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    My chicken is paralysed.please help

    Thank you for your advice. I never thought that raising my girls was going to be that stressful...
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    My chicken is paralysed.please help

    Thank you for your advice .Please read my last post. We lost Dora.... All my other 3 girls are fine. The vet I took Dora to specializes in birds and was very Kind.we chose not to pursue post mortem biopsy. Thank you .I have learned a lot.
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    My chicken is paralysed.please help

    To all of you that answered my plea for help with my paralyzed hen I would like to say thank you from the bottom of my heart. I have been to sad to talk about it but after about one week and a half I finally found a vet that would see my Dora. Given the signs she was displaying the vet was...
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    My chicken is paralysed.please help

    No I have not. I have 4 hens all same age. Will try appointment with vet in the morning. Do you know if Marek's has to be reported. I am raising my girls under the radar....
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    My chicken is paralysed.please help

    Thank you. I now am almost sure she has Marek's. Will bring her to the vet tomorrow if I can get an appointment. I am afraid Iam going to loose her...Until then iam feeding her and making sure she drinks.
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    My chicken is paralysed.please help

    Hi thank you so much for your advise .I now am almost sure that she has Marek's.one of her eyes is gray the other is normal. I have 4 hens they live in a very large coop and run, both areas are cleaned Every single Day and every 2 weeks I change all the bedding in the coop. They get fresh water...
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    My chicken is paralysed.please help

    Hi thank you so much for your reply. After reading more about Marek's I think that it's what she has. Thank you again
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    My chicken is paralysed.please help

    Hi My 18 month Sussex Dora became sick 4 days ago. Not eating or drinking and isolating herself became alarmed since she Has been always very active and curious(hence the name Dora) I brought her in the garage in a cage and started giving her electrolytes with a dropper and yogurt. I noticed...
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    Hello

    Hi Thank you. It is a Barred Rock that sadly we had to give away because it was a rooster." She 'was named George after general George Washington since day one she(later found to be he) displayed very bossy behavior and let the others know who was in charge. George loved the swing that my...
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    Hello

    Hi In spite the my nick name I am a female I have just started raising backyard chickens since end of June so very new to this even though my parents always had chickens and still do in my home country ( Portugal) I ave 2 Araucanas 1 RIR 1 Sussex and one Australorp that we just found out is...
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