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    My girl went in for a spay this morning...

    Hello! Winnie did really well with her procedure! It went better than I expected as I'm generally a pretty nervous person when it comes to making healthcare choices for my animals and not knowing if I'm making the right decision. We opted for the the birth control, though we heard from a couple...
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    How can I help my rooster with pendulous and potential sour crop?

    Do you know if there's another option for something similar to this Medistatin that might be in a store? Unfortunately due to staff shortage, we aren't receiving mail at the moment more than once a week, if that.
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    How can I help my rooster with pendulous and potential sour crop?

    I really do care about him a lot and have been trying to work with his condition. It was so good for so long and I thought I had everything under control but now he's not feeling well again. He's just the sweetest guy and I hate seeing him in distress.
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    How can I help my rooster with pendulous and potential sour crop?

    Thank you so much for replying! He eats layer pellets with the rest of the flock. They have access to grit and he's been going a little overboard on it I think, his crop is full of it. I'm sure he's been trying to get things moving. It's been a long journey with him and his crop issues and I'm...
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    How can I help my rooster with pendulous and potential sour crop?

    Hi all, we adopted our rooster a few years ago from someone who was unable to care for him with his crop condition. He has a severe pendulous crop and at the time had a case of sour crop. We cared for him to fix the sour crop and discovered chicken bras which drastically helped him move food out...
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    New duck mom - what’s going on with my gal?

    Is that what’s going on with her stick-like wings? They look pretty bad but I couldn’t find out what might be happening by googling. They have access to a pool that I fill every other day and they all swim in it but maybe she was skipping her baths for some reason.
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    New duck mom - what’s going on with my gal?

    Pigweed is so adorable! The videos were really helpful, thank you! I would normally make brooding very uncomfortable for my chickens to snap them out of it but I wasn’t sure if that’s what was going on with my gal. Though it kind of sounds like she might just be broody from what everyone is...
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    New duck mom - what’s going on with my gal?

    Isolation is the first thing I do with my chickens if something is happening and it’s worked out well with this duck and allowed me to observe her really well! I’d love to see your duck telling off a rooster, that sounds so funny 😆 I’ll check out those brands of vitamins. Thank you!!!
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    New duck mom - what’s going on with my gal?

    Yeah, the new behaviors have been going on about a week. I just noticed her wings when I noticed the other stuff so I’m not sure how long they’ve been like that and she’s the only one whose wings look like that. She’s not molting currently. She’s been eating and drinking. The last two days I’ve...
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    New duck mom - what’s going on with my gal?

    She’s a sweetheart and so cute. Thank you for the help!
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    New duck mom - what’s going on with my gal?

    Hello! I’m hoping someone can help me out here. I’m a long time chicken keeper, but new with ducks. We’ve had our 7 ducks for about 6 months now and they’ve settled in well, happy and healthy, until I noticed this one gal with unusual behavior this week. I’m hoping that maybe she’s just broody...
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    Chicken was attacked, how can I help her

    So sorry for the silence lately! It's been a crazy household with this girl going through her stuff and our puppy developing a massive life-threatening lump on his neck. So many vet visits and long nights checking on everyone these past couple of weeks. Anyways, I thought I'd update. After the...
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    Chicken was attacked, how can I help her

    I got some liquid calcium from the vet yesterday and she gets that twice a day. She's doing well with water so far and I mixed in some electrolytes but didn't eat too much this morning :(
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    Chicken was attacked, how can I help her

    An update on my girl: We successfully got her prolapse back in last night and she seemed to have a relatively comfortable overnight inside. She is able to stand today, which is such a big improvement! However, during her big morning poop, she prolapsed again. I called the vet and asked what I...
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    Chicken was attacked, how can I help her

    These are awesome tips for keeping her vent from drying out, thank you! The vet believes she somehow suffered a blunt force trauma rather than a predator attack.
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