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    Checking-In On Peeps - Post Here To Say Hello!

    Hello, I received your message and am happy to report things are going very well. We went from having a flock of pets to becoming a registered chicken rescue with the assistance of the Director of the Avian Program at Cornell University. We rehab sick, neglected, failure to thrive, improper...
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    Valbazen is a Godsend!!!

    I'm so sorry, I feel terrible that I am just now seeing your post. You can get Valbazen at Walmart.com or valleyvetsupply.com. If you Google Valbazen, your options pop up.
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    Help? Vent gleet?

    Wondering if you found out what the diagnosis was for your hen. Is that mass still there? It doesn't appear to be vent gleet to me. Gleet will show a raw, possibly blood spotty vent with a horrific yellow, chunky discharge with an incredibly foul odor. With that said, I had two hens with large...
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    How do i treat vent gleet??

    That stink and yellow pussy discharge is NOT cancer, it is vent gleet which in my easiest way to explain is the chicken version of a yeast infection. They are nasty and can become quite serious. What I have done for my girls, and one right now, is a good 20-min soak in butt-deep warm water with...
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    What’s in your chicken first aid kit?! 🐓

    We keep Ivermectin, Blue spray, Ivermectin Tylan 200 LA-200 (Liquamycin) Blu-Kote Triple Antibiotic ointment (WITHOUT pain relief) Sevin Dust Corrid Oral and injection syringes of tiny gauges Poultry Protector Spray Lice shampoo Mycrocin Spray Vaseline Stretchy gauze Athlete's foot spray and...
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    Silkie that has Down Syndrom?

    I know this is an older post but it popped up while I was doing my own research in Downs chickens.
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    Silkie that has Down Syndrom?

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    CHICKEN WITH PUSSY EYE!! Please help!!

    Whether it's an injury, an infection, or both, you can squeeze a small ribbon of triple antibiotic ointment in his eye twice a day, but be sure it's NOT the one with pain relief in it. That one cannot be used opthalmically. So, plain triple antibiotic ointment twice a day for a few day
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    Wry neck. Help!!!

    The best thing my vet suggests for wry neck is poly-vi-sol WITHOUT iron. It has a good amount of B12 in it and other vitamins she may be deficient in. It's a pediatric liquid vitamin available at Walmart
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    Topic of the Week - Feeding Treats

    Try watermelon, cantaloupe, or kiwi. My chickens go nuts for it on hot, summer days. I am actually more inclined to give them additional fruits and veggies in the winter because the ground is frozen and there's not much to forage for. I scatter the food all around so at least they're occupied...
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    Hen appearing to have had a stroke

    Thank you, I appreciate that very much. There's something chicken people seem to understand in a way that dog and cat people can't. I have those, too, but only Chicken people can comprehend the pain of losing any of them. I have a steady rotation of house chickens that live inside with us until...
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    Hen appearing to have had a stroke

    I hated to hit the like button. I appreciated your reply, but certainly didn't like it. I'll verify with the vet tomorrow, but you and I sound like we're on the same page. It breaks my heart, but considering the deplorable conditions I rescued her and the others, we promised we'd do our best for...
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    Topic of the Week - Feeding Treats

    Should be fine. Cilantro is good for them and I put fresh cilantro in the food processor now and then, stems included
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    Topic of the Week - Feeding Treats

    I feed our flock their regular 16% layer feed, but I supplement their diet with fresh fruits, veggies, herbs, peanut butter, honey, really anything healthy except citrus fruits, raw potatoes, and tomato. Citrus fruits have too many conflicting articles to be worth the risk with so many other...
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    Hen appearing to have had a stroke

    A few days ago, Bamboo, our ISA Brown seemed to have temporarily lost her vision, possibly a few times. Her pupils aren't dilating properly and she has a tranced look almost appearing as if she is in shock, but we don't believe it was caused by heat stroke because it was not particularly hot...
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