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My 6 year old polish hen is having trouble breathing. It sounds wet and gargily for lack of better words. Her neck is swollen right below the beak. It is soft and mushy, crop feels empty. She is a bit lethargic but she is eating and drinking. Poop is normal. This has been going on for about a...

2 year old frizzled cochin bantam. She has layed a few eggs covered with a small amount of blood She is eating and drinking normally, energy level is good. Her back end looks to be a little bit pushed out.... I don't know how to describe it. Poop actually looks normal. here is a picture. Why...

Chick season has started! I have 4 roosters and not enough hens, so I am going to get about a dozen pullets. So far my flock is made up of 5 silkies, one standard sized cochin, one polish, one frizzled bantam, and one cochin bantam. My flock is just for fun and for eggs. I want some new...

Hey every one. I am looking for a CPT near Downingtown PA (19335) to come test my flock for Mycoplasma. Is there a site you can go to to find local CPT's? Is any one here a CPT? Any feed back would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

I ordered some ivermectin to treat the mites I have living in my coop and on my chickens. The delivery could not be made on time due to crappy weather conditions so I went ahead and dusted them all with DE yesterday. I also dusted there coop with wood ash and DE. I got the Ivermectin in the...

I have read several different threads on the dosage for ivermectin and there is a lot of conflicting information. I also started a thread about a year ago on how to fight mites, but I am still lacking some information. And the problem is still reoccurring I purchased "Priority Care"...

I introduced a new chick to my flock of babies about a week ago. She seemed healthy and wasn't showing any signs of illness before I placed her in with the others. But days after she was introduced all my babies got sick. (there are 4) All with in 2 weeks of age to one another. They have...

I have a 3 year old hen who is having trouble breathing. The symptoms just started today She is wheezing very loudly, sounds very wet She is not eating or drinking a lot she is droopy and lethargic She keeps her neck stretched out and mouth open Poops seem normal, just not as frequent as usual...

I have a broody hen, She has been on 6 eggs for 23 days. One of the eggs hatched on day 22 and I have a healthy frizzled bantam baby. One of the other eggs has been peeping for about 24 hours but has not pipped yet. How long after the chicks begin peeping do they normally pip? She got...

I have a mite infested coop. I took out all of the old bedding, cleaned it thoroughly dusted it with permethrin powder as well as dusted all of my chickens with the powder. Since then they have all been on a broad spectrum de-wormer with the main ingredient being diatomaceous earth and i have...