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    hen waddling and sitting on tail - sick for 2nd time

    She is dead. We consulted with a government pathologist and he determined that she had yolk peritonitis. His comment: It looks to me like your hen most likely has yolk peritonitis. This occurs when the hen has an "internally laid" egg (not uncommon in laying chickens) that ruptures in the...
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    Injured hen (approx. 10months)

    I saw a post to use Vetericyn also, but I asked my vet about it when I wasn't able to source it and she said there was nothing in it except a form of bleach....and not to use it near the head since breathing it was not good. Triple antibiotic is the way to go.
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    Injured hen (approx. 10months)

    I have fed plain yogurt to my chickens for years - they love it. I've also ground up cat food and mixed with yogurt for a high protein hit, or canned no salt tuna or salmon.
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    hen waddling and sitting on tail - sick for 2nd time

    Hello - I have a 1.5 yr old hen heritage breed bought from a hatchery, walking very splayed in her legs, stretches up and sits on her tail. I spoke to a vet about 2 weeks ago - she suspected kidney or cocsid., we separated her and gave her 2 days of Bacox (sp) and then about 7 days of sulfa...
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    Hi - I'm on Vancouver Island and have a small 22 birds free range backyard flock of bantams and some purebreed full size birds and 3 banty roosters.
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