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    possible eye infection?

    Do you flush with saline? Either way, is flushing just putting drops in the eye?
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    possible eye infection?

    I have some neosporin on hand, but how do you put it in the eye? Do you just wipe it over the eye, I'm sure she'll be closing her eye.
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    possible eye infection?

    No other symptoms like that. She's always had problems with that eye, but once the colder weather hit it started getting this way. I'm hoping in the spring it will clear as it was in the fall. The vitamin A thing sounds like it would have other symptoms too. She had a hard winter, going into...
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    possible eye infection?

    My hen has had an issue with her eye since she was a chick (she's almost 2 years old). I'm guessing she was either pecked or got something in it, but either way it was a weakness. Most recently over the winter that same eye has has a problem with oozing or draining. It gets bubbly and gooey, and...
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    frost bite on toes?

    I forgot to mention, I'm in northwest NJ.
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    frost bite on toes?

    We have standard size hens. Any idea of diameter that would be good. I'll have to check what we have now, but I'm guessing their toes might not be completely covered. Would it be better to have something flat instead of round?
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    frost bite on toes?

    Hello, I'm guessing that my hen has frost bite on her toes, and it looks like she'll be losing one of her toes for sure. Is there any concern with the "burned" parts spreading up her foot? Is there anything that we can do to prevent other toes from falling off? I'm concerned about the...
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    spreading sickness amongst hens?

    Well unfortunately, our Light Brahma, Screamer, succumbed to what ever sickness got our two other chickens. She was really one of our favorites and looked like she was doing better and then took a turn for the worse. The frigid weather in NJ right now probably didn't help. No signs of further...
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    spreading sickness amongst hens?

    Unfortunately our easter egger, Cinnamon, is no longer for this world. When this hit, she was still molting, which probably did her in. The other one is still under the weather a bit, but seems to be turning around. She's been seen eating a little feed and fruit/veg scraps. No one else seems...
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    spreading sickness amongst hens?

    A neighbor seems to think that it's coccidiosis, so we started on Corid today. The older one looks a little better, but the younger is collapsed (no wheezing) lying in the sun. It looks as if today would be her last; unfortunately she's one of our favorites. We gave her some droppers full with...
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    spreading sickness amongst hens?

    They are an established small flock of 11 hens. The last time anyone was added was a year and a half ago. Would I need to separate the sicker ones from the rest of the flock?
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    spreading sickness amongst hens?

    We have a chicken situation that I'm wondering if someone might have some insight on. We had a hen die a couple weeks ago, which considering she was one of our older ones, we weren't totally surprised. Then a somewhat younger one started looking sickly and showing similar symptoms last week and...
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    chick with eye problem

    It's the same. We'll see if we can do the warm washcloth thing with her. Thanks for the suggestion.
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    3 wk chick walking on tarsus? VIDEO

    I'm happy to say that our chick is doing wonderfully. She's walking, hopping, etc. almost as normal. Thanks for the support!
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    3 wk chick walking on tarsus? VIDEO

    I'm not really sure how, but I'm guessing I could find something on this site. I'm getting more hopeful though. Yesterday afternoon she started occasionally standing with one leg straight, like a kick-stand. And just a few minutes ago I caught her briefly standing on her feet a few times. I'm...
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