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    Chick not doing so well, could someone please help? I need some ideas.

    Ok well, thanks so much to everyone who offered me advice on my egg bound hen. just wanted to let everyone know that she is out of her misery now. I noticed that she had fallen over and couldn't stand anymore. I took her out and decapitated her with no problems on her part. I think she was...
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    Chick not doing so well, could someone please help? I need some ideas.

    I just read that I can take an airtight container and soak a rag in starter fluid and that would be a way I could euthanize my hen. Is this way a more humane way to do this? her condition hasn't changed. It almost feels like the egg didn't turn all the way and I think it is stuck in there...
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    Chick not doing so well, could someone please help? I need some ideas.

    Thanks Colleen, I've had her 2 years now and never noticed anything wrong with any of them before. They have all just been fat and happy doing their thing. I think I may call the vet just to get some advice. I don't have the kind of money it takes for vet services. My husband passed away...
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    Chick not doing so well, could someone please help? I need some ideas.

    Well, her condition still hasn't changed. I tried again with the warm soak and vent probe. Still seems to have a mass in her abdomen. Tried again with the warm oatmeal and egg. Her poo is runny, last night it looked like there was some yolk and whites in the poo. Today after the soak, there...
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    Chick not doing so well, could someone please help? I need some ideas.

    well, my hen is still hanging in there. she has been standing most of the day. she is drinking and eating a little and she is pooping, but it isn't firm. but it looks like the usual stuff I normally see. her face has been wet most of the day. maybe she just got wet from drinking. I will...
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    Poor blocked chicken died :((((((

    Hi coopstudent, my hen is still hanging in there. I'm sorry for your loss. I saw where you said you put up insulation in your coop for warmth. I thought about doing the same thing. I live in Illinois and it gets cold here. I decided to take some plastic netting ( like you see them using to...
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    Chick not doing so well, could someone please help? I need some ideas.

    Ok, I found she made it through the night. I gave her a warm bath again and tried to feed her with the syringe. she drank some water on her own. I mixed up an egg and gave her some of that too. I tried to feel in the vent last night, but i'm not sure what i'm feeling in there. I will try...
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    Chick not doing so well, could someone please help? I need some ideas.

    Thanks cobrien, I'm almost thinking she is egg bound. her abdomen feels hard. I gave her a warm bath and she did drink some water before it got too dirty. I felt around in her vent, but couldn't find anything. This is the first time I've had to do anything like this. I've never had any real...
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    Chick not doing so well, could someone please help? I need some ideas.

    Thanks Mary, for your advice. She doesn't seem to have anything in her crop, because I can't feel anything. I will check in the egg binding section and see if there is anything on there that I can use. This is a very helpful site for and about the love of chickens! I have been raising them...
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    Chick not doing so well, could someone please help? I need some ideas.

    I have a white polish hen about 2 lbs and she is about 2 years old and she seems to be ill. I noticed a couple of days ago that she was laying over and not moving much. I thought she had a broken wing somehow. Thought the roosters were getting a little aggressive. I picked her up and moved...
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    HELP i think my chicken is coughing to death

    I live in the country. in Hamburg, IL things have been rough, but i'm getting by. We were going to try this small chicken farm to make some extra money. Things were going good til he got pneumonia, (he already had lung issues) which caused him to have a heart attack. I miss him so much. So...
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    HELP i think my chicken is coughing to death

    ok, i'm in from letting the "fat chicks" out for the day. I caught "shirley" and tried to check her out. she would have nothing to do with the pencil in the beak, but I did feel up and down her throat. the lump i felt last night seems to be gone and she isn't coughing anymore. I just think...
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    HELP i think my chicken is coughing to death

    thanks to all the great people who posted to my story! i am getting ready to go and let them out for the day and i will check my girl and see if she is ok. i am going to check her out real good and i will keep y'all posted. thanks again for all your help
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    HELP i think my chicken is coughing to death

    thank you for the info. i just went out and checked on them and to close them up for the night. she didnt seem to be coughing at this time. I am here by myself now since my husband passed away in April, so I don't have anyone who can help me. I will try in the morning when i can see better...
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    HELP i think my chicken is coughing to death

    she is a silver polish and she is only about 14 months old. i caught her just a few minutes ago and it almost feels like she has something caught in her throat. she is still doing this now for about 4 hours and i am concerned. i got these chickens from murray mcmurray hatcheries about 14...
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