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I have contacted all local supply companies and they do not have Corid. We just found one of our hens in the nesting box this morning who was there all night. She is all puffed up, not eating, moving very little, and has watery pasty poop. I am wondering if there is someone near the DuPage, IL...

She's been outside in the coop and she is not doing well again. It doesn't appear that she is eatting or drinking becuase she doesn't want to go up against the other girls. She looks like she is loosing a lot of weight. We find her sleeping in the nest box and we put her back on the roost at...

December and January here in the Chicagoland area hasn't been terribly cold but there were a few days back in December that it did get down into negative temps. at night. After the first really cold night, I went out to go check on them and I noticed that two of them were hard molting. One of...

She's been outside in the coop and she is not doing well again. It doesn't appear that she is eatting or drinking becuase she doesn't want to go up against the other girls. She looks like she is loosing a lot of weight. We find her sleeping in the nest box and we put her back on the roost at...

December and January here in the Chicagoland area hasn't been terribly cold but there were a few days back in December that it did get down into negative temps. at night. After the first really cold night, I went out to go check on them and I noticed that two of them were hard molting. One of...

Today our little chick is doing much better. She can walk and stand but she has a loss of balance on the hurt side. Why do chickens loose their balance and is there anything I can do to help her get it back. She is doing well at compensating for it, but is this something that will eventually...

We have tried to feel the bones in her leg and they do not feel broken at all. We were thinking maybe something in her body got hurt? We do have her separated and giving her lots of love and worms. Do you think she would still be crippled if it is not directly in her leg?

Our two year old, this morning, went to go give our 7-8 week old chicks some worms and when he opened the door it was not open all the way and swung back and hit a chick. The chick was crying and yelling intensely and trying to drag itself and hid under grass piles. My husband thought he was...