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    WTH is wrong with my chicken?

    Well she's certainly a lot worse. No eating, no drinking, floppy comb, now seems to have a lump on her cheek that wasn't there a day or two ago. I've been trying to feed her egg yolks & oatmeal & yogurt but she will eat nothing.
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    poultry medicine cabinet

    If you were to have one antibiotic on hand to deal with whatever comes up which would you choose? I'm making an official kit tomorrow.
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    WTH is wrong with my chicken?

    Well she certainly has: Lost weight Seems depressed Diarrhea Decreased hunger. . .doesn't seem extra thirsty however Soiled vent feathers White sores. . .maybe sores. Kind looks a bit powdery. Stinky Swollen vent OK. So I guess we're going with vent gleet. I suppose it makes sense as it...
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    WTH is wrong with my chicken?

    Quote: Well it looks like the yogurt would help with that. I guess she does smell a bit funky. Her crest is a bit dry and floppy too. My daughter is holding her and she is having success giving her pedialyte water and bits of watermelon. I need to look into cent gleet a little more as the...
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    WTH is wrong with my chicken?

    Quote: I was worried about that before so I gently flushed her out last week. All kinds of stuff came out but no cracked shell or anything like that. Should I try that again?
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    WTH is wrong with my chicken?

    OK now her bum is covered with green poo.
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    WTH is wrong with my chicken?

    Going out to giver another bath and have a look at her. . .
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    Please help - hen has red raw butt covered in maggots or worms

    Maggots you need to pick off with tweezers. Wash her really well and try to pick them all off. Make sure your coop is clean and not full of flies.
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    WTH is wrong with my chicken?

    She's a Buff Orpington. About 2 years old. She's one of two left from my original flock of 5. She had a prolapsed cloaca last year but we fixed her up and she was fine and has been a consistent layer with no problems until recently. There's something wrong with her but I'm not sure what. She...
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    In Toronto, anti-chicken city

    Welcome from Michigan!
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    I'm so bored, I'm watching that owl box thing.

    One hatched!
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    my hen just died and left six chicks alone?

    Sorry about your mama hen.
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    I'm so bored, I'm watching that owl box thing.

    I love that owl.
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    A stowaway chicken hitched a ride to work with me......

    That is hilarious!! And I do not envy the task of cleaning up all that poop.
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    Whole Foods & Trader Joes "fertile eggs" 16/3/10 DEVELOPING JUST FINE

    Best of luck!
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