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    Injured foot, any advice?

    Hi My hen has been limping for a couple of weeks. I checked it out when she first started but did not see or feel anything unusual I checked her again today and can see that the bottom of her foot is puffy and lower leg is bruised She seems to be eating and laying fine but obviously having...
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    I have not lost anymore hens after making these changes

    I think you are being helpful. Thank you. It's good to question these things. You are correct that too much calcium is a bad thing and it is not standard practice to add grit to feed. That is why I modified my post to clarify i only put in a bit of each. I think it was definitely best to...
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    I have not lost anymore hens after making these changes

    I'd like to think that was the case but i lost one in our second batch too, same cause. That's when i really sat down and did a bunch of reading. I think high Ph water was an issue and that is really easy to fix but I think the bigger problem was that i was giving them too much Rice, Pasta and...
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    I have not lost anymore hens after making these changes

    I use diatomaceous earth for 2 weeks a year. Many people use it year around to kill parasites. I give them a low ratio of grit and ground oyster shell. I follow the directions Purina gives except half on the ground oyster because i had a couple of hens with soft shells that didn't eat the...
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    I have not lost anymore hens after making these changes

    All 6 hens from my first year died 4 from egg yolk peritonitis. Chicken ownership was tough on my chickens physically and me emotionally the first year as I lost chicken after chicken. I had my perches too high and one fell off, a predator got into the fenced in area and got one but the disease...
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    Water for feral chickens

    SOLUTION FOUND Thank you all for your advice... Lot's of good ideas but i found one that is very low maintenance. Every house has Air Conditioning with a condensate drain. I simply diverted the pipe to a little pot that I had laying around. The chickens found it right away. The water also...
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    Water for feral chickens

    I keep hens in Florida but own a rental property in the cayman islands. There is very little standing water but feral chickens all over the place. On a hot day they are walking around panting searching for water. My hens have such a great life compared to these poor things. I don’t think they...
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    Eye swollen shut, feathers falling out and possible fever

    wyrop and Eggcessive When they sent the report, from the Necropsy it turns out "Marek's disease is suspected". (report attached) Which means my whole flock is probably contaminated. That is a shame, especially since I just added 7 new hens before this one died. I must figure out what to do...
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    Eye swollen shut, feathers falling out and possible fever

    Thank you for the help and for the links. At least if it happens again, i'll be able to diagnose it quicker and put the hen down with minimal suffering. Also i think i did overfeed my hens too. I have a new batch coming up and I am cutting out their treats. The one that died was the largest...
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    Eye swollen shut, feathers falling out and possible fever

    I got the results back from the Necropsy already. Egg Yolk Peritonitis is what killed her, other than that she was healthy. Cause.? Not sure but I did make a change to the coop a couple of months ago, I added a small solar light after one of my hens fell off the perch and beat herself to...
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    Looking for advice for critical condition hen after a mite infestation

    I got the results back from the Necropsy already. Egg Yolk Peritonitis is what killed her, other than that she was healthy. Cause. Not sure but I did make a change to the coop a couple of months ago, I added a small solar light after one of my hens fell off the perch and beat herself to...
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    Looking for advice for critical condition hen after a mite infestation

    UPDATE: My local vet checked her stool and she was clear of worms and Coccidiosis. Once those were ruled out, I took her to see the vet and he could not tell me what was wrong but thought she would not recover. So i put her to sleep. I am sending her body off for an autopsy. I'll update this...
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    Eye swollen shut, feathers falling out and possible fever

    UPDATE: My local vet checked her stool and she was clear of worms and Coccidiosis. Once those were ruled out, I took her to see the vet and he could not tell me what was wrong but thought she would not recover. So i put her to sleep. I am sending her body off for an autopsy. I'll update this...
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    Eye swollen shut, feathers falling out and possible fever

    I added a tums to her morning feed which consisted of 55 ml warm water and 1 scoop of Exact I lubricated my finger and inserted it 1 1/2 to 2" but did not feel an egg. I did get pooped on though then I gave her a warm 20 minute Epsom salt bath which she did not mind and fell asleep I towel...
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    Eye swollen shut, feathers falling out and possible fever

    Good Morning Wyorp Rock, Thank you so much for replying. It has been three weeks since she laid an egg but her crop is empty this morning Her eggs initially got smaller then she stopped all together. That is what alerted me that something was wrong and we found the mite infection and took...
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