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    Oxine - same dose for misting as drinking

    No thoughts?
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    Oxine - same dose for misting as drinking

    Sorry to revisit this again, but I'm still pretty confused as to the dosing. The above mentioned link "The Many Uses of Oxine" states 1/8 tsp/gal for the duck pond water, and 1/8 tsp/gal for the chicken drinking water, but does not specify dosage in the next paragraph for fogging. I've seen...
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    hen with nasty behind...??

    I'm no expert, but I might suspect Vent Gleet. Do a search and see if it might make sense.
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    2 Year Old Hen Having Trouble Walking

    Day 2 of vitamin therapy. Not much of a change in her walking, but she seems to be eating more. Stood and flapped her wings more than she has done in a while. Gave her some yogurt with egg and layer feed in it and she devoured it! I'll keep up the therapy and feeding and report how she does over...
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    2 Year Old Hen Having Trouble Walking

    Hi Jean! Thanks so much for replying. All of the hens were on Corid this summer when a positive cocci report came back for 2 (Molly included). She really seemed to perk up after being de-wormed and getting the Corid, but has declined these last few weeks. Her poohs have been normal, and her...
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    2 Year Old Hen Having Trouble Walking

    I really don't think she broke her hip, but you never know. We see them every day and I would guess a broken hip, or bone, would present itself more obviously? She likes to be held, and has never seemed in pain when picked up. I even stretch out her legs and rub her feet and there doesn't seem...
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    2 Year Old Hen Having Trouble Walking

    Thanks for the reply. I don't know if she had a Marek's vaccine. We got her at around 12 weeks old from a breeder and honestly didn't think to ask. She was a replacement for an EE that was killed by a neighbor's dog, and we were so excited we just forgot to ask - first timers. All of our others...
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    2 Year Old Hen Having Trouble Walking

    Gave her another exam today. no noticeable injury, but she's pretty thin, keel bone pronounced. Any thoughts?
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    2 Year Old Hen Having Trouble Walking

    Also wanted to add that she her stride seems to be shorter than the other birds in that she almost walks on her own feet as she takes a step. It might not show up on the video. Paul
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    2 Year Old Hen Having Trouble Walking

    I have a 2 year old Ameraucana named Molly who has had trouble walking for a couple of months. Both legs seem affected, no sign of injury or bumblefoot. Her toes aren't curled, and she will wrap them around my fingers just fine and roots every night (although she has slept in the nest box a few...
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    Eimeria Oocysts

    Thank you for your reply. I've been out of town and my wife has been giving them the fresh water and Corid dose since I've been gone. Today was the last day. I saw on-line here that the 9.6% oral solution Corid dose is 9.5 cc/gal, so that's what I went with. The hen that wasn't doing well and...
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    Eimeria Oocysts

    I have 6 hens. 4 we raised with medicated feed, 2 we adopted (don't know if they were on medicated feed). One of the adopted hens recently had a fecal float done to diagnose worms, which she had, so we treated them all with Valbazen and redosed 10 days later. The float also said there were...
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    Hen with diarrhea

    Dawg, What about a 2 year old hen that eats, drinks, and lays (she is a little skinny) but has the squirts? (I can actually HEAR her go to the bathroom, and can always tell where she roosted for the night due to the diarrhea). She did have worms (Strongyloides) and we treated everyone with...
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    Pecked in the eye by a chicken??

    I went to the opthamologist right after it happened. Just a scratched cornea, thank goodness! But he did but me on antibiotic drops for a week just in case any nasty bugs were lurking about. Hope you're feeling better ItsWolfeh. Mine hurt TERRIBLY when it first happened. Good luck, wear those...
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    Reintegrating An Injured Hen Back Into The Flock.

    Thanks Judy! Based on the little bit of interaction they had today, I think this reintegration might be as stressful as her injury. Her wounds are healing nicely, but she lost a lot of feathers around her neck and I hope the others don't want to peck at her bare skin. We'll see how it goes...
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