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    Are heavier chicken breeds more prone to heart attacks?

    I know it's more common in commerical broiler breeds that are bred to grow big in such a short amount of time, but what about other big chicken breeds like brahmas? My light brahma hen, who was 4 years old, suddenly died and I don't exactly know what caused her death so quickly, she was acting...
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    Helping a chicken's wound/scab heal??

    It's been weeks now and it finally seems like whatever was stuck in her crop has passed through! I can't really feel it anymore and her crop has been emptying throughout the nights like normal... no idea if she's resumed laying eggs or not, but she still seems good 🥰 I'm amazed at her recovery...
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    Helping a chicken's wound/scab heal??

    Thank you for the response, I didn't know they could take the pill whole, this makes giving it to her a lot easier than squeezing the gel out! You're right about the regular chicken feed though, I'll try to make it the same wet consistency as the other food so it passes through as easily. But...
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    Helping a chicken's wound/scab heal??

    An update on my two girls; they're doing good still, however one is still dealing with slow, or I should rather say now, an impacted crop. When I had her in the separate enclosure outside there's been a few times where she has escaped and foraged around like normal, her crop felt really big but...
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    Helping a chicken's wound/scab heal??

    Vet just told me to keep the chickens inside to prevent flies n maggots from getting to the wounds, also from other chickens picking at it and to discourage themselves from it as well. The one with staples didn't pay much mind to them, the other I temporarily had a tank top cover her areas. I...
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    Helping a chicken's wound/scab heal??

    I've put a bit of Neosporin on it and a warm damp cloth over that whole area to also prevent her from picking at it. One hen's poop is getting bigger/more solid so I assume massage crop treatment is slowly working for her. I fed both of them some yogurt, the one who's still dropping watery poop...
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    Helping a chicken's wound/scab heal??

    Just a couple of days ago two of my pet hens got seriously injured by the neighbors dog that trespassed into our backyard, the birds had to be rushed to the vet. One of my birds got surgery along with sutures(her intestine was literally hanging out), the other got stables to close the deep bite...
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    Bumblefoot HELP PLS

    Thank you! The vet's main concern was her not to get the wrap/bandage soiled, dirty, wet, etc. I'm getting gauze and wraps right now, but I am confused about antibacterial vs antiseptic vs antibiotics etc.... are they all the same? I've mostly found the last two, would either be okay to put on...
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    Bumblefoot HELP PLS

    Took her back this Monday to the vet for them to check up on her foot, unfortunately I didn't get to see how her wound was healing, but they said it's healing beautifully and they changed her wrap with her toes more free. My only concerns now is that she's become an EXTREMELY picky eater to the...
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    Bumblefoot HELP PLS

    Thank you for this! I'm going to see if I can buy this Vetericyn online, I saw one specifically for chickens. Any advice for bumblefoot that's just starting? I notice just a tiny little spot on a few of my chickens foot pads, just try to scrape off the little scab after epsom soak? or would prid...
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    Bumblefoot HELP PLS

    Watching and bumping this thread because I currently have a few chickens with what seems like a start of bumblefoot too. I just took a chicken into the vet today as her's was the worst looking one, this picture is what it looked like at first a month ago (and there were no available appointments...
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    How much do you pay for feed??

    At Kahoots, $22.99 for 50 lb bag of layer pellets here in west coast US. It used to be around 14-16$ just a few years ago. I buy 2 bags each time I go just in case because there was a time they were out of stock
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    Lethargic hen, swollen crop and abdomen, watery poop?

    I found this thread below a similar, older thread from googling my chickens symptoms. Any updates on Princess?? Mine is a Jersey Giant too!! About two weeks ago noticed my girl looking a little slow n lethargic, and had a pale face, she did a really small poop so I checked her crop to see if...
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    Egg-bound hen + worms?

    I'm making a new thread in hopes for more notice, my old previous thread: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/chicken-suddenly-sick-laid-a-ruptured-egg.1247615/ Basically my 3 year old Easter Egger is trying to pass through another ruptured, soft-shelled egg, this happened two years ago...
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    Chicken suddenly sick, laid a ruptured egg??

    She wanted to go back into the coop to her nesting spot so I let her sit in there for a while. Offered her some water mixed with oyster shell powder and she drank a lot, only ate couple pecks of food though. Any other signs I should look for to tell if something else is happening internally...
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