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    Comment by 'Polish rooster' in article 'How to treat sour crop and impacted crop and how to know which one you're dealing with'

    You must know that chickens come from southeast Asia. They are not "arctic" animals. People make a mistake assuming that chickens are weatherproof. You would not bring an elephant to Alaska in the winter and expect it to survive. This goes especially to a sick chicken which needs 70 degrees for...
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    Comment by 'Polish rooster' in article 'How to treat sour crop and impacted crop and how to know which one you're dealing with'

    First thing needs to be determined why food is not moving from the crop, stays there and "rots" creating a perfect environment for yeasts and bacteria to thrive. Loading it with more stuff, especially hard to digest foods like grains, straw, hard grasses makes things worst. I lost several...
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    Comment by 'Polish rooster' in media 'Coccidia Invasive Forms under microscope'

    Coccidia is a really nasty parasite. It will take all the fun from raising chickens as you watch them decline. Fairly easy to treat with amplorium added to water for a week and then repeated treatment in 9 days for another week. The key is to do it before coccidia does too much damage to...
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    Is this Coccidiosis? Lethargic and thirsty Belgian d'Uccle

    Initially coccidia shows like foamy, bubbly lose poop. then is bright green and very watery as it becomes more severe. Green tends to be long and very skinny, watery part very wet and clear. The poop on the picture is muddy, dirty green and has white large discharge. I would check for crop...
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    Continued diarrhea and lethargic...

    Hi, it takes a long time for chickens to come back from coccidiosis. Do not expect big results overnight. Keep her high on proteins and low on calcium if she does not lay eggs which is probably unlikely now. (no layer feed for now) If you notice bright green diarrhea turning darker and hopefully...
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    Yellow diarrhea despite treatment- help

    Yellow diarrhea and sudden death that is probably peritonitis - egg yolk infection in the agnomen. Blocked egg yolks in the reproductive track decay also producing that eggnog-looking discharge. Chickens die within 2 days because nasty bacteria from decaying egg yolk attacks their organs. This...
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    Continued diarrhea and lethargic...

    Please forget the yogurt and especially meat. Meat might be OK for chickens in perfect condition but for the ones with issues it is a no-no. If a chicken has a slow crop, sour crop or compacted crop that meat will stay in the crop and rot and a nasty bacterial infection will follow which might...
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    Continued diarrhea and lethargic...

    Hi, heavy molting is something that happens when a chicken is starving - coccidia starves chickens. In fact induced molting is a practice in the industry to force chickens to molt by withholding food for up to a week which is a cruel practice. Corrid does not cause heavy molting. Amplorium...
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    Continued diarrhea and lethargic...

    Classic coccidia infection. Isolate in warm place. Buy Corid (amplorium) ASAP and mix with drinking water. This water must be the ONLY drinking water the chicken can drink. Treat for 5 to 7 days and repeat the treatment in 9 days. Feed with MEDICATED starter feed for chicks (medicated means it...
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    Severe Bulge Under Chicken's Vent (Pictures) PLEASE HELP!

    Ascites -"water belly". One overlooked cause are parasites. Could be more serious health problems too but parasites will actually destroy guts and cause fluid leakage to the abdomen. Send immediately poop sample to an avian lab to rule out or confirm parasite infection which are quite common...
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    Several In Flock Exhibiting Swollen Feet

    Either gout or arthritis. Gout can be from too much calcium in feed. Arthritis from keeping chickens on cold, wet ground. If chickens do not lay eggs they should not be on layer feed. Chickens come from warm forests in Asia. They are not a contest how much cold they can take. An elephant does...
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    Comment by 'Polish rooster' in article 'How to treat sour crop and impacted crop and how to know which one you're dealing with'

    Different parasites, different treatment. Killverm does not kill one of the pesky and common parasites - coccidia. It can be treated with Corid (amplorium). Chickens eat a lot but starve because coccidia destroys their ability to absorb nutrients in the small intestine. Excess food accumulates...
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    Comment by 'Polish rooster' in article 'How to treat sour crop and impacted crop and how to know which one you're dealing with'

    Massaging, if gentle and done the right way, helps. Also, if you give antifungal, massaging after medication is given spreads the medicine so fungus is not hiding in low spots just to come back when medication goes through a chicken. It can also loosen-up clumps of grass or straw. I inspect my...
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    Comment by 'Polish rooster' in article 'How to treat sour crop and impacted crop and how to know which one you're dealing with'

    DEWORM your chickens! Sour crop is a symptom. Very most likely parasites are blocking and destroying GI tract. Chickens are starving because food is not moving and whatever nutrients go through cannot be absorbed because parasites destroyed chickens' guts. Chickens go desperate and they will...
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    Clostridium and length of treatment with Tylan 200

    Not bad chicken run. It only needs a row of very inexpensive 12X12" pavers around the parameter so predators do not dig under the walls.
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