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    Severe fly strike

    I came here because I am in literally the EXACT same situation… 7 year old favourite hen, like a dog, thought she was feeling slow because of the heat, and discovered this morning that she has a terrible case of fly strike. I’m absolutely beside myself with guilt. I’ve bathed her multiple times...
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    Diarrhea and lethargy

    Okay, thank you very much for the advice! She’s about the same this morning, brighter but not totally normal, resting, keeping her eyes open more, talking to me a bit, eating and drinking. Still no egg and no significant poop. I will check her crop, and repeat the calcium later today.
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    Diarrhea and lethargy

    I gave her a warm Epsom salt bath a few hours ago, and gave her a dose of calcium carbonate powder mixed with water via syringe. No egg yet, but she’s noticeably brighter. She has not been dewormed.
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    Diarrhea and lethargy

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    Diarrhea and lethargy

    Thank you. She's eating and drinking some. Regarding the calcium - how do I give it? Does it have to be calcium citrate? I have some calcium carbonate powder on hand.
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    Diarrhea and lethargy

    Hi everyone, I have a one year old hen who has come up sick today. I noticed when I let them out this morning that she was looking a little lethargic, standing apart from the others with her eyes closed. I set her up in a crate to keep an eye on her. I offered her some leftover oatmeal from...
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    Egg bound, or...?

    Update for those who are interested: after trying Epsom salts baths and calcium and seeing no improvement and no egg, but also no decline, I decided to try her back out with the other girls. That was three days ago. She's a little slower than usual and her posture in a little off; her poops are...
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    Egg bound, or...?

    Still no egg, but she seems okay - pooping, eating meal worms and scrambled egg, just hanging out quietly in her crate. Is there anything more I can do for her? How odten should I give the calcium?
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    Egg bound, or...?

    So it looks like 1/2 tsp is 600mg. I gave her some last night, mixed with water and into her open beak with a dropper, but probably lass than half that amount. I'll give another dose now, the full 600mg.
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    Egg bound, or...?

    Okay. It's calcium carbonate, just a tub of loose powder that I got from a compounding pharmacy, so I'm not sure about dosage. Maybe I can find something online about that. How often should I be giving that amount of calcium?
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    Egg bound, or...?

    Hi all, I have a sick hen, not sure what to do and hoping for some help. This 4 year old GLW decided to go into molt at the beginning of the month, after laying fine for a few weeks. The day before yesterday she was up and about, and I happened to notice that her bum looked messy, some runny...
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    Tin roof or...?

    Thanks for all the tips! I never knew those foam strips were a thing!
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    Tin roof or...?

    Great looking coop!
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    Tin roof or...?

    Hey folks, We're building our coop this week, woohoo! It will be a lean-to style walk-in shed coop. On our previous cop we did plywood under galvanized tin for the roof, which worked great! But lumber prices are through the roof (haha) right now, so we were thinking we'd just do the tin on it's...
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    Coop details help, please!

    Thank you! I didn't see those links, thanks for pointing them out, I'll definitely take a look!
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