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    Poorly hen

    A friends hen has suddenly had very runny poops, she is acting a little slower than usual. She’s eating but not huge amounts, he’s checked for an impacted crop and bathed her to see if she’s egg bound. What could this be?
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    Cockerel with scaly face skin

    I’m uk based and it’s not available here, some Reddit threads say it’s quite abrasive/harsh on skin? I’ve got Dergall which can be used on chickens and the coop. Would something like Sudocream or Savlon/ Germolene be ok for his skin? It’s human grade antiseptic cream.
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    Cockerel with scaly face skin

    His scales have feathers poking out in between each scale and he’s been like that since a chick. Could that still be scaly leg? And how do I treat both of these diseases. Thank you
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    Cockerel with scaly face skin

    My cockerel, John, has suddenly come up with very pale, dry skin around his eyes and beak. He doesn’t seem poorly, he’s eating well and feels fairly plump. I couldn’t find anything online that described his condition. I thought it could be scaly leg but his feet are normal. We do have red mite...
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    Chicks leg sticking out but not splay leg!

    We've got around 100 meat chicks at the moment, they are a few weeks old and are starting to grow feathers. My mum found a chick yesterday whose leg was sticking out at a 70° angle, it's in pain so it's not putting any weight on it & can still bend it so it lies down a lot. I'm pretty sure it's...
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    Raising meat birds & leg injuries

    I often post about injuries and diseases on here because I find that this is the best place for it, we're a family farm who have, in the last two years, started raising meat birds to sell. We've noticed with a certain breed that the young cockerels will have a leg injury, one day they'll be fine...
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    Chicks legs paralysed suddenly?

    We had to put her down, so I can’t take a photo of her now. But her neck curled sideways and she struggled to lift her head up, they’re now a month old and we were feeding organic chick crumb, now we’re feeding organic growers pellets, grit and they’re on grass.
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    Chicks legs paralysed suddenly?

    At the moment I’m raising three flocks of meat birds, and the breed we were given seems to be wrong. I noticed one of my chicks wasn’t running away when I went near her and her legs seem to not work. I got her in and have been feeding her as normal, I researched that she could have mareks...
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    Chick nearly drowned!!

    One of my chicks must have jumped in the water drinker when I was gone, when I went to shut them all in I saw her and thought she was dead. I picked her up and she’s still breathing! I immediately held her upside down to get any fluid out of her lungs and a bit came out, I then performed mouth...
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    Help!! Chicken has gone down hill over night!!!

    Oh god, thank you for letting me know :)
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    Help!! Chicken has gone down hill over night!!!

    Ok thank you, today she's not looking as bad but is drinking copious amounts of water and not eating much. Is there any reason for it? I've asked my mum to give her some scrambled egg to get her appetite up, if she doesn't eat that then what should we try giving her?
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    Help!! Chicken has gone down hill over night!!!

    No I mean I can’t get it, we live too far away from local vet shops and all the other stuff needed we’d have to get behind counter.
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    Help!! Chicken has gone down hill over night!!!

    We don’t have that, we are in the Uk, I’ll give her some vermx which treats most things naturally along with the Oct.
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    Help!! Chicken has gone down hill over night!!!

    We researched and it said we can put it in the water, is this ok?
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    Off balance chicken

    Just a stab in the dark, could she have ear mites? I remember I had a silkie with ear mites and she ended up not being able to walk properly.
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