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    Listless hen

    Ugh. I'm so sorry but you gave her love and she knew that comfort. Thank you for being a good person
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    Review by 'Three Little Chicks' in article 'Understanding Your Rooster.'

    I deeply enjoyed the scientific neutral point of observation. Thank you so much
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    Listless hen

    Here is something about sour crop.and ASV https://www.chickenvet.co.uk/sour-crop#:~:text=Treatment%20is%20also%20difficult%20as,infection%20needs%20to%20be%20controlled.
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    Listless hen

    Also both poo and the egg come out but from different tracks, I think if she's egg bound you'll feel if fairly immediately more upward than downward. But google chicken anatomy so you know where to look. Good luck to you both let us know.....
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    Listless hen

    Only give her Epsom salt bath to calm her if she is egg bound. You need to gently put you pinky (gloved and with a gel lub or Vaseline type thing) and see if you feel egg pieces or an egg that's stuck. . google chicken anatomy so you know what to expect. And google how to help an egg bound...
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    Listless hen

    Also iss the craw bloated like hard bloated or soft and bloated? I don't know what that would mean but that information might be important. My Brahma recently had a soft bloated crop from an internal infection that antibiotics helped.
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    Listless hen

    Is she egg bound? usually you can feel it close to her vent. Gloved pinky and lube...very very carefully.. If she is egg-bound there are lots of good threads to help soothe (Epsom baths, circular motion on vent) and help her if the egg is broken.
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    Hen has injured beak. Should we be worried, and should we try to disinfect it?

    let us know if it grows back or how it heals, hoping she is healing.
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    EMERGENCY My roos got into a huge fight, Help Please!

    not sure it helps but I'm leery of putting anything on their face as I feel it is just as likely to get into the eye and make matters worse. you mentioned the back of his head was blood, maybe focus on keeping it from getting infected and yeah probably normal to have swelling after getting...
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    Mystery!!!! Missing feathers.

    Or borrow a phone and Facetime your chickens?
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    Mystery!!!! Missing feathers.

    As an observation technique, can you set up a Pet-Cam or like somehow set up a Zoom with yourself in a tablet/laptop combination? The "Zoom" is a way to observe your situation and basically free but you'll need to first sign into to both. Just a thought, assuming handled ethically minded.
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    New member

    WELCOME!!!
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    New on the yard 🐓

    WELCOME!
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    New Chicken Mama Intro from Michigan

    Welcome and good luck!
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    EMERGENCY My roos got into a huge fight, Help Please!

    to answer is Polysporin like Neosporin I just pulled it off the inter-webbies Neosporin contains neomycin which is not present in polysporin. Polysporin is the brand name for a product containing bacitracin zinc and polymyxin B sulfate. Neosporin is the brand name for a product containing...
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