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    Chick with splayed leg and no balance

    I usually just recommend a little scrambled egg or for chicks just egg yolk which supplies plenty of selenium. Too much selenium can be dangerous.
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    Help me with sour crop please.

    This is a really old thread, from 13 years ago. It would help to start a new thread of your own on the emergency forum. Give the whole story and what you have done so far, and pictures are welcome. Here is where to post your title and fill in the details...
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    Silkie sick

    So glad that she is better, and back out in her flock. Is her eye all back to normal? Can she see out of it?
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    Chicken sudden death

    I am very sorry for your loss. I don’t know what the cause could have been. Chickens are very good at hiding illness. Did you see her actively eating and drinking? Have you seen any lice or mites on her? Reproductive disease and crop problems are very common in middle age hens. Her position...
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    New chick

    Let us know how the chick gets along.
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    Chick falling back on haunches

    It could be riboflavin deficiency or weakness. What do the poops look like? What vitamin B do you have? He needs riboflavin B2 especially. Human B complex has it, and Poultry Cell do as well. Read your label. Some people think B12 have all B’s, but it only has B12. Is ther pe any way you can...
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    White spots on chicken’s skin

    Those do look like pustules. The only thing I can think of that causes those in chickens is fowl pox, the virus carried by mosquitoes. But that does not seem to look like it to me. I am nit very familiar with naked neck/turken chickens. Do you have mosquitos now?
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    Bald crop?

    You’re welcome.
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    Bald crop?

    It doesn’t sound like there is a problem then.
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    Hen issues

    I would try to pull it out, but not force it. I would give the calcium.
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    Slow/sour crop suspected in 3yo EE Hen. Please help!

    Is she eating or drinking anything? Has she passed any droppings. Have you been able to get the calcium into her?
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    Hen issues

    It looks like a collapsed egg membrane from a shell-less egg. I would gently pull it out. Clean up her vent with a wet soapy cloth. Get some human calcium tablet with vitamin D or a tums, open her beak and give it to her into her beak to swallow. Repeat the calcium with vitamin D daily for a...
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    Hydrogen Peroxide -Is it good or not?

    Welcome to BYC. Can you maybe start a new thread of your own, and post pictures? Is there a wound or bumblefoot? Give all details. Here is where to start a new thread of your own since this one is 8 years old: ...
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    Naked Neck chicken has two bumps on neck.

    Could you post any pictures?
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    Weird Breathing?

    Does she lay eggs anymore? What does her lower belly under her vent look like? Is it enlarged or fuller than the other hens, or bluish in color?
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