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    Not another one.

    That's not true! Chickens do feel pain why do you think so many chickens do not fully recover from this surgery? It's very painful and sometimes they never recover from the shock and trauma. Anything with a nervous system feels pain. I wouldn't want someone cutting me open without a local...
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    how to apply blukote- cute pictures!!!

    If it's not in spray form, just dab it on with a Qtip.
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    Help! Second chicken mystery illness.

    Has she been wormed? Also check for lice/mites. Check her crop also. Egg bound?
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    Hello from Missouri

    Welcome from Oregon!
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    Sick Hen Need Input!

    Molting is hard on chickens. My one hen just recently went through a hard molt. She was staggering couldn't walk straight. I knew it was from the molt because she was fine otherwise. She was off balance because she lost so many feathers. She had no feathers on her wings whatsoever. She's fine...
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    Chickens Spitting Up Water

    It's normal. Chickens are hogs, if they eat their food real fast and then drink water, it will also happen.
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    Whats wrong with my hen?

    My hens will periodically do that also. I think that sometimes they eat a feather or who knows what. Mine will do it for awhile, then it goes away. If there is no other symptoms it may be just that. Keep a close eye out just in case.
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    What could be wrong with her leg?

    Scaly leg mites are painful to chickens and will cause crippling if not taken care of.
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    Could it be the start of an impacted crop?

    Sometimes they'll do that to adjust the food in their crop. Feel her crop tomorrow morning before she eats. That's when it should be empty. If it feels full then she probably has a impacted or sour crop.
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    Dog got hold of my chicken and now doesn't have any tail feathers.

    Blu-Kote spray is good. Will help with healing and chickens are not as likely to peck at it because it's blue.
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    Prolapse vent GRAPHIC pics, please help

    When hens are young and start laying, this sometimes happens. Sounds like you've been doing the right things, the rest is up to her. Hopefully when the swelling goes down, the vent will go back in. That prolapse looks the same as one of my young hens had. It was a bad one. Hopefully your hen...
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    Hello from Fort Payne, AL

    Welcome from Oregon!
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    Hurt Leg

    Put a crate inside the 3x3 enclosure. Keep her in the crate for a couple of days so the leg can rest. Then let her out for only 10-15 min. 2-3 times daily to hobble around. This happened to my hen. She sprained or pulled a muscle real bad in her leg. It took her 3 months to get back to normal...
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    Americauna/8 months shaking head and puffed up

    Use firm pressure between thumb and index/middle fingers pinching and massaging. Don't move it up, you want to massage it back and down towards the hole in the crop. My hen only had grain in her crop because I could feel it in there. If your chicken has hay/straw or grass balled up in there it...
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    Hello from Oregon...

    Welcome from Central Oregon! You're not alone, I have a Barred Rock that's having a bad molt right now.
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