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    Yellow/Green poop & vent gleet

    I have a 14m old Golden Comet hen w a persistent case of vent gleet. I've isolated and treated her w only feed and yogurt as well as using monistat 3x now and it continues to come back. She got egg bound at one point but I was able to resolve that quickly and she seemed better for awhile but her...
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    Stubborn gleet

    I have a hen with a stubborn case of Vent Gleet. I first noticed it 6w ago, it was bad really yucky green/white discharge, treated for 3 days inside w just feed, yogurt, and monistat cream on her vent. Seemed better, didn't notice anymore discharge, put her back out, it came back within a week...
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    Illness or stress?

    Thanks! I'm in N Texas, it's been incredibly wet last 2 weeks and the run is so muddy, we're getting straw to put down today. The goo is a dye to keep the red from showing so I can't wash it off, but I'm not concerned about her comb, just the red, stretchy skin patch that they have behind the...
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    Illness or stress?

    My scissor beak has been picked on a LOT since they started laying a month ago, and I've recently noticed that her back waddle or whatever that is called behind the head is pale/white colored now. Is this probably just stress or nutritional deficiency or something else? She's smaller that...
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    Ate a tack

    My son took his favorite chicken up to his room to play and forgot that he had a handful of tacks on his floor. Apparently he thinks his chicken ate a tack. Besides his complete foolishness, what are this chickens chances of survival? I've given her extra grit, I couldn't think what else to do...
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