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    Any thoughts on this? Sudden death of young Wellsummer

    Thanks for the responses. I dust spring and fall for mites and worm at the same time so they are coming due but the nature of how she was moving/struggling to move didn't make me think of a parasite issue. Maybe a seizure or stroke or something? Idk. I'm actually quite glad it killed her bc...
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    Any thoughts on this? Sudden death of young Wellsummer

    Yesterday all of our birds seemed fine. Today I went out to collect eggs and a few were sitting in the nesting boxes. I put my hands under their bottoms to feel for eggs like usual and when I did I realized that one of them was a 36 week old Wellsummer whose eyes were shut and there were no...
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    Hawk attack, does this bird have a chance?

    Thanks :)
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    Hawk attack, does this bird have a chance?

    bump. anybody?
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    Hawk attack, does this bird have a chance?

    Ok she seems to be doing really really well. She is eating and acting like normal and I have been cleaning it out with saline 2x a day and it is looking really good. Not red or swollen, not hot to the touch, no weeping and no odor. If things continue going well, how long do I have to wait to...
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    Hawk attack, does this bird have a chance?

    Ok i can isolate her, but i have a question about packing the wound, this is like a really, really deep hole. but its mostly the space between the skin and the muscle. I can take a picture tomorrow but I can basically see her actual neck. It doesn't seem like the muscle was injured at all. I...
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    Hawk attack, does this bird have a chance?

    We managed to run a hawk off tonight but it got a good piece of one of our 1 year old Cochins. Tons of feathers everywhere and a bald spot on her back side/tail where most of them were yanked out. She has a little scratch back there but nothing major. I thought that was her only injury. She...
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    sick chanticleer

    Thanks a lot!
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    sick chanticleer

    I'm not aware of a local poultry vet and honestly would probably not spend the money. Can you get this done for free? I wasn't aware of a state vet? All of my birds were purchased together as 12 week olds about a year ago from our local feed store. She looks terrible this morning. She's...
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    sick chanticleer

    Thanks I am aware that now that this has happened the flock will be closed bc they are all carriers. I'll read up regarding the bacterial piece.
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    sick chanticleer

    Hi all. Our flock of 15 had been battling something. Started w one bird sneezing and lethargic, spread to everyone. Gave electrolytes and vitamins in water with duramycin for 10 days. As of now all of the birds seem back to normal but one. This 1 year old Chanticleer was the last one to show...
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    strange eggs

    Hi all. I have a flock of 9 girls - 2 barred rocks, 3 RIRs, 2 brown leghorns, one australorp and one bantam brown leghorn. They are all about 2 years old. They started laying really well again now that the days have gotten longer but every few days we find one of these very strange eggs...
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    Ascites hen - attempted draining

    So its been about 3 weeks and since she was eating and drinking well and we had a patch of nice weather I put her back in the coop with the rest of them. Of course there was the hazing period which I am sure wasn't fun for her (even though I did look but no touch exposure for a few days) but...
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    Ascites hen - attempted draining

    Would you suggest a liquid vitamin B added to water? As for protein supplements - she gets mealworms which are mostly protein and eggs when she wants to eat them.... i don't know how long she has without draining... she seems very uncomfortable and her breathing concerns me because it seems...
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    Ascites hen - attempted draining

    After a long period of drama with my RIR posted under Sick Chickie on this board she is back to normal as far as eating/drinking/pooping but has developed a very swollen belly and blue tips of hercomb. She is also showing some labored breathing. All signs point to ascites and since she seems...
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