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    is corn as main ingredient good for chickens?

    Posting information by Michel Pollan on livestock nutrition is similar to asking Hitler or Goebbels for an opinion on Jews! You'll get an answer but it won't be unbiased or cotain both sides of the issue. Do a little more research, specifically on Ruminant Nutrition, and you will find that a...
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    Polish rooster with a punctured back.

    Quote: Such great news! Thanks for sharing!
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    Leg problem

    How old is he? What else can you tell us about his living conditions etc.?
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    pullet, pale, swolen face. pic......

    The other side of her face looks the same? How long have you had her? Or did she come to you like this? Is there any pus or oozing or crusting of her eye or nostril?
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    Is my Serama having seasures?

    Quote: Was she vaccinated for Mareks or Newcastle? Maybe she has a vitamin deficiency of some kind? Are you putting chick vitamins in their water? How is her eating, drinking, pooping, and other activity?
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    This is for our cat but not sure where else to post.

    OK, I am thinking the others are right and its an abscess. Warm compresses can help soften the skin and maybe it will drain. It is just a hunch but maybe she is rubbing at it to try to relieve the pressure, or perhaps it itches the way infections can. If it keeps swelling, there probably are...
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    hen is unsteady on her feet

    I don't know what this is but I am looking up things from the list of "diseases interfering with movement" from the Chicken Health Handbook. --Infectious bursal disease. It's common and causes incoordination. --Osteopetrosis. It's common and causes stilted gait, lameness, and thick leg bones...
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    help me diagnose wasting / weight loss of my buff orpingington hen

    Quote: Thanks, I will be doing morning and evening crop checks, and hopefully I will have some more data tomorrow. And I've put out oyster shell, so hopefully that will help resolve the calcium issue for everyone.
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    This is for our cat but not sure where else to post.

    Is it possible she got in contact with some chemicals? Could it be a chemical burn? Or might she have put her face near a hot engine or other heat source? I would put a cone collar on her to keep her from rubbing it and making it worse. But ugh, is there an after hours vet in your area? Might...
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    HELP what happened to her Bum (WARNING GRAPHIC PIC)

    I'll let someone else weigh in on the compress, but my hunch is no. Keep a thin coat of neosporin on it and don't fuss unless it seems to be getting infected. But that's my human and mammal first-aid instincts. I defer to someone with actual chicken wound experience. As a vet told me recently...
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    help me diagnose wasting / weight loss of my buff orpingington hen

    Hi Folks, I have 11 chickens, all 7 months old. Two of the hens are buff orpingtons. One started laying a couple months ago and is a steady layer. She is friendly and plump. The other hasn't started laying yet. Today when I picked her up she was substantially lighter than the other one, which...
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    HELP what happened to her Bum (WARNING GRAPHIC PIC)

    Quote: Since it's not her vent (thankfully) you can skip the tub. Neosporin is okay, the plain kind, not the kind with painkiller. Iodine is fine. Be careful if you use hydrogen peroxide because it is harsh. Dilute by 50% or use a more gentle cleaner. I would look all through your coop for...
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    HELP what happened to her Bum (WARNING GRAPHIC PIC)

    Quote: Yep! Having just gone back and looking again, I see the vent. A classic case of misdirection! But I'm glad that's healthy. But this does leave a question about what happened there. And I can't tell how deep it is. Is that just an open but superficial wound or is it deep?
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    HELP what happened to her Bum (WARNING GRAPHIC PIC)

    This is a just a guess, but I think the other chickens were cannibalizing her with her prolapsed vent. I don't see anything hanging out in your pictures, though, so perhaps the prolapse has recovered itself and what you are seeing is the damage from the other chickens. But search for prolapses...
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    Dr. Z. saved my girl!

    Quote: When I was dosing my hen, I held her on my lap with a towel over her wings. I'm right handed, so I held the syringe in my right and her head with my left. Then I would carefully open her beak with my left hand and squirt the medicine in a little at a time. You don't have to get it there...
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