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    Week old chick with air filled crop?? any ideas?

    Update. Seems to have gone down overnight. Not totally back to normal but getting there. I'll keep watch on her food intake haha.
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    Week old chick with air filled crop?? any ideas?

    Haha I hope its just that! I'll post an update tomorrow. Thanks for helping!
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    Week old chick with air filled crop?? any ideas?

    Okay I'll do that tonight. Definitely let her have water though right? I have vitamins and electrolytes in it now, anything else I should try? Thanks!
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    Week old chick with air filled crop?? any ideas?

    I have a week old chick that has had a large crop for a couple days now. Its not hard like impacted crop, and it doesn't feel mushy or watery like sour crop. It feels like a balloon filled with air. I can massage it and sometimes it seems soft and malleable but for a few seconds it turns hard...
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    *Graphic Picture* 3 year old hen with nasty green poo

    I made up a very liquidy mash and used a pipette/syringe to squeeze it into her mouth. She didnt like it when i tried to open her beak so i just dribbled a drop at a time onto her beak and she would "lick" it up. I figured fluids were more important then solid food. I used apple sauce...
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    *Graphic Picture* 3 year old hen with nasty green poo

    Peritonitis is scary. There are a lot of bad ending stories in the forums. However my experience turned out good! My hen had it and I had to keep her in the house about 2+ weeks trying to get water, food, and antibiotics down her. I would let her outside for a few minutes everyday with the...
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    Deworming adults and chicks together?

    I've seen a couple large adult poos with roundworms in it. Have not found the culprit yet so was planning on deworming all the adults. However I introduced the 9 week old chicks to the coop (they are in separate sections) and free ranging all day a little more then a week ago. Should I also...
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    Lethargic but alert chicken? Any ideas of what could be wrong?

    Her poop. Still eating and drinking but laying down eyes closed and panting off and on (its not hot in the house).
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    Lethargic but alert chicken? Any ideas of what could be wrong?

    I have a chicken that didnt come off her roost yesterday morning which is unusual. Took her down put her outside with the others. She just stood there and eventually layed down even when they moved on. Checked her for an egg which i did feel one so i lubed her up and put her in the nesting box...
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    Bumblefoot or just a scab?

    One of my chickens had a seemingly classic bumblefoot scab on her foot however no limping or swelling. We prepared for surgery. Cut off the scab expecting a kernel or pus but nothing! it was just pinkish healthy looking fat/tissue. We poked and prodded but nothing came out. Sprayed vetericyn on...
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    Injured chicken still panting 5 days after attack, can't breath?? Won't eat either

    Thanks guys I actually did everything thing you suggested but she ended up passing away yesterday. :( She was having a very hard time breathing so i dont know if there was a puncture we couldnt find that got her lung or her throat was too swollen. The night before she was actually alert and...
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    Injured chicken still panting 5 days after attack, can't breath?? Won't eat either

    Have any of you experienced a chicken who still open mouth breathes days after an attack?? At first i thought it was just stress but it hasnt gone away and is getting worse. She has an open 2 in wound in front of her left breast area. We've cleaned it and continue putting medicine on it and its...
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