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    My poor girl got attacked by a weasel (we think) Saturday night-need advice

    Warning-graphic description follows! Thank you everyone. I took her to the vet yesterday and had to put her down. She had a thorough exam and back part of her scull was missing all skin and her brain stem showing with nothing to close over it. The tissue there turned black which means it was...
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    My poor girl got attacked by a weasel (we think) Saturday night-need advice

    I found her yesterday laying down, looked dead. She got up when I was there and opened coop door and her neck/head were all raw and bleeding. I sprayed the wounds with half hydrogen peroxide/half water. She is not eating but she is pooping. I have her in the basement with food and water raised...
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    Sick chicken week 3 now-diarrhea

    Thank you so much. It was very sad....I still keep thinking she is in the basement! She was down there for over 3 weeks with daily care.
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    Sick chicken week 3 now-diarrhea

    We had to put her down. She was eating and everything was going right through her. My husband said she had no meat on her breasts, she was starving to death. The last morning she was with us there was a huge wet area on the newspaper from the "water" that came out of her. She was the best...
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    Sick chicken week 3 now-diarrhea

    Thank you for clarifying. The vet can prescribe Baytril but only if a professional orders it for her so she would need to be "seen". They don't see chickens at this vet. I can order Baytril online (thank you Backyard Chicken community-you all rock!) but I am reading a lot online and I think the...
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    Sick chicken week 3 now-diarrhea

    Thank you. I will call a vet and see what they think but we are thinking we may have to put her down. :-(
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    Sick chicken week 3 now-diarrhea

    Thank you. I don't know of a vet that handles chickens and she may be too far along for the antibiotic to help if it is viral...
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    Sick chicken week 3 now-diarrhea

    Does the antibiotic normally work?
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    Sick chicken week 3 now-diarrhea

    Worth noting when she first got sick she had diarreah and also a few of the poops in this photo-yellow and smooth 1 1/2 inch in size.
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    Sick chicken week 3 now-diarrhea

    I felt her abdomen and it seemed fine, she is thin for sure but nothing felt out of the ordinary. Her comb is deteriorated from what it looked like 2 weeks ago, paler and separating, shriveling up. We are thinking she has something incurable at this point.
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    Sick chicken week 3 now-diarrhea

    Yes she is still having loose watery stools same color of the feed.
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    Sick chicken week 3 now-diarrhea

    Her crop empty this morning but she is all puffed up-see photos.
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    Sick chicken week 3 now-diarrhea

    That's for sure! Now her poop is the same color as the feed and less runny then when she first got sick over 3 weeks ago. The diarrhea started as white/clear with the spinach colored green in it which I read can indicate an infection. We gave her 2 epsom salt baths in the last 2 weeks.
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    Sick chicken week 3 now-diarrhea

    I really appreciate you all going out of your way to offer recommendations!
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    Sick chicken week 3 now-diarrhea

    Thank you, the Backyard chickens forum is the best!
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