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    Water belly and tumor??

    Thank you nuthatched and MysteryChicken! I feel strangely relieved knowing that it was likely nothing I could have prevented/treated. Poor chook, if only they could talk and tell us what’s wrong! It happened so quickly. I’ve kept chickens 12 years and have never heard of a lash egg. I will rest...
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    Water belly and tumor??

    Hi there, My black sex linked Victoria became ill quite suddenly last night. I let the girls out to free range for a little while before bed and noticed Victoria hadn’t come out. I found her quite lethargic and breathing hard in the coop on the roost. Her crop felt full but not super squishy...
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    Chicken ate a rubber band

    It’s now almost one week later and I discovered I have a droopy chicken. I let the girls out to free range when I got home from work and a little while later went out to get them back in the run and noticed one was missing. I checked inside the coop and sure enough I had one girl up on the...
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    Chicken ate a rubber band

    Yes they have free access to grit
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    Chicken ate a rubber band

    It was a pretty large one of course. I took a pic of a similar sized one. I used a larger one thinking that would hold on the hook a little more securely. Dumb.
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    Chicken ate a rubber band

    Hi guys, I’m looking for advice. Despite my better judgment yesterday I hung up a bunch of Swiss chard using a rubber band. Stupid yes I know. I thought I had it twisted on the hook securely where we usually hang veggies for them to snack on but low and behold I went out to the coop this morning...
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    I need a chicken version of House! Diagnosis?!?

    Well after close observation and more research I am suspicious that the actual problem is gapeworm. We have lots of beetles, snails and slugs living out in the country so I think the chances are good even if gapeworms are reportedly more rare. I decided to use Safeguard Goat Dewormer and treated...
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    I need a chicken version of House! Diagnosis?!?

    Hi there, I have been trying to get to the bottom of what's wrong with my chicken and I have come up with several possibilities but am not confident. My free time is spent nursing sick people and mothering 2 young children, fortunately I haven't had much experience with sick chickens. So I...
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    Tylan 200 - oral or IM??

    Rickba and Eggcessive, thank you for your replies. I am going with your advice Rickba and going with my intuition. I'm using the "wait and watch" ideology for now. I kept Georgia in her pen in the basement last night. I did a pretty thorough exam last night around the time she would normally...
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    Tylan 200 - oral or IM??

    Hi everyone, Of course I am rushing off to work but I need help fast! I have a 1.5 year old auracona hen named Georgia who had a respiratory illness about 2 weeks ago. My amazing babysitter who is also a farmer took her home to isolate her from my flock, keep her in isolation at her home...
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    Egg Bound and In Shock Please Help!!

    I did try Tums. I tried another bath and massaging her vent, but Goldie died in my lap. I decided to autopsy her myself to see what I could learn from this sad experience. Unfortunately what I discovered was that Goldie was not egg bound. I am still somewhat confused but what felt like an egg...
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    Egg Bound and In Shock Please Help!!

    I have a 2 year old Rhode Island Red hybrid named Goldie. She is definitely egg bound and I need help. I went to go feed the girls their nightly snack (leftover dinner) and she came out of the coop walking very oddly. I noticed yellowish white diarrhea stuck to her vent feathers.. She stood...
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