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    Sour crop, yes, but is something else wrong??

    Alright guys--time for an update. I am frustrated. Really, really frustrated. I cleared up the sour crop with Monistat and started giving her the dulcolax, as suggested, and it really seemed to be helping. Her crop seemed to be emptying, though slowly, and she didn't have that squishy, water...
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    Sour crop, yes, but is something else wrong??

    Alright---So I gave her 12 ccs of an epsom salt/water solution over the past hour. She just pooped--it's really watery, but has some green chunks mixed in. If she has pooped, is this a sign that maybe she's not totally blocked up and that it could be remedied?
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    Sour crop, yes, but is something else wrong??

    Hi all... So I know there are a lot of threads on sour crop, but I'm posting here because my hen doesn't seem to be responding to the usual treatments I have tried so far. Here's what's going on: My hen is a 4+ year old Easter Egger named Waynoka. She is one of the most robust gals in my...
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    Ah! Help! Blood! But where did it come from???

    If they don't seem ill and are eating and drinking fine, it seems highly unlikely that that blood was pooped out....there's a lot of it, and it's very fresh. Not mixed with any feces or anything. Two theories: one of your birds got its toenail caught on something. I have had this happen with my...
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    Chicken Attacked by Raccoon

    Chickens who are in shock need lots of warmth and fluids to recover. Get her into the house. Put her in a bathroom with an overhead heater or a space heater, or put her in a box with a heating pad covered in a towel. Get some fluids into her--look up "rehydration solution" on the internet. It's...
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    RIR hen is thin, lethargic, poor appetite, hasn't laid in months and feathers turning white??

    So I wormed her today with the recommended pea-sized amount of Safeguard. Should I worm her every day for a few days, repeat it again in a week, or....? I'm not sure she actually has worms, but like you guys said, it won't hurt her to try. Since I don't know what worms she might have, I'm...
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    RIR hen is thin, lethargic, poor appetite, hasn't laid in months and feathers turning white??

    Anyone?
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    RIR hen is thin, lethargic, poor appetite, hasn't laid in months and feathers turning white??

    Hi all-- I'm baffled as to what could be going on with one of my girls. She is a RIR, around two years old. Shortly before the onset of winter this past year, I noticed that she had stopped laying. Shortly thereafter, she molted--right as it was getting very, very cold. She lost almost all...
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    Had to assist with hatch; need help with helping baby

    Looks like the little chick just needed to get his or her "sea legs" in order. I got home from work and discovered the chick walking around just fine. It's the one in the foreground. Can't wait to see what this little mutt grows up to be!
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    Had to assist with hatch; need help with helping baby

    So I gave some fertile eggs to a broody hen and they all hatched night before last, with the exception of one. The chick pipped and made a hole that I could see its beak through, but had not progressed beyond that for 12 hours and was making very distressed peeps. At midnight last night, I...
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    Help sexing 3 silver laced wyandotte chicks (5 weeks old)

    Hi all- I bought three Welsummer chicks and three SLW chicks from Rural King five weeks ago. Two of the Welsummers are clearly roos (dang it!) But one is a pullet. I'm stumped on the wyandottes, though, as one has a completely different feather pattern from the other two. I have a horrible...
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    HELP!!!!!!!!!! AND FAST!!!!!!

    It definitely seems like sour crop could be the culprit, if she's drinking a lot of water. Your first order of business is to check her crop. If it's full and squishy and she's still gurgling, you will need to (carefully) make her "throw up." Here is a good page talking about diagnosing and...
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    Hen's foot suddenly very swollen, red, and lame

    Thank you. I'll see how it looks in the morning and get her some baby aspirin.
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    my Ameraucana sounds like a kazoo when she breaths, then sneeze/coughs

    I have an Ameraucana who, every time the weather changes in any significant way, starts wheezing and coughing. Maybe it IS an Ameraucana thing--I've never heard of that before! You should isolate her and see how she is in the morning. Mine is always fine by the end of the day. I used to freak...
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    HELP!!!!!!!!!! AND FAST!!!!!!

    I will add to this that I had a hen awhile back who ate a large amount of long grass clippings after I had mowed, and she got an impacted crop, which led to sour crop. She drank a huge amount of water trying to "wash everything down" and, as a result, was "gurgling" by the time I figured out...
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