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    Interested in your opinions after necropsy

    Hi all, I lost a chicken yesterday after a week of watching her clearly go downhill. Mostly her symptom was lethargy. She just sat around and did nothing. At first she would eat and drink when I brought her food, but by yesterday, she wanted none of it, and then by the evening, she was dead...
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    Sudden chicken death

    This chicken was around 13 months old. We have noticed nothing different in the coop in the past few months. Egg production has been strong. All chickens have acted healthy and hungry. This chicken was found in the coop, splayed out straight as a board. I did a necropsy today with the help...
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    Bear Attacked my coop - chickens comb is half ripped off! Please help!

    Oh my gosh! I've always wondered what would happen if a bear came upon a chicken coop. I'm so sorry for your chicken injuries. Hope everything turns out okay. I'll be most curious to learn if you do anything about the broken beak. Good luck!!!
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    Sudden chicken death

    Hi all, My husband and I have 7 chickens, who have been looking wonderfully healthy since we got them. When he got home from work today, all the chickens but one were out in the outside run. The other one was in the coop, dead. We hadn't seen any signs that anyone was sick. Any thoughts about...
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    Culling a chicken (sorry if graphic)

    Is there any way to cull a chicken without using a blade? I mean, can you put CO in front of it for a while or something and have it just go to sleep? We have a chicken that likely needs to be put down from illness, and using a blade might end up killing me first. :) But I can understand that...
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    HELP! Sick hen, bloated abdomen

    I know I'm responding to a super old post, but this has all been very helpful. My chicken has been acting similarly to Best Bird, and in fact, she was very sick before but seemed to totally come out of it and be as healthy as the others, and then, just as suddenly, was back in this situation...
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    What is wrong with my chicken?? (video included)

    I swear her abdomen isn't swollen, although she is standing with her legs really far apart. If anything, she feels sort of bony. Nothing feels wrong "down there." I placed her on the carpet in the basement to see how she moved (so her feet wouldn't slide out from under her), and she just stood...
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    What is wrong with my chicken?? (video included)

    I checked for an egg yesterday (glove and lube and all)...I felt nothing. Her poop was totally normal. Not that I know what her abdomen is supposed to feel like but she doesn't seem a bit bothered when I poke at it. I gave her a warm compress yesterday and the day before. Today I am planning on...
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    What is wrong with my chicken?? (video included)

    I have checked for an egg and have not found anything. She is pooing, which I thought was maybe a good sign, and she's eating and drinking. I have actually brought her into the house so I can take a better look at her (my cats ALSO want to take a good look at her!), and it seems that she can't...
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    What is wrong with my chicken?? (video included)

    Yesterday I noticed one of my chickens just sitting in the corner (like she was in time-out). When I tried to move her, she walked as if she was drunk or like her legs couldn't hold her up. She would take a step and seem to fall over, her wings flaling. My husband told me that he'd noticed...
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