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    Hen With One Eye Closed

    OK, thanks for that. I'm getting her some yogurt and will add some extra carbs to her diet in the hopes that will help!
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    Hen With One Eye Closed

    The eye drops helped, her eye is now back to normal. What I'm still worried about is the fact that she's still lethargic. She'll wander around a little bit, but not with her normal energy. She's still eating and drinking, but as far as I can tell it's less than usual. Does anyone know what...
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    Hen With One Eye Closed

    Thanks everyone, I'll go buy the stuff today and hopefully she'll get better
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    Hen With One Eye Closed

    I've got a hen who's eye has been closed for a couple of days now. She's a mystery age (but at least one year old) light speckled sussex hen. The eye seems to bug her, she wipes it in her feathers from time to time and also shakes her head a bit. She's also been more lethargic than usual, but...
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    Hen Gone Nuts - Flailing, Disoriented, etc.

    Thanks everyone... I'd ruled out Mareks on the basis that she was too old, and a number of the symptoms didn't fit. I'm relatively sure it was botulism, or some sort of similar infection, but that I got to it too late to save her.
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    Hen Gone Nuts - Flailing, Disoriented, etc.

    Thanks guys, at least she isn't suffering anymore I guess.
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    Hen Gone Nuts - Flailing, Disoriented, etc.

    Strokey passed away this afternoon. Thanks for all your help everyone, I do appreciate it.
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    Got a Problem here.. NEED HELP PLEASE!

    Check her vent and see if it's red and inflamed, this could be another sign that she's eggbound, even if you can't feel an egg.
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    Hen Gone Nuts - Flailing, Disoriented, etc.

    Thanks for the comfort everyone, I do realize that I don't think she's going to make it, but she is a fighter! I'm about 99% positive she had heat stroke the last time. We're in northern NSW and we had a whole string of about 2 weeks of cold weather and storms, then all of a sudden one hot 30+...
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    Hen Gone Nuts - Flailing, Disoriented, etc.

    Anyone with an answer to these questions? I woke up this morning and she was on her back in the tub we've been keeping her in. Thought she was dead, and now she won't open her eyes at all
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    I've got a brooding rooster.

    Haha! Thanks for sharing your stories everyone And no, we haven't got any eggs to candle, we've just been eating them! So just as well there aren't any roosters.
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    Hen Gone Nuts - Flailing, Disoriented, etc.

    After thinking about botulism I did a search for it on this forum and found an amazing thread (the link if anyone in the future needs it: https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=219553&p=1 ) with a ton of info. I went out and got some epsom salts, gave her 1 tsp in 30 mls of...
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    Hen Gone Nuts - Flailing, Disoriented, etc.

    Thank you, botulism looks like it might fit. This is what Strokey looks like most of the time now, with her head dropping down, sometimes it falls forward and she rests with the tip of her beak on the ground. Does this look like botulism paralysis? (I couldn't find any photos on Google of what...
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    Hen Gone Nuts - Flailing, Disoriented, etc.

    I'm giving her 1/2 childrens vitamin every day (couldn't find baby vitamins) with no iron. About an hour after I gave her the first vitamin yesterday she stood up for a little bit, didn't move around, but it was still an improvement. This morning I gave her the vitamin, which she likes (it's...
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    I've got a brooding rooster.

    Quote: They are all from our flock, yes. I don't know if they all belong to one hen or if both have eggs in there now, since all their eggs look more or less the same. Anyways, I took the eggs away last night and they're still sharing a box, I don't think I'm going to get them to separate...
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