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    Need help-Coccidiosis?

    The advice to use supplements after treatment with Corid is generally to boost thiamine, which can sometimes be lowered during treatment. So anything that has thiamine in it is appropriate. Having said that, most of the time there is not an issue and using regular feed is enough. Since the...
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    Raccoon Attacked my Rooster

    I agree with @Eggcessive, if it's cold where you are, move him to a warmer area as well. We really need pictures in order to assess and give better advice. If there are bones exposed then an oral antibiotic might be necessary as well. While they can, and often do, survive and heal from some...
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    Broken beak, fighting and/or nutritional issues?

    Sometimes if you 'seed' all the boxes with fake eggs or golf balls, they will start using the other ones. They seem to often prefer a box that looks like others have used it. I keep golf balls in all of mine, I had a huge bag of old ones. The birds don't notice the difference, I've had...
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    Need help-Coccidiosis?

    Have you seen any droppings passed that look like 'regular' droppings, though maybe abnormal? Like yellow or green or watery droppings? Or are all of them like this? Sometimes reproductive problems can have odd or varying symptoms that can be hard to know for sure until necropsy. And they...
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    How often do chickens shed their intestinal lining? When is it ok and not ok?

    How old is your chick? Is it acting normally otherwise, or is it acting sick or lethargic? Is it eating and drinking normally? Do you have a picture of the dropping you saw? Pictures are often helpful.
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    Crooked Toes and One Growing wrong

    I also semi free range during daylight hours. I have a very large fenced area that they can range in. I have 40 birds and it still has grass over 80% of it, so it's definitely large enough. And I have Fayoumi's who are digging demons, so a lot is dug up. Mine have to be fenced due to roaming...
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    Hen with excessive thirst, hunger, diarrhea and severe weight loss

    Do you know when she last laid? My first reaction was kidney issues, that could cause excessive water intake and diarrhea or very runny droppings. Without blood work that would be hard to rule in or out. Despite the weight loss does her abdomen feel bloated at all? A blockage or partial...
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    Broken beak, fighting and/or nutritional issues?

    If they have just started laying, and you don't have adequate nest boxes for them, that could be a cause of spats. It's not uncommon for a hen to get pecked and bullied by someone else that wants the box she's in.
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    Need help-Coccidiosis?

    As others have said, at 7 years old coccidiosis is less likely. But not impossible. Corid is very safe and it won't hurt her if you want to try and see if it helps. It is not an antibiotic, it just stops coccidia from being able to metabolize thiamine (which is what they feed on) so they die...
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    Crooked Toes and One Growing wrong

    There are many brands of Flock Raiser or All Flock type feeds. If you cannot find those then any starter/grower feed in the 18% protein range is fine as well. That is what I buy when I can't find an all flock feed in stock. Most commercial feeds are made to be well balanced, you can further...
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    Crooked Toes and One Growing wrong

    In addition to the possible nutritional issues, it's more likely that a roo would be getting broken/fractured toes. They are heavier, so the additional weight puts more stress on those small bones, which might be weakened by deficiency. When they heal wonky, they usually can't be corrected...
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    EMERGENCY!! Brahma laying down responsive wont get up

    They are basically the same thing, gatorade might be higher in sugar. It may help to put rolled up bath towels around her to help her stay upright, kind of like a nest. Some birds will relax that way and be more comfortable. If it freaks her out and she struggles to get out, then leave them...
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    HELP: Thoughts on this wheezy little hen?

    If you have a vet that sees chickens, that is a good option since there are several possible causes. Respiratory diseases like infectious Coryza and Mycoplasma Galisepticum are not uncommon and can cause mucous and bad smell, facial swelling, MG can cause foamy bubbles in the eyes. If you want...
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    EMERGENCY!! Brahma laying down responsive wont get up

    I don't think B12 is going to be helpful, C isn't either. Do you have calcium? Even tums can help in an emergency. If nothing else I would give her warmed fluids, pedialite, gatorade, home made electrolites, get her as hydrated as you can. For homemade electrolites : 1 cup water, 2 tsp...
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    EMERGENCY!! Brahma laying down responsive wont get up

    You need a b complex that contains all the b's, riboflavin (B2) and thiamine (B1) being the most important ones. If you have any Poultry Cell, it contains both.
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