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I found a chicken snake in our duck enclosure yesterday. He had swallowed a ceramic egg. It had been missing for about two weeks. I guess that poor guy was just burrowed and destined for death. I tried to work the egg back up, and when I couldn’t I called our local wildlife rescue. They said to...

I know this is an old thread, but after reading it I have to respond. I love this site, but it is plain that there are two different kinds of people who subscribe. Chicken people who do chickens as business and chicken people who have chickens as pets. I think it is absolutely absurd when...

UPDATE: My sweet Frances is still alive, and is actually outside happily pecking around with her family today. After over 3 months of battling with the yellow stuff in her nostril, I used Tylan 50 injectable orally for 5 days. I gave her .15 cc because she is a silkie, but the dosage for larger...

Fowl pox is spread from bird to bird, wild birds included, by mosquitoes. Even if the new birds that you brought on your property are housed separately, if they have the virus and mosquitoes feed on them and then your other birds they can catch it. I am going to start vaccinating all of my birds...

Hi. If you are dealing with fowl pox, I wanted to share how I got my birds through it recently. I almost lost one because her eyes got scabby and swelled shut. Every morning I took warm compresses and wiped her eyes as clean as I could get them. Then I would put a small amount of Neosporin...

Hi. I just wondered if you ever resolved the clogged nostril issue in your sweet hen? I have a 9 year old silkie bantam whom I love dearly, and she possibly has the same problem. It it a chunky, porous substance which stinks like death. Like someone else posted, it almost seems grown into her...

A lot of good advice! We lock everyone up every night in predator proof housing; small square netting behind cattle panel wire or chain link and metal about a foot below ground in a concrete trench. I don't think anyone has mentioned not letting your birds out too early in the morning. Ours...

Hi. Thank you so much for your update. I am sorry for your loss. My little Francis is running around, eating with her family. She seems to feel okay. I have been dealing with this for over a month. Told it is something different by everyone I talk to. It sounds and looks just like your case, so...

Btw- we did smell her eyes, and there is no odor;)

Eggcessive, I have read many threads on BYC, and it sounds like you know your stuff. Thank you bunches! I took the sample of the stinky cheese stuff to my equine vet, because I had to go anyway. Vet didn't look at it under microscope, but just said to treat it like canker. I am still wanting to...

I looked in little Francis' mouth this morning, and everything looked great. Sadly I lost a few chickens over the years to canker; just didn't know what it was. Now I know; thanks for that info. I did remove a chunk this morning, and will be taking it to the vet today to see if it is fungal or...

I have a nine year old silky hen who has been producing a terrible substance in her nostril for about a month. It is just on the left side. It is crusty and hard on the outside but chunky like cottage cheese on the inside. It is yellow and smells absolutely horrible! It also seems to be eating...

I know this post is old, but I have a nine year old silky hen who has been having the same thing in her nostril for about a month. It is just on the left side. It is crusty and hard on the outside but chunky like cottage cheese on the inside. It is yellow and smells absolutely horrible! It also...

Thanks, I lost mine too

One of our lady ducks was attacked by a dog several months ago. After much reading and research, we prepared a big dog kennel with clean hay, water and food, and put it in a dark quiet bathroom. Clean the wounds as well as possible, then cover wounds with Neosporin. I did this daily for about a...