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    Information on Droopy tail, walking like a "Penguin" and panting

    Hi all - I had a 15 month old hen come up with the above symptoms yesterday afternoon and I searched the forum for any possible causes. I tried the warm water for eggbinding to no avail, and she got bad enough last night that the flock rejected her. Today I took her to the vet and it turns out...
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    Show off your chicken names!!!

    The Lucky Seven of Rancho Relaxo's Home For Wayward Fowl Barred Rocks The Ringleaders: Wicked Wanda and Aunt Betty The Muscle Girls: Buzz, Dizzy and Rooster (their street names - no one knows their real names) The Delicate Go Along With The Crowd Girls: Bettina and Henrietta
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    update on 2 wk old chick w/balance issues

    I have done PolyViSol,yogurt, electrolytes. She now has a lump on the side of her neck and there is no improvement. the lump feels like a cyst would on a dog. . Should I give it up and cull her? And how do I do it in the most zen Buddist way - I am a total wuss. More update: Lump was food - but...
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    2 week old chick with balance issues

    Thank you for the info:) I gave her Polyvisol and we will see how it goes. The feed store lady thought it might be a calcium issue. Would that mean yogurt? She - the chick- is sick to death of me picking her up and messing with her at this point - she's getting pretty verbal about it - but yet...
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    2 week old chick with balance issues

    I have checked through the forum and tried every conceivable word to describe the behavior and a lot of people have had this happen, yet there seems to be no known cause - therefore no direct application of treatment. Chicks came from a feed store,fed medicated Purina starter. They are all...
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    Hello from Rancho Relaxo's Home for Wayward Fowl

    Good Morning and Hello fellow BYC members!!! After a year of devotion to cleaning up our property and getting the rest of our critters settled in, I made good on my threats and marched down to the feed store and bailed out 7 Barred Rock chicks. I thought I had done enough research and...
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