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That is exactly what my chickens story is right now. I have given her a warm bath and have tried rubbing her tummy. Her tail and all the symptoms are exact!

Help, my chicken seems to have a belly ache. She is off her feed, doesn't want to walk and I don't know what to do for her. I rub her tummy, I have given her some warm baths, I even stuck my finger in her ----- to make sure she was not egg bound. Her poop is runny, yellow and goopy. There is...

Thanks eggsesive, She is getting weaker and won't eat. Where do i get corid for coccidosis. And is it infectious to humans? I finally got the nystatin but I am not sure of the dosage. I am giving her one drop in a syringe of water twice a day.

This morning she is still awake but there is blood in her stool. Maybe that is just from me looking for a lodged egg in her vent? I will look at the link eggcessive sent me. Thanks!

My name sake chicken seemed to not herself today. I picked her up, noticed some poop on the back of her tail feathers by her vent. So I washed her up, massaged her belly, tried giving her an enema, and then checked to see if I could feel a lodged egg. Yes I stuck my finger in "there." I...

I am more of a newbie, but I put wood chips on the bottom floor, shavings in their boxes, and I hang the light from when they were baby chicks in the corner of their indoor area, so they can get warmed up, or stay cool if that is what they need. The light always hangs in the corner, but I only...

I bought six baby chicks, three yellow, three black, and they were pullets. They are now about the size of nerf footballs. One of the yellows died and I replaced it with a chicken that will look similar to an americana. I was told that this baby chick with the brown skunk line running down its...

We bought 6 chicks on Thursday and by Saturday one was dead and another one is looking questionable. We have them under a heat lamp in a feed trough. They have growth start that they scratch, and eat and we bought some sav-a-chick and put it in the water. I cleaned the bottom of the one that is...