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    Respiratory issue with a chicken.

    hey all. I have an old barred rock hen who we really love. Her name is Chick-choo. She's done laying, probably five years old, but she's really sweet. It's spring here, and we've let our chickens out in the yard, and we noticed Chick-choo listless and gasping for air. Her comb appeared to be...
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    Possible tumor on leg? Bleeding, Pics included

    An update: She died. It was a cancer, and it had made it's way to her vital organs. This was after appearing to be in remission after the Winter. It took almost a year to kill her, but she did die. Strangest malady I have seen thus far.
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    Possible tumor on leg? Bleeding, Pics included

    Ok, just to clear some stuff up: The chicken appears to be "well" aside from this growth from her foot. It's apparent to me now that this is not a tumor, but it either an infection or some other strangeness. Earlier when I was saying that her feathers are growing out of the nodule that has...
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    Possible tumor on leg? Bleeding, Pics included

    Ok, thanks. I am going to be getting her to the vet on Tuesday next week after the holiday. Tomorrow I will be putting her in the tub (after washing hands, etc) and making sure everything is clean. I never envisioned one of our chickens getting this infected without us knowing, but here we are...
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    Possible tumor on leg? Bleeding, Pics included

    Hey all. I can't tell what this is. This is one of my first hens, and her name is Chick-Choo. We noticed bleeding in the coop a couple weeks ago, and could not figure out what it was from. None of the chickens were acting "funny" and it only appeared one day. Today, I noticed more bleeding...
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    ~8 week old savagely pecked by other chickens

    Hey all. I hate to make this my first post here, but I need to know if euthanasia is the best option for what has happened. We had two chickens that we free-range during the day, then put away in their coop at night. The coop is one of these designs: http://www.chickenbarrel.org . We recently...
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