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    Sudden wheezing

    UPDATE: all is well this morning! Thanks again for the help. I’ve had chickens for years and never heard of this. You saves me and the hen from, a lot of needless stress…
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    Sudden wheezing

    For real??? Oh my gosh I really really hope so cause I am not ready to deal with sick chickens… THANK YOU!
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    Sudden wheezing

    Hey all-so I was on my front porch and heard this weird sound. Turns out it was coming out of one of my hens. She’s walking around and eating as usual, just making some odd wheezing sound. She is really hard to catch so not sure I can get her away from the rest of the flock. I do not have a vet...
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    PEKIN BUMBLEFOOT QUESTIONS

    Thank you! And you are so right about the need tp quarantine; they assured me they were checked by a vet so I got complacent (ok lazy). The same goes for isolating her-just something I dread having to deal with. As for the bumble, not much if anything comes out when I lift the scab. It isn’t...
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    PEKIN BUMBLEFOOT QUESTIONS

    Good morning-I have a few bumblefoot questions throughout this post so please bear with me: A few months ago I adopted 4 pekin ducks from our local waterfowl rescue. I was assured they were healthy and vetted. Two weeks later, one duck started limping, losing feathers and stopped foraging...
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    PEKIN BUMBLEFOOT QUESTIONS

    Good morning-I have a few bumblefoot questions throughout this post so please bear with me: A few months ago I adopted 4 pekin ducks from our local waterfowl rescue. I was assured they were healthy and vetted. Two weeks later, one duck started limping, losing feathers and stopped foraging...
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    Dropping one by one

    Yes to compost and they do get into it. But I would think more than one at a time would be affected? We are in NC. Vet did fecal float a few months ago and was cleared. Thanks for the link!
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    Dropping one by one

    Thank you! So coop is huge (I call it my poultry palace), treated them all with albendezol liquid, clean their coop pretty well (just cleaned it again the other day), very very well ventilated, seem to be drinking ok, food is constantly refilled in feeder and it’s stored inside so no mold and...
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    Dropping one by one

    Happy New Year! Can someone help with my medical mystery? So my free range hens seem to be dropping slowly, one by one. I don’t notice anything until they start acting isolated, then loss of appetite, and their bottoms are a bit crusty. No respiratory issues. They had worms a few months ago...
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    Rhode Island blue vs Black Sex link

    Thank you. Is there much of a difference in the breeds anyway?
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    Rhode Island blue vs Black Sex link

    So I was really excited to grow my flock with some new Rhode Island blues since I don’t have any. I bought 6 of them, and added 2 more black sex link chicks. The guy at the store was not the sharpest tool in the hardware store, and he proceeded to give me sex links from the blue cage, and...
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    OFF BALANCE!

    No wheezing. I did feel her crop and trimmed the crusty poo from her bottom. She is waddling off balance but still trying to peck the ground. They’re eating a lot of spilled seed from my bird feeders; could that be an issue?
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    OFF BALANCE!

    Awesome! Thank you for your replies! She is about 3 years old, laid an egg yesterday, and is trying to forage but not much luck staying on her legs. I have four hens, and my Wyandotte is lying around a bit but still seems balanced and still foraging. All hens laid eggs yesterday so I’m guessing...
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    OFF BALANCE!

    Help! Just yesterday I noticed my very large Orpington began to walk with difficulty, losing her balance and falling backward after a step or two. She did make it back into thebcoop last night, but did NOT get up on the roosting pole. I also have a Wyandotte who, since yesterday, seems to lie...
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    Need advice: swollen crop

    Thanks! Yes, I saw those previous posts but was too "chicken" to watch the surgery video. That's definately something I would NOT resort to myself. I know she's had some poop today - it was on the back deck and the dog stepped right into it! I will check her first thing in the morning as well...
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