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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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    Marek? Or other?

    It could be, but without testing or necropsy it's impossible to tell you for sure. Since you have lost several with the same symptoms I would highly recommend that you have one tested, or necropsied when it passes (assuming you have not done that with a bird yet to get confirmation). That is...
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    Crop full of air

    Good luck with her.
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    Huge chest on baby chic

    If she seems ok then I would just watch. If it gets bigger, or she seems to be having trouble breathing, then I would intervene. Hopefully it will be one that resolves on it's own. If she's eating and drinking and pooping, those are all very good signs.
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    Crop full of air

    If her abdomen is swollen, that can be an indication of a reproductive problem. If it's fluid, that's ascites, which is from the liver leaking fluid and can be from various illness's including cancers and infections or organ failure. If it's very firm then it could be from infectious material...
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    Crop full of air

    Sour crop usually has a smell, as the contents of the crop are fermenting/spoiling if they aren't passing through. If it's that, then crop issues often have another underlying cause, which can take some time to narrow down. I'm going to give a couple of links, faster than trying to go back and...
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    Ouchie spot on RIR’s drooping wing

    I would apply, let it sit 1-5 minutes, and then rinse off well. You can pat dry with a clean towel after rinsing.
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    Crop full of air

    More information would be helpful. How old is the hen? Do you know when she last laid? Have you seen her droppings and are they normal, pictures can be helpful? Any wounds or injuries anywhere on her, hiding in feathers? Is she thin, or well muscled, is her keel bone prominent? Does her...
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    Huge chest on baby chic

    Does it feel like air? Baby chicks can injure air sacs fairly easily by getting banged around, running into things, etc. Sometimes those will heal by themselves. If it gets worse, or the chick is having trouble breathing then the air can be released to relieve the pressure, which will also...
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    Ouchie spot on RIR’s drooping wing

    I agree with everything @Wyorp Rock has said. I would clean and apply ointment as she described, and monitor daily for signs of infection. If that happened I would start her on an oral antibiotic like amoxicillin (many times antibiotics are not necessary). I wonder if she may have gotten a...
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