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    Severely swollen sinus

    Update: managed to get through to the vet and he visited him and prescribed a different antibiotic that targets respiratory tract
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    Severely swollen sinus

    Help please my rooster has a severely swollen sinus! Took him to the vet with the sinus issue and prolapse vent and he was initially on sulfadimidine which cured the vent but did nothing for his sinus. Now he is on ganadexil enroflsxcino and it seems to have gotten worse. He can barely open...
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    Egg Incident! Help please

    Yolk did not smell funky at all, in fact I had to isolate her as the others were trying to eat it off her poor thing so I assume it was a ruptured soft shelled egg. They get egg layer pallets and scraps and calcium powder added that we make ourselves out of the egg shells. I will increase the...
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    Egg Incident! Help please

    Hi all, this morning I was having my usual cuppa with the chickens and I noticed everyone following my golden girl. When I went to inspect, I noticed she had egg yolk coming out of her cloaca. The egg white was on the floor too. I shooed the others away and isolated her while I went to run a...
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    Sex my Easter-egger please

    Uh oh, s/he is very confusing and as we only have one, we can't compare really! Was hoping on green eggs!
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    Sex my Easter egger please

    Did another one thanks 😊
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    Sex my Easter-egger please

    Hi all, what do you think, pullet or cockerel? 7 weeks old, momma is a pure breed Aracauna black, father grey pekin bantam mix! Posted a photo of mom and pop as well in case it helps
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    Sex my Easter egger please

    How do I do that please? Hehe did not see that forum . . .much more relevant ☺️
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    Sex my Easter egger please

    Hi all, can you help me sex my Easter-egger please? They are 7 weeks old. . . Mum is a black Aracauna and dad is a grey pekin bantam mix
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    Wheezing, difficulty walking and swollen abdomen, please help me heal my baby

    So. . . .4 Vets later and it seems to be peritonitis, which apparently is very common in ex battery hens. She has been on antibiotics since Tuesday and getting her daily lemongrass, pepper and lavender Epsom salt bath and is slowly getting better. . No longer walking penguin style ☺️. After...
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    Wheezing, difficulty walking and swollen abdomen, please help me heal my baby

    She's 3 years old, no visible wounds anywhere. She has always had bad lungs since we rescued her due to the conditions she was kept in before. She came to us wheezing 2 years ago but we took her to the vet and he prescribed an antifungal and antibiotics. Since we got her, her breathing is bad...
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    Wheezing, difficulty walking and swollen abdomen, please help me heal my baby

    We have an ex battery chicken that is getting poorly and we don't know why. She had flystrike just over 3 weeks ago and was fully healed but now she has swollen abdomen and walks like she is egg bound (but she has not laid in over 1 year). She is also wheezing and I'm worried. Tried to contact...
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    torn Ligaments treatment help please

    Hi all my little Pekin Bantam had an accident and was diagnosed by our vet as having torn her leg ligaments. . .I have been treating her with the anti inflammatory prescribed and she is on a sling. She was fine the first couple of days, feisty and eating but now she seems depressed, only eating...
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