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    PLEASE: Egg Peritonitis?

    I think my hen has egg peritonitis. She has has been acting different for a couple of days. I have no avian vet where I live. Her symptoms are like egg bound but we felt no egg. She stands like a penguin with her tail down has hard abdomen and can feel her bones. We feel no egg. She ate some...
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    PLEASE HELP !! EGGBOUND HEN

    Thanks for replying. I think she may have egg periontitis. I found a thread : https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/526089/egg-yolk-peritonitis, that explained this. She gave her henDURAMYCIN-10 , an antibiotic. She also links a youtube video explaining this: . I will probably pick this up and try...
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    PLEASE HELP !! EGGBOUND HEN

    I know same here. IF there was a poultry vet, their cost would be astronomical. I did get a call through to a poultry vet. She was very nice. The other vets I called said they would have to see her and I live far away. The vet told me to reach a finger up the vent and feel f there is an egg. She...
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    PLEASE HELP !! EGGBOUND HEN

    KFay: Can I purchase those at a Paris Farmers or Tractor Supply Co? Have you seen a vet at all? We have no vets that do chickens. Do you feel an egg or anything?
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    PLEASE HELP !! EGGBOUND HEN

    I have a two year old hen that I think is egg bound. She stands upright with her tail to the ground and has a hard abdomen. She keeps her neck close to her body. She has been acting different for a couple of days and yesterday she started showing symptoms of being egg bound. I gave her a warm...
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    HELP!!!!!!!!!! Sick hen

    She has never had problems with bread. I just gave her bread today and she has been sick a couple days before. I am not sure what she has but I had a hen with similar symptoms weeks ago die from it. I am not sure what she has. Thank you for replying.
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    HELP!!!!!!!!!! Sick hen

    I have 15 chicken and one hen is sick. She retracts her neck, waddles, and butt is lowered to the ground. I see no other symptoms. She does eat and drink. I gave her some bread and she ate it up. The temperatures have been pretty low this winter and currently it is 4 degrees right now. There is...
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