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    Bumblefoot swelling w/almost no scab??

    We have been treating our 1+ year old EE who began limping a week ago with daily soaking in Epsom salts, spraying with Vetericyn and wrapping with a poultice of activated charcoal and honey. She has a very tiny black scab that is not growing, but we’ve been unable to alleviate the swelling on...
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    Sour crop again ☹️

    My silkie Lola has sour crop. She had an impaction a few months ago but it cleared pretty easily and she’s been great. I don’t see the chickens every day (they actually belong to my son and DIL) but was in charge of them this past weekend. When I picked Lola up on Friday (5 days ago) she had...
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    My Silkie - Crop impaction, sour crop, diarrhea

    I have read that they get uncomfortable when their crop is full, but don’t know if it’s that because they feel too full or it’s painful. I suspect at the very least that the pressure is painful. I do know that Lola seemed to really like the massage. It came out in small pieces with lots of...
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    My Silkie - Crop impaction, sour crop, diarrhea

    We massaged several times a day. Thankfully, she started bobbing and twisting her head before the mass got really big. It was a little smaller than a golf ball. We also tried to give her coconut oil chips on her beak but were not that successful. She was drinking really well. I’m paranoid...
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    Silkie with crop impaction still throwing up

    Thanks...I posted this yesterday before the diarrhea issue came up. She has stopped throwing up.
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    My Silkie - Crop impaction, sour crop, diarrhea

    My silkie who is about 7-8 months old had an impacted crop earlier this week but over 24 hours we were able to clear all but a tiny pea size piece. We started feeding her a small amount of scrambled eggs with a bit of coconut oil and put ACV in her water. We gave her a bit of yogurt but she...
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    New to chickens!!

    I am not aware of a backyard donkey page but I bet there is one out there. I’m so glad you are going to get some! They are just the best. Our donkey is the sweetest animal we have.
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    Silkie with crop impaction still throwing up

    My 5 month old silkie, Lola, got a crop impaction that we noticed about 4 days ago. The first night we simply let her roost and checked to see if her crop had emptied overnight. The next morning it was still full and hard, slightly smaller than a golf ball (the silkie is a bantam size I...
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    New to chickens!!

    Hi everyone! I’ve been lurking for awhile and decided to join as I’m learning so much on this site. We have horses, dogs, cats, a squirrel and a donkey here just north of Houston TX. About three months ago, we got 7 chickens. As we discovered some of our hens were actually roosters , we got...
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