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    Possible Ecoli?

    Our dog is prone to UTI’s because he is paralyzed. However this time his UTI has been caused by an Ecoli bacteria. He doesn’t interact very much with our hens- they are in a fenced pasture but there are couple chickens that sometimes fly over the fence and there is the occasional interaction...
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    Egg Bound - tissue or membrane around egg

    She has been back with the flock for a few days - I’ve left her alone but will check her tonight to see if the egg is still there. She seems to be moving and eating fine
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    Egg Bound - tissue or membrane around egg

    Update: Her crop has emptied and she is very eager to eat. I’m giving her yogurt for now and sugar water. Her bumble foot seems to be healing and she is putting weight on them (they are bandaged) without showing signs of lifting them up or discomfort like before. Now I just need her to lay that...
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    Egg Bound - tissue or membrane around egg

    It feels smaller than yesterday, maybe by half, but definitely still gummy and sticky
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    Egg Bound - tissue or membrane around egg

    No bulging vent and I have so many hens I’m not sure what her eggs tend to look like - she is very thin - which I assumed was because she hasn’t been eating due to discomfort but appears a crop issue is at play as well
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    Egg Bound - tissue or membrane around egg

    Yes I have that exact brand I gave her some last night and this morning - but not quite that much so I will give more. Poor thing seems to also have a sour crop but with olive oil and some massaging seems to be improving. If her crop has been impacted all this time, I’m assuming she hasn’t been...
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    Egg Bound - tissue or membrane around egg

    Hello I have a young hen (1 year old) who I found in a penguin stance. I knew immediately what was probably going on. I inspected the vent gently using Vaseline and can feel the exact shape of an egg, but there is tissue around it (or a membrane of some kind). I know it’s possible it’s a tumor...
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    Strange Black Poop

    The white you see is the Monistat - the yellow crust smells very yeast like and when I first found her was covered her whole bottom so it’s actually cleared quite well. She is wet from an Epsom soak - the bit of blue is hen healer I put on to keep her friend from pecking at her.
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    Strange Black Poop

    PS: I am feeding her a mush of feed and yogurt softened, with a syringe. She 100% has vent gleet as well. I feel totally sure of that as the Monistat is improving the vent everyday - but it seems like there are multiple problems going on. This hen survived fly strike last year on her vent area -...
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    Strange Black Poop

    Upon examining her more closely this morning - her lower belly does seem to be enlarged and firm - not squishy or fluid filled, not hard as a rock - but not normal. And her crop is flat as of 2:30pm today. Her energy is good, eyes alert - wants to forage and go back with the crew. But clearly...
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    Strange Black Poop

    No she isn’t eating greens, she is isolated currently so the other hens don’t bother her. But she is eating layer feed, scrambled eggs and some yogurt. When I found her acting lethargic her vent was completely covered in thick yellow they crust that smelled awful - dead animal awful and another...
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    Strange Black Poop

    She is eating lots including layer feed and scrambled eggs - she has been eating yogurt too. I’m pretty sure it is Vent Gleet because we have a second chicken with it right now as well who I am treating. Those two hang out together so I think they got into something bad outside. Their vents are...
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    Strange Black Poop

    My wellsummer hen, who is about 3 years old, is having odd black pebble like poop over and over again. She is eating and drinking normally. We recently treated our whole flock with Equimax for worms, and while treating them discovered that she had vent gleet. We have been keeping her vent clean...
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    Hen not walking breathing heavy

    Sadly she passed last night. We spent a lot of the night getting fluids, yogurt, electrolytes and calcium in her. Kept her warm in blanket and red lamp - massaged her crop, her abdomen…added coconut oil to the vent to encourage anything bound to come out. She was pretty far gone when we found...
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    Hen not walking breathing heavy

    Oh and poop looked normal!
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