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    Ended Cutest Baby Fowl Photo Contest—Win a Brinsea Maxi 24 EX Connect—16th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-Along

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    Ended Cutest Baby Fowl Photo Contest—Win a Brinsea Maxi 24 EX Connect—16th Annual BYC Easter Hatch-Along

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    Chicken is still suffering from sour crop after more than a week of home remedies

    Wow! That is such great news! It sure can feel sometimes like it will never end. But it did! So happy for you. Mine is doing ok, still feel like I haven't gotten to the root cause. WyorpRock's list was helpful. Question: is there a worm that Valbazen will not kill? She eats chick grit (tiny)...
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    Old Barred rock, to euthanize or not

    I have a 4-5 yr old barred rock who's been molting for the past 2 months. Twice she has displayed this behavior for several days or a week, never leaving the roost and going to bed with an empty crop, unless I feed her wet food by hand. After these periods of moping, as her molt progresses, she...
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    Chicken is still suffering from sour crop after more than a week of home remedies

    We are going through this same thing presently. The impaction took a good 3 weeks to fully clear! After no more undigested grass and 3 mornings of empty crop she went gradually back on her feed and outside. Now a week later the sour crop, back in she came, now slowly improving. Like you I've...
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    Young rooster - labored breathing and purple comb

    My first two thoughts were same as yours, respiratory or heart, and sounds like you are doing good things in that regard. A third thought: in the video I noticed a black spot on his comb. Could be many things, but reminded me of another case I saw of labored breathing and weight loss. There was...
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    Chick with respiratory issue

    I'm glad to hear she seemed a little better this afternoon. If it wasn't an air sac - it's sometimes hard to tell respiratory diseases apart, but supportive care as you are providing, and some perseverance finding ways to keep them eating and drinking enough, can sometimes do the trick...
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    Molting or mites? Or both?

    I agree with you - the wings are molting - a year and a half is right on schedule for first molt. And the tail looks like some kind of mite. Do treat her for that to protect new feathers coming in. I use a permethrin poultry dust. Some chickens seem to have soft feathers more delicious to mites...
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    Molting hen posture

    If she stood up like a penguin, check for ascites - is the underside of her back end retaining fluid, that is, is it puffy and swollen compared to another chicken? When did she last lay?
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    Chick with respiratory issue

    Aw, she looks like she doesn't feel good. I have had clicking with respiratory illness. I think mine was IB, which was viral. She did recover. Keep up the good work on the food and water. I've had luck with watermelon - it has water and electrolytes and a little sugar for energy, and it tempts...
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    brown tongue?

    My 3 chicks are 11 weeks old, and all 3 have brown tongues that look exactly like the picture above. One was sneezing often so I looked in her mouth. The second sounds like a goose. And the little cockerel has a runny nose. So clearly something respiratory is going on. But bacterial, fungal, or...
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    Worming question. Poor girl.

    Just to follow up on this thread: It is going on 3 months since worming, and finally she is not pooping water most of the time any more. She will also pasture now (eat some grass/weeds) and is acting more like a normal chicken. I'd say the watery pooh is down to 10% of the time. Conclusion is...
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    Worming question. Poor girl.

    Thank you both! I will try it today.
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    Worming question. Poor girl.

    Yes, she has free access to her feed all day. It is a layer crumble, and I've wondered about too much calcium - since she isn't laying. I had 4 chickens and most of my flock aged out, so I had only 1 and she was lonely, and too late to get chicks this year. My friend had 3 and she wanted to get...
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    Worming question. Poor girl.

    Thank you, everyone, for the replies. She does like the mushy feed, but takes a couple of bites, then stops. I just measured the water dish, and it holds about 18oz, and it was a little over half full after today (2 chickens). My hen who died last year (8 years old) had crop problems a couple...
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