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    Healing Hen Sleeps a LOT. Is this normal?

    Thanks for responding! She was much more... feisty(?) than usual this morning when my husband and I (yeah, it takes 2 of us, LOL!) gave her her meds. Maybe all the extra sleep really is just part of her healing? She still hadn't touched her water when I let her out this morning, but she had...
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    Healing Hen Sleeps a LOT. Is this normal?

    My 6yo EE hen, Thirteen, got attacked by a dog on Tuesday evening. Her wounds looked really scary, so I treated her as best I could with what I had to work with (betadine and blukote) and tracked down an avian vet who saw her on Wednesday afternoon. Luckily, there is no damage to her internal...
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    NY chicken lover!!!!

    You've given me hope! Thank you! What is the purpose of covering her food in grit? She's a bantam cochin. I feed them the layer pellets from Agway and they free range in my backyard for most of the day. I had her isolated this morning, but turned her out this afternoon to see what she would do...
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    NY chicken lover!!!!

    Honestly- no. But it's the only thing repeated searches keep coming back to. She has the major symptoms: her belly is distended and hard, she waddles like a penguin, and her breathing is labored. BUT she'll eat if I offer her something from my hand, her comb and wattles are normal, she's...
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    NY chicken lover!!!!

    Honestly- no. I got home from va
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    NY chicken lover!!!!

    Does anyone in the Saratoga/Ballston Spa area have any experience with treating Ascites? I think my bantam hen may have it and would be willing to try and drain her belly, but I'm just not comfortable with trying it on my own. This is breaking my heart. I know the prognosis isn't great for...
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    4 yo Bantam Cochin With a Firm, Swollen Belly

    Oh, if it matters, she is (very characteristically) NOT happy about being handled and is totally alert.
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    4 yo Bantam Cochin With a Firm, Swollen Belly

    So- I got home from a week long vacation late last night. When I went out to check on the chickens this morning, my 4yo bantam hen, Olga, was standing by herself in the run and quite puffed up. When I picked her up to bring her in the house, I noticed that her belly is hard (it feels like a...
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    NY chicken lover!!!!

    Thanks! I called the town office this morning. The lady who answered didn't know the answer, so she took my name and number and will pass it along to the "Code Enforcer" who is supposed to call me sometime tonight. Keep us in your thoughts! I am a nervous wreck over this! The thought of...
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    NY chicken lover!!!!

    Hi Saratoga area BYC'ers! I am your soon to be new neighbor!! We are a military family that are packing up and heading over to Ballston Spa, from Salem CT, sometime in July (in theory anyway, lol!). I've been looking at the zoning maps for both Ballston Spa and Milton and am trying to figure...
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    Hello? Earth to Doris!!! (Hen staring off into space)

    I have an almost 3yo EE hen (Doris) who, as a general rule, does not like to be handled. She didnt come out with the rest of the flock when I let them out this morning. I checked on her and found her just standing on the roost, staring off into space. She didnt really react when I picked her up...
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    Do chickens get constipated? UPDATED: 7 days later- a full recovery!

    Just wanted to post an update on Stig for anyone interested. Today was the first day in 2 weeks that her vent was closed and dry when I checked her this morning! If she stays that way through tomorrow, I'm going to call it a complete recovery! Of course, between messing with her cycle and...
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    Do chickens get constipated? UPDATED: 7 days later- a full recovery!

    Okay. I've got a call in to the only avian vet in my area & HOPEFULLY she can give me the Nystatin w/o a consultation. Otherwise I'll look into ordering the medistatin. In the mean time, I've given her a solution of Epsom salts & water (to get things started) and sprinkled the same probiotic...
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    Do chickens get constipated? UPDATED: 7 days later- a full recovery!

    Wow! I'm looking at the pictures and description on the link. The pictures and symptoms fit Stig exactly! THANK YOU!!!
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    Do chickens get constipated? UPDATED: 7 days later- a full recovery!

    I've been treating my 2yr old (today!!!) serama hen, Stig, for a prolapsed vent since Friday and have not seen an egg from her since Saturday evening (its now Thursday). I've been keeping her in a dark hospital pen in the house and tending to her vent once or twice a day with Preparation H and...
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