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    Something is wrong

    Hi all! I fear I have something happening in my coop and I am at a loss as to where to start looking. In the past month I have lost 4 birds and one is on the way out as we speak. Three of them have been older hens(4 years) and two have been very young and up to the point of death, very...
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    Chicken suddley died

    So I know chicken can just up and die on you, but last night I noticed one of my RReds acting not well, I made sure she had a good drink of water before I put her in for the night. Checked on her this am and she was about the same, got her some food and water and her own little space so she...
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    Chicken suddenly sick(Is this bird flu??)

    That would make sense as my Batamn did not get treated for worms with the rest of the flock as she was caring for her new baby chick and I had to keep her away from the treated water. I treated her as soon as I saw she was not well but I think she may has gotten coccidia.
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    Chicken suddenly sick(Is this bird flu??)

    I thought it was kinda odd it was strange too but when I went to the local farm supply store they said that here in the Midwest we have had so much rain non stop that goats and chickens were having all kinds of issues that they normally do not have. My bird that died got super lethargic and...
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    Chicken suddenly sick(Is this bird flu??)

    Kinda makes you wish someone like Vet would help so you don't have to guess.
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    Chicken suddenly sick(Is this bird flu??)

    Hi there, Well I am sorry to hear you lost your chicken, I lost one two this last weekend. So from what I can put togeather it sounds like my cooped got Coccidiosis. This is a Parasitic disease they get from free ranging. I read up on this and it sounded like what was happening to my...
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    Chicken suddenly sick(Is this bird flu??)

    Okay guys here is my update. My original sick chicken snapped out of her funk and was back active with the flock after the worming. Yesterday I notice she was kinda back in her funk, not being as active and kinda laying low but not nearly as bad as she was before. This morning I went out to...
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    Chicken suddenly sick(Is this bird flu??)

    So here is the update. I contacted my vet and begged him to help me out with this chicken as I did not have enough experience to help her myself, and he did. I have her and my whole flock on a de-wormer. I am going to contact the farmer who mixes this feed and see if he is adding amio acids...
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    Chicken suddenly sick(Is this bird flu??)

    Here is the what the label says on it. 32 – Freshly Ground Layer Feed Order number of bags. 50# bags of freshly mixed poultry feed that we grind ourselves. Ingredients: non-GMO corn from Burt & Cuming Counties, organic barley from Madison County, transitional non-GMO soybean meal from eastern...
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    Chicken suddenly sick(Is this bird flu??)

    Thank you very much for your information. I do not have a vet in my area who will even talk to me about my chickens, can I do the fecal test on my own? I can run to the local country store and see if they have anything to help her out.
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    Chicken suddenly sick(Is this bird flu??)

    Okay, I checked her vent area and it looks pretty good, no mites or lice she is not leaking fluid that I can see. Her crop is soft and has no food in it. However her breast bone is prominent. Her tummy does not feel spongy at all. I feed her a grain mix I get from my local coop. It's a non...
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    Chicken suddenly sick(Is this bird flu??)

    I know right, Chickens are such a guessing game. I am glad to hear that there are very few new AI infections. I quess I will keep my eye out on the rest and hope this one bounces back from whatever is making her not right.
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    Chicken suddenly sick(Is this bird flu??)

    So I went out this am and one of my girls was tucked away in the corner, which tells me right away, something is wrong. I gathered her up and put her in a dog kennel with hay and water. She is very lathargic. She does not have any discharge from mouth or face, and does not seem stress for...
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    Chicken has serious rear end issues

    Thank you Babs! That looks exactly like what I am dealing with. I took as much of the old poopy that was stuck to her vent off, and I think it was quite painful for her but I got it as clean as I could. I did not have this spay but cleansed her with warm water. I then pushed her vent back...
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    Chicken has serious rear end issues

    I notice this morning that one of my hens back end was wet and what I thought was poopy. Turns out her vent in outside of her, she is dripping some sort of liquid and what I thought was poop stuck to her vent area appears to be attached to her. I cleaned her up and put Vaseline on her vent...
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