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    Advice on healing injuries

    You can try to gently remove it, just put some pressure on it but don't pull hard. She will probably try to push it when you do that. See if it will come. If it's dried and sticking you may have to use some oil or honey to lubricate it and get it unstuck, or a soak. Just don't force it, or...
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    Advice on healing injuries

    If needed you can give her some calcium to help her expel anything that may be remaining. Calcium citrate +D is the best absorbed (Citracal or generic equivalent-not slow release). I usually give my standard sized birds 600 mg once a day, so for her 300 mg is probably plenty. I would give...
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    Chicken pooped weird meaty stones?? Help??

    In my flock, I leave them be as long as they are basically doing normal chicken things, eating, drinking, sun and dust bathing, not getting picked on etc., even if a bit slower, but have some quality of life. If they isolate themselves, go off food or water, act unwell or lethargic, just...
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    Sick chicks

    To clarify, newly hatched chicks should have a spot under the heat source that is 95 degrees F the first week, and it goes down by 5 degrees per week until 5 or 6 weeks when they are fully feathered. It's really important with a heat lamp that you actually measure the temperature at the level...
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    Chicken pooped weird meaty stones?? Help??

    Very sorry you had to make that decision. It's never easy, even when we know it's the right thing, and it's done out of caring. :hugs
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    Advice on healing injuries

    If her back end needs to be cleaned up, I would do that. Make sure the vent looks ok and the laying didn't do any damage to the healing tissue. If she's acting normally, eating, drinking, doesn't seem to be in distress, I would just keep an eye on her. It may have been thin shelled, or broke...
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    Dog attack, hen has large gash on rear end. Recovery help and questions on ETA

    Very sorry this happened. Your roo may very well have sacrificed himself trying to save the girls. It does appear to be healing well. I agree, I would start putting a plain antibiotic ointment on it a couple of times a day, keeping it moist can help with healing. I would not cover it with...
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    Chicken pooped weird meaty stones?? Help??

    Sadly, I do think that is lash material. So likely salpingitis. If vet care is an option they can test to see what antibiotic might help. If vet care is not an option then usually enrofloxacin (Baytril) is what is used. Having said that, it is very resistant to treatment, so even treating...
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    Advice on healing injuries

    This link has some pictures, and lots of info on lice and mites, should help you id if what you saw was a mite. https://the-chicken-chick.com/poultry-lice-and-mites-identification/
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    Advice on healing injuries

    Honestly, once they get used to them they adapt just fine. Some act like nothing has changed, some may walk funny at first, but they adapt pretty quickly. They are very useful for bumblefoot treatments as well, so a good thing to have on hand.
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    Advice on healing injuries

    If you keep it covered in ointment, reapply it several times a day, that will help keep it moist and will also help keep droppings from drying and sticking to the area by the vent, it'll be easier to clean off. Just reapply there every time you clean it off. Keeping the wound moist will also...
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    Help! Bumble foot!?

    I'm not questioning it, just have no personal experience with it. I've heard of it, seen it recommended, just haven't (yet) tried it on anything.
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    Help! Bumble foot!?

    I have never used DMSO for this, so really can't say if it might work or not. Up to you if you want to try that or not. Did you look at my link on sugardine in my post above? I would try that. It's worked really well for me in a couple of really nasty cases. And it's relatively inexpensive...
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    Help! Bumble foot!?

    Can you post a good picture of the spot you've been cleaning out and removing pus from? Not sure exactly where it is in the pictures above. I'm going to give you a link to a thread where I explain how I treat very stubborn bumblefoot, and have had success with some really bad ones. It can...
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    Heart failure? Mareks?

    When you've had Marek's confirmed in your flock, then it's always going to be possible. I've found that not all symptoms follow the commonly described ones, there can be lots of variation depending on where exactly it's affecting their systems. Some breeds or genetic lines can be more...
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