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I finally put my hen down and dropped her off at my state lab for necropsy. She had ovarian cancer. The report noted that she had many solid white nodules ("too numerous to count") in the spleen, gizzard, and intestines. The intestines were thickened by solid white tissue, causing them to be...

Dropping from this morning.

I'm definitely getting Di-Methox at the feed store and am going to give it to my hen in her water. I just gave her another dose of Albon via syringe, and did a pretty good job of squirting it down her throat, but then she flicked her head away and threw up not just the Albon, but also a bunch of...

Thanks Kathy. The tube feeding sounds very scary, but I'm at the point where I'm willing to try. Do I need to get the tube from the vet? I have a feeling that she won't have one. I did find baby bird food at PetSmart, but not tubes - altho I may have missed the tubes. The vet did not check...

Well, so much for my vet recommendation. She told me that if I want to try the fungicide she has to order it and have it sent to my house, and that would take at least a few days. The vet also stressed that my hen is very sick and implied that my chicken's probably not going to make it anyway...

Thanks Eggcessive. A year or so ago I took a hen with sour crop to a different vet and thought she prescribed a fungicide along with the antibiotic. I've been trying to give the Albon via syringe and it's a horrible mess. Mixing in the water would be MUCH easier. I'll talk to the vet about that...

Thanks Eggcessive and Casportpony. I took my hen to the vet the other day and the treatment recommended by the vet is similar to what both of you have recommended. I'm glad that I found this avian vet (*removed name of vet office* in Gettysburg). The vet spent a lot of time with us and it was...

I called around and found TWO avian vets near me, but neither is in the office today. Both will be in tomorrow and can see my sick hen then. So if I can keep her alive overnight I'll get her to the vet. I wish I had called last week before my hen deteriorated to her current state, but I had such...

Thanks for the link, Casportpony. I'm not sure that I can handle tube feeding on my own, and I'm afraid that I'd injure my hen. If I can find an avian vet in time, maybe s/he could show me how to do it though.

I already threw out the papers with this morning's chicken droppings on them, but it's been mostly dark green and watery, or else completely watery, depending on how much food I can get into her beak. I'm going to buy some Tylan so I'll at least have it on hand for my next sick hen. I'll also...

Thanks Eggcessive. I felt like I was doing more harm than good with crop massage. I won't attempt it again. We're in a bit of a snow storm now but when I can get out again I'll see what sort of antibiotics I can find at TSC. It may be too late for my hen now anyway; she's not looking good...

I'm having an issue with one of my hens. It started as diarrhea and listlessness and has progressed to the point where she won't eat or drink. This has been going on for around 10 days. I figured out along the way that she had a bad mite infestation, so I dusted her (and the rest of the flock)...