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    New here with a sick hen.

    Thank you.
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    New here with a sick hen.

    Fancychooklady- I followed the advice in the link and my poor hen is shooting out runny black poo every time I get her to drink. Does this sound right? We are thinking we'll start her on antibiotics tonight. I just feel like I'm torturing her. :(
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    New here with a sick hen.

    Update: We gave her another bath and cleaned her bum. This time there was matted white poo with some black in it. It didn't smell as bad as last time. Her abdomen feels kind of mushy. That's the best way I can describe it. I cannot feel an egg. She drank a little more water today and ate some...
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    New here with a sick hen.

    Thank you. I have posted in the emergencies, etc. section as well. We've done the warm bath and have been giving her yogurt. I'll give the bath another go and try to be more thorough in my examining her. What kind of antibiotics? Can I get them at my local farm and feed?
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    New here with a sick hen.

    Hi, I'm new to the group. I am a mom of three boys and three years ago we added five hens to our crew. It's been a lot of fun with no problems until this last week. We have a nearly three year old Rhode Island Red who I thought was egg bound but she's not improving and it's been six days. Seems...
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    Hen looks eggbound but it's been 6 days

    Hi, we have been raising hens in our backyard for nearly three years now. Our oldest hen (a rhode island red about three years old) was walking funny and not eating this last week. I could see her breathing heavy and her tail was down while she walked. She lays on the ground tipped forward a...
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