemorrhoid. It didn't look as if it had been pecked yet...

Thanks to everyone who gave me very helpful advice on treating my hen with wry neck. I've been giving her Vitamin B, Vitamin E, and selenium supplements for a couple of months now. She is much improved and can eat and drink on her own. She still shakes her head often and gets "stuck" with her...

Does anyone know anything about Sudden Death Syndrome? I've had 2 apparently healthy and vigorous layers die with no symptoms or warning in 24 hours, out of 7 hens. They are about 3 years old. They weren't huddled in a corner or anything, like sick chickens. The only abnormality I saw after...

I have a 4 or 5 year old Buff Orpington hen suffering from what I am assuming is “wry neck.” She seems healthy but can’t hold her head up. It flops over until she is looking up at the sky with her head upside-down. At first I thought it might be an ear infection and gave her antibiotics but...

One of my Buff Orp hens has what looks like wry neck. I've never dealt with this but have read lots of posts and info about it here and elsewhere. I tried vitamin therapy which didn't seem to help. It gradually got worse until a few days ago she really couldn't lift her head at all and was...

I've been treating a hen for an impacted crop for over a week and it doesn't seem to be resolving. I'm hoping someone with more experience can suggest something or give some advice. A little over a week ago, I noticed that one of my New Hampshire Red hens had a large "growth" in her crop...

I lost a hen yesterday very suddenly. I want to dose the remaining flock (7 layers) with oxytetracycline (the only antibiotic for chickens available around here) but would like to make sure they are each getting the correct dosage. I don't want to add it to water or feed because I would have...

A few weeks ago, I acquired 6 hens from a hen and added them to my flock of 4 hens and a rooster. My original birds all hatched out together and never had any social problems (fighting). I introduced the new ones gradually and there were no problems. They free range all day, from an hour or...

My rooster has a black knot, like a raised black carbuncle, on the bottom of his foot. I assumed this was bumblefoot and treated it with Tricide-Neo a few weeks ago. It got smaller but is still there. It isn't swollen and doesn't look infected (no evident pus, etc). It's hard and if I...

I don't know if anyone else has this problem but I received a PM through the site. When I try to respond, the screen keeps "blueing out" and erasing my entries. Is this a malfunction or some other problem? I've had this problem on several days now.

Anyone have any ideas what's wrong with my hen's foot? For the last few days she's seemed poorly: listless, not running around as usual, spending a lot of time in one spot. Today she has been favoring her right leg, standing with her weight on the other leg and the toes curled. When she...

Can anyone advise me on how to apply Prozap individually to my birds to treat for lice? The can says 1 pound for 100 birds but I only have 7 and want to treat them individually. I've read here about the "shake and bake" chicken-in-a-bag method and about putting some around the vent and under...

Can anyone advise me on how to apply Prozap individually to my birds to treat for lice? The can says 1 pound for 100 birds but I only have 7 and want to treat them individually. I've read here about the "shake and bake" chicken-in-a-bag method and about putting some around the vent and under...

Does anyone know the approximate stomach capacity of a 7.3 pound Wyandotte rooster? I want to give him fluids by beak but I'm afraid of overdoing it.

I have a 12 year-old rooster who rather suddenly developed a severe problem with one or both legs. About 10 days ago, he seemed unsteady on his feet. This developed into a limp, favoring his right leg. This became worse rapidly: first he couldn't bend down and keep his balance, then he...

A local village in our very rural area of New York seems to taking an anti-chicken stance, for the first time. Article below, for anyone interested. http://poststar.com/news/local/article_7d0e8300-c77a-11df-9b1d-001cc4c002e0.html

I've had a number of medical problems with my small flock and I'm thinking of vaccinating the new pullets (hatched from my eggs) against Marek's (if there's something I CAN prevent....). I've read that you have to inject the vaccine in the back of the neck. I'm not very experienced and nervous...

My rooster collapsed in the heat. One problem may be that the feed store is out of the electolyte mixture I usually use so I haven't been adding it to the water. I bought a substitute but it only has instructions for automatic waterers, which I don't have. The package says to add 2 oz. to 2...