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    Hen's head rotating as if tracking a clock's hands.

    Coach 723, I will do my best to prevent this from happening again. Mtnboomer, can Mareks have a similar symptom involving the neck and head going upside down?
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    Hen's head rotating as if tracking a clock's hands.

    Great info. Thank you. Since she had not laid an egg in a very long time, I put her down. She seemed fairly normal inside and out. No future eggs inside. She had been slower to exit the coop preferring to hang out with the rooster inside more. He had been having a harder time on his feet. I have...
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    Hen's head rotating as if tracking a clock's hands.

    This hen is about three years old and lingering in the coop lately. This morning she was in a corner with her head rotating around weirdly as if she was tracking a clock's hands, not keeping her head upright but turning it upside down and continuing round and round. This is very distinct and I...
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    12 wk old chick is very weak, one eye swollen shut, odd swellings.

    Well, the two are already dead. For the future, I now know about tylan. I will use it if anyone seems to have congestion, runny noses, etc. Neither one of these past chickens did. Thanks.
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    12 wk old chick is very weak, one eye swollen shut, odd swellings.

    Thank you!
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    12 wk old chick is very weak, one eye swollen shut, odd swellings.

    There is the possibility of that as they are excited to leave the coop in the mornings. The one that did limp had recovered. It has been cooler lately but it had been very hot. They have plenty of shade in their yard. The Tylan powder says for pigeons only?
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    12 wk old chick is very weak, one eye swollen shut, odd swellings.

    They were vaccinated for coccidiosis and Marek’s. I imagine it could have been respiratory but neither had nasal discharge, wheezing, coughing, etc. I think none of the eyes had discharge. But, since you mentioned a medicine, what is the amount to give and how is it administered if I ever do...
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    12 wk old chick is very weak, one eye swollen shut, odd swellings.

    Unfortunately, another hen died. Both were 13 weeks old and had been vaccinated at the hatchery. About two weeks ago this second hen was limping. A foot looked limp. She recovered. But yesterday she was not moving to leave the coop. Her head was held tight in and kept that way. I gave her her...
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    12 wk old chick is very weak, one eye swollen shut, odd swellings.

    Thank you. She did die in the night.
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    12 wk old chick is very weak, one eye swollen shut, odd swellings.

    Yesterday, I noticed this chick apart from the others, one eye was closed, it seemed to not be alert but did hop away from me. I did not notice a breathing issue. Today it was not moving much at all and I was able to pick it up easily. The right eye is swollen shut with swelling below it. The...
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    10 meat bird chicks, 5 layer chicks, and one Buff Orpington broody...

    Thanks. It gets hot here but the temp differences between night and day are high. I decided to make my duplex into a triplex. So, the broody gets 8 and the heat lamp gets 8.
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    10 meat bird chicks, 5 layer chicks, and one Buff Orpington broody...

    I have chicks arriving soon and one broody. I can not imagine they would all fit under her, but, it would be nice. If not, I would choose which she can adopt and put the others under heat. Or, could I just put the hen and a heat lamp in the same area and figure the chicks would play musical...
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    discolored white inside a perfect looking egg

    Right. Cooked blood would brown. Thanks. So, perhaps that blurb on ventilation just popped up? It was not an answer?
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    discolored white inside a perfect looking egg

    Thanks. I will make more ventilation. Though, we do commonly have five degree nights. And, just checking with you, this color is as if you poured some coffee into cream and it did not mix thoroughly yet. It is not red, or speckled. The brown is not dark. I wonder how it would have looked just...
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    discolored white inside a perfect looking egg

    This was a perfect looking egg with a fine shell until I peeled the boiled egg. The white is stained brown. What might cause this?
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