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Eggcessive replied to the thread Another infected eyeball.She really seems to need the antibiotics. I would also continue to clean the eye and apply plain Neosporin or Terramycin twice a day... -
Eggcessive replied to the thread Dead rooster.Every state will cost different. Some states, such as CA have low cost necropsies because they are associated with a university vet...
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Eggcessive replied to the thread Dead rooster.What state are you in? Here is a list of state vets who can do a necropsy, and the body should be kept cold, but not frozen. Call early...
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Eggcessive replied to the thread Dead rooster.Sorry for your loss. Watch the flock behavior to see if the rooster or other hens are keeping anyone from eating or drinking. Do they...
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Eggcessive replied to the thread Lethargic and sleepy, puffed up hen.If you would like to attempt a brief home necropsy to take some pictures of her liver, intestines, gizzard, oviduct, it might help. I...
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Eggcessive replied to the thread Lethargic and sleepy, puffed up hen.I am sorry for your loss. Most state vets will do a necropsy on a hen if you send them to the lab or ship overnight. Of course they are...
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I checked her crop and I can feel it but nothing feels hard or abnormal. Found a video online from a vet tech to figure out how lol. Yes...
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Eggcessive replied to the thread Sick lethargic Roo.His eye looks like he has ocular Mareks. Maybe he cannot see the food and water well or is getting kept away from them by a bully? Do...
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Eggcessive replied to the thread Potential prolapsed vent graphic pic in comment.I think you are right about it being a case of vent pecking. I would separate her inside a wire dog crate within your coop around the...
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Eggcessive replied to the thread Help, lethargic hen, Vet on vacations.Is the crop soft, firm or dough-like? You can offer some slightly chilled coconut oil cut into slivers to peck daily. If the crop feels...
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Eggcessive replied to the thread Lethargic and sleepy, puffed up hen.To check the crop, hold her and run your hand from her neck down to her on the right side of her chest down to her legs. It is a pouch...
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Marek's Sux....the end. I always hate to hear that anybody is having to deal with it in their flock. It is a killer of birds and a...
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Eggcessive replied to the thread Cut on molting hen.A picture at some point may help. BluKote is alcohol and gentian violet, which stings but is good for minor wounds, and won’t hurt her...
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Eggcessive replied to the thread Help, lethargic hen, Vet on vacations.Her urates in her dropping appear yellow instead of normal white, and that can be a sign of a reproductive disorder and liver problems...
