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    Swollen face, one side only

    No bad odor. It could have been cancer, it just seemed very fast developing. We do have brown recluse here, not that I see them much, but theoretically it could be and I've been thinking along those lines. It progressed quickly. I let them free range at least every other day so I see them all...
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    Swollen face, one side only

    To end the thread, we sadly ended up putting her down. We tried amoxicillin and cleaning/scraping out her beak, which got worse over time. It seemed to be the only low risk operation we could reasonably do. It continued to worsen over the course of a couple weeks to the point she practically...
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    Swollen face, one side only

    Thanks everyone. I haven't see any yellow or white lesions and there is no smell. I was also wondering about cancer but it happened very fast to be cancer (I think), as she was normal looking to looking like this in a matter of days. I see my chickens almost every day when I let them out and put...
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    Swollen face, one side only

    I don't think so. I am ok with culling if need be, but I'd like to try home remedies if her situation could improve.
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    Swollen face, one side only

    Found it very difficult to get a pic. Here is the best I got. It seems to be some kind of abscess. It's on the left side and the left side of the interior of the beak as well. It's gray and brown color, I didn't see white or yellow. Tongue and roof of mouth looked ok. Right side of face and beak...
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    Swollen face, one side only

    @Wyorp Rock hmm no picture still, but this morning I can see her breathing is labored. I can hear her breathing and her beak is slightly open perpetually. I guess it's probably a respiratory issue. I suspect what I thought was dirt inside her beak is something else as it's still there. It looks...
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    Swollen face, one side only

    Sorry I couldn't get a pic since I was alone. The inside beak looked ok, I saw a little dirt on one side (I think) but I didn't see any yellow or white pasty material, nor did I smell anything but I could only get like a foot away. I'll try to get another shot/look this evening.
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    Swollen face, one side only

    I don't see anything but it is possible as I keep bees as well. Though I've not seen anything like this before. It's not just her eye either, you can see her cheek is swollen on the one side.
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    Swollen face, one side only

    Hi, My buff's face is swollen on one side only. The other side looks completely normal. She is also moving and eating normally and seems fine other than this swollen half of her face. She is a bout 6 years old. Do you have any idea what this could be? Should I separate her from the flock...
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    Chicken stopped being interested in mealworms

    Thank you all. And I will check for canker but I haven't noticed those symptoms in her. Could her feeling poorly be due to her age? I know she is not very old but I guess approaching 5 which is the short end of their lifespan? Oddly, they should be pretty healthy birds as they get a lot of free...
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    Chicken stopped being interested in mealworms

    Hi, I have a bird, probably about 4.5 years old, Orpington. Don't know exactly when it happened, maybe a couple months ago, she stopped being super interested in meal worms. She used to be like all my birds currently are and come running for meal worms, but now she just slowly walks towards me...
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    Chickens have not laid eggs for months

    I have 6 hens, I think a few are buff orps. The others I have no idea.
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    Chickens have not laid eggs for months

    For anyone in the future reading this... I switched to a higher protein feed 16->20%. I also decreased the artificial lighting time and just figured I'd let them have a natural break over the winter. We got some eggs in that time, possibly due to the food switch. Now, as day light hours have...
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    Avian influenza found in South Carolina

    Any idea how long we should exercise precautions for? I am not finding much useful information from official sources. Are we just to keep holding biosecurity measure until we see how the situations develop? Poor birds gonna have some serious cabin fever, but I guess that beats the flu.
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    2 Hoop coop cattle panel questions

    So does one hoop give you 4x8ft that is about 6ft high?
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