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    Duck postmortem, filled with grit? GRAPHIC PHOTOS

    Thanks! They do free range but we also provide all flock crumbles and free choice calcium grit. We did notice in the last week she was starting to self isolate and would stand out in the field meticulously eating something. I didn’t see much food material inside her so I wasn’t sure if she was...
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    Duck postmortem, filled with grit? GRAPHIC PHOTOS

    We had a duck in my workplace flock that went downhill very quickly over the last week and died. I did my first amateur postmortem on her to find that her gizzard was very large and totally stuffed with gravel and almost nothing else. In hindsight I did see her out by herself in the field...
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    Rooster limping on curled toes

    Thank you! I treated him and the coop for scaly leg mites and will be picking up a b2 supplement today. He’s struggling to keep up with his girls so I’ve pulled him for rest and observation
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    Rooster limping on curled toes

    We have a rooster with one of the free ranging flocks at my workplace that we noticed had a sore foot last week. This week he’s looking worse, and has been peg legging after his ladies on curled toes on his right foot. When I grabbed him to take a look, I couldn’t find any crazy swelling or sign...
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    One year old Dominique, unsteady gate, lethargic, swollen abdomen

    it’s been a few days and she’s hanging in there. She’s nice and perky, eating drinking and defecating regularly, and forages well, when I take her outside. She is still unstable and seems unable to run or jump, and places her feet very deliberately when walking. Ears look normal. She has also...
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    One year old Dominique, unsteady gate, lethargic, swollen abdomen

    Thanks! I got all the maggots and fly eggs off, no sign of external trauma, her poop seems a little soft but normal color, and she has not laid any eggs since I brought her home, I will try the supplements and see how she does!
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    One year old Dominique, unsteady gate, lethargic, swollen abdomen

    This hen at my workplace flock was acting egg bound a week ago (lethargic, isolated, squatting awkwardly) so we gave her a couple epson salt baths which seemed to perk her back up. Then a few days later she didn’t come back to roost and I found her wedged face down under a bush with her vent...
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