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I posted a few weeks ago on our Dorking. After close to 2 months, she's still alive but still is not well. I know, it's been recommended we euthanise her, but she has a strong will to live so we continue to try to help her. I'm attaching recent pics...can anyone tell me if we are dealing with...

Thank you everyone.....your support and advice has been wonderful. I will read the article on fungal infections and also explore abscesses in the sinus. That certainly sounds like the reason her cheeks still remain hard to the touch and inflamed. After this 2nd bad experience with avian...

A good thought. If so, what do you treat fungal infections with? Today is the best we have seen her act in over 6 weeks. She is eagerly eating...worms grapes, cukes,spinach, and chicken feed. She was preening herself and stretching...something we haven't seen in weeks. We put a mirror on...

Thank you, casportpony, for the information on the state vet. No, she does not have twisted beak. Her top beak is just longer than her bottom. I took a fecal in yesterday, and she is worm free. Sinkorswim.....ironically, we (my sister and I) researched beak trimming and did trim her beak...

I live in Oregon, near Eugene. There is an avian doctor in Eugene. I used her once but won't again. She advised I euthanize one of my Dominiques when it couldn't stand. I refused to...went home and began treating it myself and it survived and is still alive. That was 2 years ago. I just...

We have been putting the antibiotis in her mouth.

I just checked her cleft and it is perfectly normal. No signs of pus. One thing I wonder about is does her beak look right to you? The top beak is so far over the bottom, that she seems to have problems grabbing onto her food. She only weighs 2.5 lbs and continues to lose weight. After...

Thank you for responding. We have treated the Dorking with Tetramycin first, the Baytril, and now she is on a sulfur drug. Still not getting better. I will check her cleft this morning and get back to you. I did research mycoplasma, and it certainly sounds like this might be what she has...

Our 8 month old Dorkling has had a respiratory infection for over 6 weeks. We have isolated her from the flock. No other chickens are sick. She has been to the vet twice and has been treated with two different antibiotics. She is eating, but losing weight. We have put a mint steam by her...

Thank you so much for you advice. I will certainly give everything a try. The vet just switched her to a different antibiotic, so between the yogert, ACV, mint steam, etc, I am hopeful she will recover. The best thing about her during this illness is she has a huge appetitie....even though...

I have a 8 month old Dorkling hen who has been sick for about 3 weeks. I've had her to the vets twice and she was put on antibiotics. She has been isolared from the other hens, none of which are showing any signs of her illness. The vet suspects Newcastles disease, but I don't see those...

I had a similar problem with one of my Dominicks when she was about that age. Took her to a bird specialist and all she did was tell me to put her down and do a necropsy. No way was I going to do that. After much research, I decided to treat her for "Curly Toe Disease". Basically it is cause...

I have a flock of 8. One of my Dominques died three days ago. I was told she had lice and to dust her with Diatimacious (sp?) earth, which we did. Even took her to emergency vet and $150 later, she died. Now one of my Dorks is sick. Different signs..very dialated pupils, resperatory...

Thank you for your reply. I agree on vets....the one I used is an Avian specialist, so it was discouraging for her to suggest giving up. As of today, my hen is still alive. Her toes have uncurled and she can walk a little, but not for long. She is perky too so with her will to live, I so...

My 6 month old Dominique hen is showing signs of curly toe paralysis. It began 2 weeks ago when she just started limping and then on Friday she could no longer walk and her toes were curled under her. After a fruitless visit to the vet (who advised I put her down and do a necropsy), I went on...