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    Sick Hen. Thin, Dull feathers, lethargic not eating

    poo looks good this am. She is still puffed up, but eating better. Will keep at this a couple more days!
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    Sick Hen. Thin, Dull feathers, lethargic not eating

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    Sick Hen. Thin, Dull feathers, lethargic not eating

    Thank you, good info. It is definitely NOT Mareks. no matching symptoms aside from diarrhea. They have had a couple of the leukosis symptoms so i will look into that a bit further. The Only one that died suddenly was my 8.5 y/o barred rock. I've had 4 others die from illness in the past 8+...
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    Sick Hen. Thin, Dull feathers, lethargic not eating

    Also Abdomen is fine as well, somewhat firm, not swollen, I did massage/palp to see if egg was stuck. I do think she was laying soft/thin shell eggs earlier this spring. Have been giving them ground egg shells in mash along with their free feed oyster, they did come out strangely oblong for a...
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    Sick Hen. Thin, Dull feathers, lethargic not eating

    Hi Wyorp No signs of mites or lice. Just the runny poo, and lackluster feathers, loss of weight and appetite. I suspect that or fungus bc of those symptoms and the runny yellow green poo that’s quite pungent. She hasn’t been eating much and her crop has been empty since I discovered her facing...
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    Sick Hen. Thin, Dull feathers, lethargic not eating

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    Sick Hen. Thin, Dull feathers, lethargic not eating

    Thank you for the reply. I have heard of them but not looked into. Interesting enough i lost a brahma last year to a large tumor. And I did have a small (2 egg) hatch this summer that 1 egg full embryo didn't hatch, and the second just died after 3 days. I will look into this. The lavender is...
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    Bare bottom!

    Hi there, it has been a while. How did your hen fare? Hope she made it through. Did you ever find out what it was?
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    Sick Hen. Thin, Dull feathers, lethargic not eating

    Hi all, I have a 2 year old lavender orphington that is struggling right now. Background is I have 14 hens ,1 rooster all of diff ages. A few months ago I had a couple (this girl and my 8.5 yr old barred) seem to have mites, worms or thrush/fungus. Never saw worms or mites, but their bottoms...
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    Swollen (Firm) abdomen - labored breathing

    Vet examination deduced she had an ostrich egg size solid mass. Tumor or some other type mass that was crushing her organs. Not much they could do for her. I opted to have her euthanized, and end her suffering. One thing to note is she (the vet) said it is illegal to administer BAYTRIL to fowl...
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    Review by 'Julie in Maine' in article 'Norwegian style chicken coop'

    Great job!
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    Swollen (Firm) abdomen - labored breathing

    Have appointment with vet today. She’s still so strong, no egg, little pellets of poo. She will only eat the yogurt, just giving a couple tablespoons a day with milk thistle for liver support. I haven’t named the girls since my first 8. But if she survives the vet appt. I will name her DIAMOND!
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    Swollen (Firm) abdomen - labored breathing

    Hi Eggcessive, Her appetite is not too good, ate about a table spoon of yogurt this am didn’t touch the scrambled egg. I havent been able to find a pocket of fluid again and don’t want to keep poking her. I got about a half cup a few days ago and she is still firm as a softball (very little...
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    Swollen (Firm) abdomen - labored breathing

    Update: we are still here (she is). Another soaking, a little poo. It’s definitely a hard mass. I called the vet. They don’t really see chickens and I can’t get to another. I gave her some antibiotics, sprayed her swollen vent area with colloidal silver. Massaged w coconut oil. And am vaporizing...
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    I've been following BYC for years. New to logging in.

    I've been following BYC for years. New to logging in.
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