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    Hen sounds like a goose! Does she have a cold?

    What can I do? I have a white leghorn that is about 3 years old. She may be hen pecked. She is getting new feathers around her neck. But this has been going on for a couple of weeks but just last night she started wheezing. I caught her and put her in a cage by herself about 5am and she got...
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    Chicken Anatomy

    Yes,
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    Pendulous crop?

    She is still alive! I have given her scrambled eggs, Gatorade, Canned cat food,and apple sauce. She finally started to eat on her own yesterday, but she is so skinny, I don't have much hope. She rally likes the cat food. I have made myself sick this past month hand feeding the blind one...
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    Pendulous crop?

    My 2 year old Buff seemed to have the same problem this whole week. She quit eating. I tried to force feed her but her crop still had the food in it the next morning. I tried every thing you did with the oil and ACV but I took her to the vet today he said she probably won't make it that she...
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    Hen won't eat 6 days

    Yeah I guess I should. I have never had to do that. I guess there is no easy way to do that? So far she still clucks when I come down to the basement to see her. I think I will have to do two tomorrow. The Production Red is eating heartily when I pick her up and feed her but she refuses...
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    Hen won't eat 6 days

    If she makes it till tomorrow at 2:30pm I have a vet appointment. He seems to think she may need surgery. I don't think she can survive that. But he said sometimes the crop just quits contracting. I tried to massage her again this morning but she just spit up water. She is bloated like a...
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    Hen won't eat 6 days

    What is ACV? I fed her the bread with olive oil. She still has the grape in her. She drank a lot of water after the bread. An hour later the water was still in her crop. When I tried to massage her crop she brought up a lot of water.So even the water is not going through. It is going on 8...
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    Hen won't eat 6 days

    Her crop is full of air. I massaged it last night and she like burped. This morning I can feel the 4 pieces of grape I fed her last night. So I think it is blocked. Thoses pieces should not still be there. She doesn't want to eat even her favorite (watermelon and grapes). Her feces is...
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    chicken won't eat 6 days

    just read that if it has a blocked crop you should hold it up side down to get it to vomit.
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    chicken won't eat 6 days

    I have a 2 year old Buff Orpington not eating for 6 days. I have forced her to eat small pieces of grapes that she loves. I have brought her in down the basement because she is losing weight and I am afraid she will freeze in sub freezing temps in St. Louis, MO area. She is losing lots of...
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    Hen won't eat 6 days

    I have a 2 year old Buff Orpington not eating for 6 days. I have forced her to eat small pieces of grapes that she loves. I have brought her in down the basement because she is losing weight and I am afraid she will freeze in sub freezing temps in St. Louis, MO area. She is losing lots of...
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    Hen is not walking and has boils on breast

    You can feel her try to stand. She actually can walk but seems to wear her out. She is eating well. I will check her droppings tonight when I get home. I have her in a separate cage and she appears to be a little better. Sores are smaller. Thanks,
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    What is wrong with hen has boils on breast

    I separated her into her own small coop/run. She is still eating and drinking. She doesn't appear broody or egg bound. She hasn't laid an egg for two weeks because it has been so hot. I have been giving her watermelon, grapes and lots of water and oatmeal along with her feed. She likes all...
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    Hen is not walking and has boils on breast

    What is wrong with my year old hen? She has not walked much in 5 days. She may take 3 to 5 steps but she just lays on the bottom of the coop. Now she has 3 sores on her breast.
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    polish chick leg issues

    I was told that you should not feed layer food to pullets because it is high in calcium and cause leg deformations.
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