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    emergency please help

    I just saw your comment about the sneezing. It'll be a whole series of sneezes - like 5 to 10 or so - and there will be periods of the classic gape, meaning they extend their necks out with their beaks wide open and make a caw-gasp-cough sound. It sounds horrible, like they're really struggling...
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    close up face shots :)

    Super-cute Salmon Faverolle baby! Look at all that fuzz! :D
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    Paralyzed hen....any suggestions would help

    My first thought was Marek's too. I have two different strains of it on my farm even though my girls are vaccinated (the vaccine gives them an 85% chance of immunity against 5 of the 9 strains). One kills quickly and the other makes them very sick for weeks, if not months. If they get the...
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    She's literally dying.. right now.

    It's so hard to lose babies - I sob every time. I'm so sorry.
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    My hen suddenly died and puked up these things.... no idea what they are

    Hiya, Thanks again for looking into this. I have more knowledge too - funny how these things spur us to research things we've never looked at before, eh? I'm located in southern NH, for insect reference. :) Ruminating upon this mystery as I tossed and turned in the middle of the night, I'm...
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    My hen suddenly died and puked up these things.... no idea what they are

    Thank you Teila. My girls are pets, like pretty much everyone else's chickens are to them on this site, I'd guess. Ballerina was such a little character. I just took some dry bread out to my little flock a few minutes ago and Ballerina would have been the first one to come to my feet, her little...
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    My hen suddenly died and puked up these things.... no idea what they are

    My hen (who of course was my daughter's favourite hen - Ballerina - ) was fine until this morning when she was lethargic, refused to eat or drink, and then within a few hours couldn't stand up. She would strain and cry out in pain to pass pasty, pale yellow diarrhea. Of course I thought she was...
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    What do you think, favus?

    Gosh, that poor rooster. That's a good point in that it would do no harm. I'll give it a try and hopefully it'll heal up. Thank you! -Les
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    chicken only pooping green

    I'm not the most experienced chicken owner, but that looks like normal poop to me. Especially if she's free range and eating plants - is she? And I assume there are no other symptoms? She's acting normally? -Les
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    emergency please help

    No I didn't know that! I've never seen the liquid around here but I'll keep an eye out. That would be much better. Thanks! -Les
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    Chicken injured by dog. Please help with treatment.

    When one of my hens gets attacked by foxes, I do the following: 1. Isolate her in the house. She could get picked on by the others if she's outside, and she'd be slower and more vulnerable to predators 2. Irrigate the wound with a saline wash 3. Disinfect with an iodine-based solution...
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    emergency please help

    Perhaps the liquid is, but the paste is readily available in any livestock supply store. Where I am in NH, it's $14.95 for a tube that lasts me about a year. -Les
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    emergency please help

    Hi there, Unfortunately I've had a lot of experience with gapeworm on my little chicken farm. Here's my input: 1. If that breathing is accompanied by intervals of "sneezing" (it actually sounds cute until you realize what's going on) then it could very well be gapeworm. 2. Regular...
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    What do you think, favus?

    I read on another thread that the treatment is miconazole - does this still hold true? Thoughts? Thanks!
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    Diarrhea for a week now - 1yo hen

    That's excellent info Kathy, thanks so much!! Yeah I think I'll deworm too once the Corid is done. Thank you! :) -Les
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