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  1. DawnHP

    Mereks? Botulism? Something Else?

    Angel seems to be getting worse. Her neck gets twisted under her body more frequently now and she seems to have less control. I am still having trouble finding things that she will eat consistently. Another of our hens has stopped laying recently and is missing some feathers from the back of her...
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    Mereks? Botulism? Something Else?

    I put her in the garden this morning and she started pecking around at the dirt, so I got some food and the egg I made her last night and spread them around her. She ate her feed happily and ate a few bites of egg and a grub. I stayed out with her for about 45 minutes and she was happily eating...
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    Mereks? Botulism? Something Else?

    I doubt that these chickens received vaccinations since the people who bought them originally wanted organic eggs. I'm not sure that vaccinations are a no-no for organic egg production, but I know that sometimes they are. She is drinking and I make sure that she gets some water every time I...
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    Mereks? Botulism? Something Else?

    None of our other hens have shown any sign of illness or fatigue and they are still laying just fine. Angel (the sick hen) has always been at the bottom of the pecking order and hasn't laid well since we got her a year ago. We got all three hens together from their second owners. Angel was a...
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    Mereks? Botulism? Something Else?

    Thanks. I will try the vitamins if that is a likely cause. I knew it was a possible cause of the wry-neck, but I didn't know if it could cause her to not be able to walk or stand and for it to have started so suddenly. Another of her symptoms is explosive and stinky diarrhea, although it is not...
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    Mereks? Botulism? Something Else?

    I have a 3-year-old chicken. I can't remember her breed, but she used to lay light blue to almost white eggs. Her eggs were very thin-shelled and were regularly eaten or kicked out of the way. She has not been laying for about 6 months. Yesterday evening when I checked on the chickens, she had...
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