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    I thought it was Bumblefoot but it isn't

    Ok thanks. I do use lots of Triple Antibiotic ointment. I unwrapped her foot the other day and a light scab had formed so I think she'll be ok. I rewrapped the foot because it's a thin scab and I don't want it punctured but I think I'll let her go cast free by Thursday
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    I thought it was Bumblefoot but it isn't

    My hen, a five year old Black Australorp, has had Bumblefoot before, a few years ago and I treated and dealt with it and she got better. Still a dark scab always remained on her feet. The other day I noticed her limping a little so I checked her feet and one of them had a bigger pad than...
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    Looking for help diagnosing chicken ailment. Was not ascites

    ok I guess that makes sense, that the ugly color was some of the bile. It just seemed like there was also blood once it settled out...and idk why I couldn't seem to draw any of the liquid out. With liver failure that bad I guess there wasn't anything much I could do for her. She was not very...
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    Looking for help diagnosing chicken ailment. Was not ascites

    You're right of course...that necropsy would have held answers... I have done necropsy before...it's very hard for me to bring myself to do...I will try to be stronger next time
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    Looking for help diagnosing chicken ailment. Was not ascites

    I'm vaguely familiar but I will do more research on this, thank you. I've seen salpingitis and ascites from liver failure in necropsies I've done, but egg peritonitis is something new for me
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    Looking for help diagnosing chicken ailment. Was not ascites

    Like salpingitis?
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    Looking for help diagnosing chicken ailment. Was not ascites

    I made a post here last week about my hen having a swollen abdomen and seeking help on how to drain her. Well I bought the syringe and I was ready to drain her but it didn't work. I was on her right side, three inches down from vent and two inches to her right and I went to put the needle in and...
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    Ascites, need information on where to put the needle to drain

    thank you
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    Ascites, need information on where to put the needle to drain

    Hello, I have a hen with a swollen abdomen. She is not egg bound, I have checked. She is obviously feeling very bad, tail down and will not eat. It seems like she is breathing a little heavy like the fluid is pressing on her lungs. I have previously just put chickens down when I see this but I...
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    Wanting to know dosage for oxytetracycline for a hen

    I didn't take a photo : ( I probably should have. Here is a drawing I did of what it looked like. It was all white. At first I thought it was just some doo doo in the nest till I looked closer. I really wish I had access to other antibiotics but the government has made life hard. The only...
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    Wanting to know dosage for oxytetracycline for a hen

    Hello! A few days ago I found an odd, oblong shaped mass in my chicken nesting boxes. It didn't look like a lash egg like I've seen before (during necropsy) but it was very suspicious, white, had little lumps, and was firm. I have tried to guess which hen it might have been (which is a little...
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    Hen acting constipated? Maybe?

    She's got the little chicks, so she won't be laying till a month from now, at least. So I don't think it has anything to do with eggs, her body isn't making eggs rn. I am thinking of de-worming her tho, just because I can. Maybe I will do the calcium as well, just because I can.
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    Hen acting constipated? Maybe?

    I noticed a few months ago that my hen, Noogie, was doing a weird little dance at times. She will squat, with neck outstretched and then turn furiously in a circle. It happens very quickly and then it's over, which makes it hard for me to catch a photo. She is an older hen, over 6 years old now...
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    Checking-In On Peeps - Post Here To Say Hello!

    Hi! Right now I'm glad to say that the ladies are doing really well!! I gave one of my oldest ladies (6 years old now!!) Some eggs from a neighbor to set on and she hatched them and is bobbing around with her little chicks. The chicks are Golden Comet and New Hampshire mix which is a new breed...
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    Thinking about heating my chicken house

    thanks for sharing your experience!
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