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    This forum may have saved my hens

    Third pullet is still doing fine, Mother Barred Rock seems slightly better, not quite as much rattle, she jumped down of the porch & pecked around the yard a bit, went a drank some water from a low spot in the yard (for some reason she doesn't want to drink from the tupperware container I have...
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    This forum may have saved my hens

    I've tried all day to find a vet who handles puoltry with no luck. Does anyone have any suggestions on maybe a broad spectrum antibiotic I could give her? She's not eating at all now & drinking very little. I'm afraid that if I don't do something soon, she's gonna die on me. She's got crusty...
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    This forum may have saved my hens

    All the new girls (2 Buffs, & 2 Black Australorps) are just fine as is the remaining Barred Rock pullet, but my old girl is getting worse, she's very lethargic & the congestion is much worse. Her nose was clogged with snot, so I cleaned it up with a warm wash cloth. She's having to breath...
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    This forum may have saved my hens

    Update. Found another pullet dead, well, on last breath this morning, she seemed fine last night. The remaining pullet ran up the ran and into my arms when I opened the tractor door. I put here in a seperate pen, she's still ok tonight, poop looks fine, eating & drinking really well, no signs of...
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    This forum may have saved my hens

    Thanks for the fast responses. I did also email the state Ag Vet to see if they need to do a necropsy on the dead pullet. I'll update tomorrow. Thanks again!
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    This forum may have saved my hens

    This is my first post, I'm a lurker, but I came home tonight and found one of my 3 new Barred Rock pullets dead in the nest box of my chicken tractor (I had moved them out of the coop because the older hens are mean to them. ) And this morning I had noticed that my oldest girl (5 years old) was...
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