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    Vet collapsed egg in egg bound bantam

    Is this an okay dose for her? She’s 1 pound
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    Vet collapsed egg in egg bound bantam

    Does anyone have experience with an egg bound hen having her egg collapsed by a vet? I took her in Tuesday and they gave her oxytocin shots and sent her home to return on Thursday if she hadn’t laid her egg by then. Thursday came and I took her back, they gave her oxytocin and calcium shots and...
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    Help sick hen

    Her crop was hard this morning but is full and squishy now. She’s on layer feed and oyster shell and free ranges during the day. She’s only been laying for about two or three weeks now. I’m worried it might be water belly. I’ve never seen it before though so I’m not sure. She’s breathing hard...
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    Help sick hen

    I have a hen which I thought was egg bound/impacted crop. After a long agonizing night I got her in for an emergency appt this afternoon. By the time we got there I was convinced she wasn’t going to make it. She was falling asleep, falling over, couldn’t wake her, skin turning kind of purple...
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