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    thin hen. funky poo

    so i did some research on clostridium perfringens, but not much came up on the symptoms. mostly that it is common in broiler hens and that it could be caused by moldy food (maybe from my compost pile?) is there a thread on this disease?
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    thin hen. funky poo

    i started them on a wormer called "strike III " a few days ago.. i mixed it with 50 lbs of there food. do these symptoms occur when worms are present? ive tried to research so many possibilities and im just grtting a headache. i feel ive narrowed it down to either an infection or worms, its...
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    thin hen. funky poo

    my 2 year old RIR has been having almost completely water poo, for almost 3 weeks, her poo just started looking more solid but it looks "seedy" and i dont feed her anything that would cause that. shes also down to 4 lbs 12 oz and is very pale. anyone know what this poo might mean? i dont see...
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    hen rapidly losing weight, pale face, and diarreah!

    yes, ive checked her multiple times trying to rule out what i can. whatever she has hasnt spread to any of my other chickens
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    hen rapidly losing weight, pale face, and diarreah!

    the first picture is a comparison between the color of her and her sisters crop and wattle, the second is the side of her wattle that is NOT swollen, the third picture is her swollen wattle, which just happened today
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    hen rapidly losing weight, pale face, and diarreah!

    the wormer i used was called strike III, i mixed it with 50 lbs of their food, it said it took care of 3 types of worms, so i was thinking that was my best option.
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    hen rapidly losing weight, pale face, and diarreah!

    i would love love love to bring her to a vet, it would relieve me so much. but i cannot by any means afford it, which makes me feel so guilty, i try my very hardest to make sure all my hens are happy and healthy, but sometimes its not enough..
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    hen rapidly losing weight, pale face, and diarreah!

    thank you so much for replying! it means alot. shes been eating and drinking normally, but i did forget to mention shes hasnt laid any eggs! her crop is normal, hard at night and empty in the morn. and ive checked her abdomen, thinking she might be egg bound, but nothing. she had been...
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    hen rapidly losing weight, pale face, and diarreah!

    any help would be greatly appreciated! my 2 year old RIR hen started showing odd symptoms 2 weeks ago, i first noticed her poo was watery, practical only water, and little bits of green, i checked lots of her poos for worms, no sign. next came losing weight, she weighs half of what she should...
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    help! black poop with pictures!

    she is a beautiful chicken, I have also considered a few of those problems, my chickens poop looks more like tar though, no color like green or yellow
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    help! black poop with pictures!

    I got home today and noticed quite a few jet black chicken poop around the pen... I watched for awhile to see who was doing it and it was one of my girls.. as far as I could tell it was only her.. she seems physically fine, she has had a really bad twitch for a few months with her head, she...
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    sick chick; separating from the flock

    very helpful! as far as I can tell, it's always wet and smelly.. I saw probiotics at the tractor store near me... do you think it will negatively effect the other chickens if they all drink the same water? thank you very much for the response. she's only 6 weeks old and I feed them all the same...
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    sick chick; separating from the flock

    I noticed a week or two ago one of my 6 week old RIRs was "passing" wet smelly poops... the response I got when I asked what could be wrong was..." aren't all poops smelly? " and nothing else.. hers is VERY smelly.. I still don't know what's wrong and it's been over a week.. as far as I can tell...
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