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    Lethargic but can’t identify cause

    I’m so appreciative of your comments. My gut tells me it wasn’t canker. Honestly I wasn’t thinking clearly at the vet as she passed so suddenly that I didn’t think to ask for a culture. I’ll monitor for now. They just love when I look inside their mouth :rolleyes:
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    Lethargic but can’t identify cause

    Not at all. I was very surprised by the diagnosis. She didn’t seem to have any typical symptoms. Also I’m stumped as to how she would have got infected. Wild birds have zero access to their shelter. And their water and food is well concealed inside. I used nipple waterer and a treadle feeder...
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    Canker in an indoor hen?

    Oh I’m so sorry. These birds really steal your heart, don’t they?
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    Canker in an indoor hen?

    I’m curious how your hen is and if you got to the bottom of the issue. I just had a bird die and was told it was canker, but she lives in a fully enclosed run and wild birds have zero access to water or food. Their food and water is also very well contained. Trying to find out how these birds...
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    Lethargic but can’t identify cause

    @Wyorp Rock just an update. Hen did not make it. She was looking bad this morning so I called around and found a vet that would see her. Oddly the vet said she had trichomosiasis and she noticed a plaque on her mouth. Anyway, she was weak and ended up having a heart attack. I’m so sad but I...
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    Lethargic but can’t identify cause

    Thanks for the suggestion. Just dropped off a sample for a fecal float. Will see about getting an antibiotic. Thanks for that tip. I just checked on her and her bottom seems to be pulsating. Or maybe this is what labored breathing looks like. Her mouth is not open. I can’t imagine she’s egg...
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    Lethargic but can’t identify cause

    Running out of ideas… thoughts on this hen? She’s a 3 yr old buff Orpington. Behavior has changed a lot in past 2-3 weeks. Lethargic and puffed up. Still eating a bit but not enthusiastically. Not moving around much. Pooping a little and it’s greener and smaller than normal. Vent is clean and...
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    Toe bent backwards

    Young chicken looks like she injured toe. Bent forward, slightly swollen. Limping slightly. How would you fix this?
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    One stinky lady

    Oh gosh. Please be prepared to help me tomorrow in the event of an unspeakable discovery.
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    One stinky lady

    I want to vomit reading that last sentence. But good advice. I’ll give her a good once over tomorrow. It hadn’t occurred to me that she may actually have an injury somewhere.
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    One stinky lady

    They do. Sand in run and a few hours of outside time in good old dirt each day. But good question, she does bathe obsessively. Like she knows she has an issue.
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    One stinky lady

    One of my hens just stinks to high heaven. Her body actually smells bad, almost like it’s decaying. Every time she flaps her wings or jumps on my lap I hold my breath. She’s seemingly healthy, eats, drinks, does normal chicken things. Anyone have a stinky bird? Should I be concerned about any...
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    End of shell very thin every time

    Interesting! Thanks for sharing your experience. Goodness knows I have enough squash to share. I’ll give it a try. Why do we plant so many each year?!?
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    End of shell very thin every time

    Thanks a bunch. This is reassuring.
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    End of shell very thin every time

    My 1.5 year old barred rock has been laying eggs with a very thin shell for a few weeks. The last week the top of the egg is consistently paper thin and cracked. She’s a heavy layer, one xl egg every day and hasn’t taken a break since she started laying. She gets purina organic layer crumble...
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