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Yesterday I let the girls out and only counted 7... one was still in the coop staying in bed late. All day she was low energy, would sit off by herself, and close her eyes and rest her head. I saw now obvious external signs of illness or issue: She looks fine. no injury, no infestation of any...

Thanks for the input! Worked on her the better part of the morning and the afternoon. Got her cleaned out (whew) and sewed her up the best I could and got it protected w ointment. She seems to be feeling better now that her insides aren’t outside 😳. Praying she looks better in the morning. She’s...

Came out this morning to blood drops in the chicken coop and one of my chickens with a severe wound right under her vent completely infested with maggots. It seems that the flash was eaten overnight and now some of her internals are basically exposed. I’ve cleaned out all the maggots and I’m...

One of my biggest chickens, she's probably around 4, was fine up until Saturday when I let all the girls out and she didn't move. Upon inspection, I noticed her abdomen was extremely swollen so I checked for egg bound. After epsom salt bath, no egg, still not moving much, just standing there...

I've got 3 remaining girls of what was a 5 girl flock (lost 2 this year) and 2 of them don't lay at all any more and 1 lays maybe every other day. They're still healthy, sweet girls but I can't keep them around if they're not producing - I live in downtown atlanta and just don't have the space...

And no, her belly isn't enlarged at all.

Thanks for y'alls reply. Her crop this morning felt full of air/liquid - no solids. I tried inducing vomiting to see what came up and she did a little bit (and it smelled gross). I originally thought it could be a sour crop but would that cause her to drop weight? She now has no appetite and...

Thanks for the responses, y'all. Shes a few years old, has recently stopped laying completely - laid shell-less eggs/yolk and whites only for the last few weeks. Now this. Good call on the egg, though her appetite is pretty low. She's lost so much weight. I picked her up yesterday morning and...

Priscilla has had pure liquid green/yellow diarrhea for over a week now, it has a very odd and peculiar smell (new smell to me), her weight is crazy down, she has some energy but not much. I've been giving her some raw milk kefir with cinnamon, honey, and some oregano oil to hopefully fight off...

I noticed last week that Priscilla's butt was oddly poopy - very wet and her feathers were a mess. I hosed her butt off and thought that would be it. 2 days later, the same thing but also noticed her comb seemed to be a little floppier than normal. I went out of town for a few days and this...

yes, thank you! just posted new in case someone didn't see the original. Sorry for the redundancy.

(1.5 weeks ago) I found this "something" on my 2.5 year old chicken's tail next to the oil gland and at first thought it was a tick but it's under the skin and slightly exposed. It's very hard and you can tell it's larger under the skin (like a small iceberg). Any thoughts on what the heck it is...

Ok, update - so I was checking this thing out yesterday and noticed w/ my fingernail that it was softer so my curiosity got the best of me and I opted to do "surgery" on it and was able to dig out whatever this mass was (in total, probably about a thumbnail sized "ball"). The contents were...

you think that's what it is? Is that transferable to eggs/humans in any way?

yes, it is!