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    Official BYC Poll: Why Do You Have Chickens?

    1 Banty - Mrs Banty - (broody at the moment); 1 Vorwerk - Greta (hatched by Mrs Banty); 1 Buff Orpington - Evie (hatched by Mrs Banty); 2 Bluebelles - Blue and Bell. They arrived last year to join our little flock. They all brighten my day. They make me laugh. They are so interesting to watch...
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    Hi, All. Just an update on my Vorwerk Greta who couldn't walk.

    Well, actually she waddled like a duck for about a week. During that time I took her to see the vet, who gave her a good examination. There was an egg in her cloaca which she left there as didn't want to hurt the chicken trying to get it out. It actually arrived by itself the next day, a...
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    Worried my Vorwerk hen has Marek's disease.

    I did ask the vet about being egg bound. She thought not as it's a gradual process of becoming ill and Greta was off her legs within a couple of hours from being or appearing to be healthy. As I speak she is up and pacing about her pen. She's been eating and poohing well. I put an aspirin in...
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    Worried my Vorwerk hen has Marek's disease.

    Thanks. Will finv vet and see if Dan get metacam oral to put in her water. That might help
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    Good morning to all chuck fans. I'm a new member from NW England. Looking forward to chicken chat.

    Hi. I'm not sure. I'll find photo and post it. She gets broody every year. Zhe's the brown one.
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    Worried my Vorwerk hen has Marek's disease.

    She was fine on Wednesday morning but within a couple of hours she was waddling, hnable to stand up. Took her to the vet's. They gave her a rectal exam and felt soft egg but didn't get it out as we're distressing her, gave her metacam and a calcium injection. They didn't suggest Markek's, I've...
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    Good morning to all chuck fans. I'm a new member from NW England. Looking forward to chicken chat.

    Hi, there. Lancashire. But we come from Cumbria, near the Lake District, and visit there a lot.
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    Hen can't stand up!

    Thanks for replying. Yeah, she's eating, drinking, pooping. I've never done a rectal before.
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    Good morning to all chuck fans. I'm a new member from NW England. Looking forward to chicken chat.

    🐔🐥Hi, everyone. I have 5 hens: Mrs Banty, she the oldest at about 5, Evie, a Buff Orpington, about 1; Blue and Bell; 2 Bluebelles, about 1; and Greta, a Vorwerk and about 1 year old and raised from an egg by Mrs Banty. Quite a family. Hoping to get to know you all and about your chicken...
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    Hen can't stand up!

    She was fine Wednesday morning but a few hours later, was struggling to stand upright. Took her to vet"s: anal exam revealed a soft egg but didn't remove it as too uncomfortable for the bird. Gave her a calcium injection and some metacam. She's back home. Spent two nights in my house, laid her...
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