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    Enlarged eyes

    Just been to lock the hens up to find one of the bantams not with the others. Went to pick her up to put her to 'bed' and noticed her eyes seem larger than normal. The actual eyeball seems bulging slightly and the skin around it seems swollen but isn't swelling over the eyeball as that is...
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    Swollen feet and ankles

    Sorry yes that's my mistake.
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    Swollen feet and ankles

    Well I guess that's what we will have to do then but my vet said it stays in the environment for years and years. ???
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    Swollen feet and ankles

    Hello again both of you. So Lottie has been to the vet who says it could be kidney disease or it could be MS. Taking a blood test would only confirm that her kidneys are compromised and wouldn't say the reason. Taking anti inflamatories will make the situation worse if it is kidney disease...
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    Swollen feet and ankles

    Hi Kim aka mightymax? Are you in England? So have you extended your flock since vetting Mareks?
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    Swollen feet and ankles

    So why did my vet not tell me it was infectious. I knew it was an illness that would last a life time but not that it was infectious. Oh dear. So if this is what she has I have to cull them all? I can't bear to do that. Better surely that they just live out their lives and that I don't get any...
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    Swollen feet and ankles

    But why now and why her after all these years?
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    Swollen feet and ankles

    She does lie down more than she used to and I have noticed almost scab like area of skin that when touched fall off very easily. There is no sign of sores as in no liquid just the odd dried skin 'scab'. With regards to treating for red mites we have always had a regime of dusting even though...
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    Swollen feet and ankles

    Yes that's right, and just remembered, we actually got her as a grower the day she left the heat lamp and was ready to go outside and not at pol. She had really bright yellow legs and looked like she was wearing yellow tights they were so bright. She is quite an aggressive hen and was...
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    Swollen feet and ankles

    Exchequer, got her last summer at pol so she is about 18 months old.
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    Swollen feet and ankles

    Hi. Thanks for replying. I've read your links and done some further reading too. Its hard to say if any of your suggestions apply because she doesn't have all the symptoms. I'm hoping to get an appointment for her at the vets again tomorrow and have taken notes to show her. Still find it...
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    Swollen feet and ankles

    Hi. One of my hens has swollen feet and ankles. I'd say her claws are more than twice their usual size. She has yellow skin normally but the sides are now pink and they feel very warm. She has stopped roosting, preferring to sleep in the nesting box so obviously she is feeling pain. At the...
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    Comment by 'cheep cheep' in article '"You can take the girl off the farm but you can't take the farm out of the girl." (My mini-barn)'

    Wow what an amazing hen house. I'm so jealous. Hope you never ever get red mites though. Its been really bad here this year. We have not suffered from them ever before but this summer has been horrendous for my poor girls and despite using powder on the floor, solution in their drinking...
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    I'm Worried about my Hen

    Hi ClareScifi. The story of my poor Peter Rabbit in short. Last summer i bought 4 growers. Before they were big enough to live with my other hens I housed them in the rabbit garden as it is more protected from birds of prey. Obviously they had their own accommodation. Now several months on...
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    Cat people - PLEASE help me!

    Hi. I really feel for both you and your cat. We had a similar experience. We adopted 2 young kittens and in time they were neutered. We'd had them about a year or less and as my husband is in the forces we were posted to Germany. We decided to take the cats (1 female, 1 male) with us. All...
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