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    Chicken Euthanasia

    Would appreciate hearing some thoughts from those who have (sadly) experienced both the 'natural' death of your chickens as well as the 'euthanized by a vet' route, when that seemed appropriate. With any species, I think the 'humanity' of euthanasia can well depend on the experience and...
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    Sour crop/Pneumonia risk

    That is exactly what happened to us last weekend. We had tipped her unintentionally and all kinds of brown, lumpy liquid spewed out. Her crop was huge with liquid. We did it a few times more and it almost emptied but it wasn't pretty - she freaked each time and ended up nose first in the...
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    UPDATE: Veterinary Results

    Did the Cocci seen by the vet seem excessive? I ask as I had my hen's stool tested when she was doing poorly and the vet said yes, there is Coccidius present - but there always is - and she didn't feel it was of an amount to be of concern. Just want to make sure I'm not overlooking anything...
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    Drained a Hen's Abdomen.. Rest in Peace, Olivia 11-5-10

    So sorry to hear about Ivy, and Olivia. I'm going to have a chat with my vet as I think we are preparing for the same end soon for two of ours. No wonder you were so helpful to me on a recent post - but I'm sorry that first hand experience is to thank for that. They are (and were) both...
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    EMERGENCY- I THINK I'M LOSING HER

    Far from an expert, but I think we may have just gone through 'sour crop'. In our case the crop was a very large bulging sac of liquid - very fluid feeling. Just a warning - our girl was so full we hardly did anything while holding her and brown fluid spewed out her beak. I was right in front...
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    Help - Hen poorly with fluid filled chest sac, discharge out beak when held

    Forgot to mention - amazingly her comb is back to bright red - this morning and last night it was tinged with black! (not sure what the black indicates - but pretty sure it's not good)
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    Help - Hen poorly with fluid filled chest sac, discharge out beak when held

    Thankfully Lucy has rallied for however long it may be. I offered her yogurt earlier which she greedily lapped up. I elected to let her outside thinking it might be her last day and she nestled under a bush in the shade. Later she completely perked up and was scooting around with all the rest...
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    Help - Hen poorly with fluid filled chest sac, discharge out beak when held

    So - I have 2 more common brownish (Isa Brown type?) layers, 2 Barred Rocks, 3 black sex links, 1 Columbian Rock X red, 1 mystery chick :) - all from hatchery's (except mystery chick plucked off the road) - safe to assume I've surrounded myself with the high risk group? So much for the happy...
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    Help - Hen poorly with fluid filled chest sac, discharge out beak when held

    We really appreciate your help and benefit of your experiences - however sad :( Lucy's coopmate Dora (also 3 - my first 2 chickens) was on death's doorstep about 2 months ago. Long story short (and $400+ vet bill later) $2 worth of antibiotics brought her around. The vet (who admittedly did...
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    Help - Hen poorly with fluid filled chest sac, discharge out beak when held

    Thank you - we suspected that but were unsure. We tipped her and got a pile more out - she became pretty 'violent' and took a couple of nosedives into the shavings unfortunately. Most of the fluid is gone, and further attempts only resulted in her opening her beak as if gasping. She is very...
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    Help - Hen poorly with fluid filled chest sac, discharge out beak when held

    We are so concerned about our 3 yr old hen Lucy. She has been 'off' for over a couple of weeks - still eating and drinking, but slower moving, standing on her own more and standing differently (bit hunched) and sometimes waddled and seemed to have a pretty wide 'base' between her legs. Her...
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    Amputated small rear toe not improving

    Thanks BT - and sounds like a good plan. May not be easy to execute (she's feisty when held!) but I will try. I feel the very same about lovely girls like these. It's a privilege to provide them some comfort and freedom. They cost 5 cents each
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    Amputated small rear toe not improving

    I was brought a couple of sad 'spent' laying hens 1 week ago from an auction. Both had wicked respiratory issues which seem to have been dealt with by LS-100 injections for both, over 5 days from the vet. (can hardly believe they made it - such rough shape) The one bird Dana also had her toe...
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    MUST cover coop overhead?

    I'm sure this has been answered (apologies!) but my goal is to provide lots of outside space for chickens that we don't have yet. The complicating factor in our planning always comes back to difficulties with enclosing the entire top for a large area. If I bring the birds inside every...
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    Cedar and Chickens

    Thanks guys - that's a relief! I'll go ahead and haul that stuff out of the bush then, ensuring its not too smelly, and stays outside. Really glad it should be OK to use.
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