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Wanted to update you all....I decided to go forward with the necropsy and dropped Beatrice off at the State lab today. They told me that I should have initial results via email by COB this Friday. I will update when they are received. Thanks again for all of the suggestions, encouragement and...

By the way, here is a pic of Gertie and me taken 08/2013. She will be seven years old in May.

No, she was really doing well and was one of my larger chicks. I think she was an Easter-egger. My smallest chicks are my barred rocks (go figure). They have been the smallest since I brought the chicks home. But they appear to be doing well and gaining more feathers every day. My largest ones...

Thanks, Eggcessive. I had read about others having some positive results with a syringe flush/enema in loosening backed up stools. I hope I did not hurt Beatrice further by doing what I did. I just felt that, given her condition, she was going to die and I had to at least try to help her. I will...

Thank you for the poop pics. Kathy, the one you sent of the solid yellow poop looks the most like what Beatrice had. She also had a little bit of fresh blood. I certainly was not giving them all a high enough dose of Corid. I read your calculations for dosage and just prepared a one-gallon...

Kathy, I am sorry -- I do not have any pics of the poop. Best way to describe is creamy yellow throughout.

Realsis, what is your recipe for the molasses flush. I would like to have it on hand. Tell me how you make it and how to administer it, please.

Hello, Realsis: Thank you for answering. Yes, as a matter of fact everything was yellow. Her belly was hard and distended and her crop was full. It felt like the crumbles were still moving around in the crop; in other words it did not feel like a solid, impacted ball. Her breath was also normal...

Hello BYC Friends: I have not posted in a long time and usually just read the great information on this wonderful site. However, I really need your help today and hope you can give me some suggestions. My chicken background is that almost seven years ago now I bought two 8-week old chicks. They...

Doopy, Thanks for writing. Check the Internal Layer feed...this may give you additional insight. It looks like Gertie may have ovarian cancer, according to Speckled Hen.

Speckled Hen, Is there anything I can do for her?

Hi, I don't get to visit the BYC website too often but I really need your help. My 5 year-old Barred Rock hen (Gertie) has recently made a change in not only her routines but I've also seen some changes in her egg laying and in her "poop" (for lack of a better word). She is not broody and not...

Very sorry to hear about your little girl. I am concerned about the depth of the talon punctures. You will definitely have to watch out for infection. I would rinse them with a slightly diluted Betadine solution at this point (not hydrogen peroxide, which can kill new tissue as it tries to...

If he is eating, drinking, preening his feathers and going "poo" normally then that's a good sign. If you are concerned about his coat, take a few minutes just to inspect him a bit. I sit down with my hens in my lap and check separate their feathers a little bit so that I can see down to the...

Thank you so much. All continues to improve. Gertie seems to be getting back to her ornery self again. I have kept her in the house for the last three days so tomorrow (Mond) we'll put her in the coop and see how she does. Thanks to all for your help and encouragement.