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    Helping Hen Through a Vent trauma: My Step-by-Step Recovery Plan

    you mean an ‘article’ for this forum? how do i do that? Yes, i used amoxicillin as i read that if soft shell egg imploded inside her, it can lacerate her oviduct leading to internal bacterial infection. So amoxicillin for internal bacterial infections and vetericyn for any external bacterial...
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    Hen Vent Trauma

    she made a full recovery https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/helping-hen-through-a-vent-trauma-my-step-by-step-recovery-plan.1669582/
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    Helping Hen Through a Vent trauma: My Step-by-Step Recovery Plan

    Helping a Hen Through a Vent Issue – My Step-by-Step Recovery Plan (attached photos show chronological progress with last photo showing full recovery) About 10 days ago, I found one of my hens with very bloody, thick mucus around her vent. She was lethargic, spaced-out, not eating, and unable...
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    Hen Vent Trauma

    this was today when can i allow her to rejoin flock normally?
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    Hen Vent Trauma

    yesterday I gave 1/10 of 500mg amoxicillin tablet (via syringe as 1.5ml liquid) and also applied honey/turmeric blend on vent (as didn’t have vetericyn that just arrived this morning) and this morning gave 1 calcium tablet and vitamin drops mixed into small amount of rice peas and chick crumb...
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    Hen Vent Trauma

    Thanks would anti biotics or painkillers help her? i have vet grade amoxicillin Tryhydrate and metronidazole 2000mg
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    Hen Vent Trauma

    many thanks. She still active, eating and drinking, standing and moving about, albeit slower than normal. do i have to push the clocoa inside or will that happen naturally? so you think she can make a full recovery? if not and she’s suffering badly, i’m prepared to humanely cull her, as i...
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    Hen Vent Trauma

    I’m seeking urgent advice and treatment for my 2-year-old Plymouth Rock hen. She experienced a laying-related trauma 4 days ago, likely due to a soft-shelled egg. She became lethargic, passed bloody mucus from the vent, and was showing signs of exhaustion and straining. I provided isolation...
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    thick, bloody, mucous-like discharge around hens vent

    it’s a flock of 8 living in a 3 m square run with lots of roost bars. they free range for 2 hours a day. feed is layer pellets mixed with dried corn, dried peas black sunflower and barley, which gets mixed with rice and fresh peas. Same diet for 18 months and no issues. treats are...
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    thick, bloody, mucous-like discharge around hens vent

    Need urgent advice: This is a 2-year-old Plymouth Rock hen. She’s a normally healthy, friendly, and reliable layer — and may be the one who occasionally lays soft-shelled eggs (rarely, once every couple of months). She was fine this morning and at 2pm afternoon freerange. But when i let...
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    Anyone use chicken saddles?

    does it stop him mating the hens? how do they react to begin with?
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    Anyone use chicken saddles?

    please can you show me where you bought these from?
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    Hen Saddles - request for advice

    With spring approaching, one of my 1-year-old roosters is mating more frequently. Some of my nine 1-year-old hens may be moulting, but others are losing feathers on their backs and heads. I’ve bought hen saddles but have no experience using them. I’d appreciate advice on: • Will hens...
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    Rooberty Rooster pecking order fighting

    pls give me a few hours and i will share all my experience! sorry to hear about your troubles!
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    Problem with a Hen Laying Soft-Shelled Eggs

    I have 8 hens, all around 11 months old, and they’ve been laying perfect eggs—until three weeks ago. Suddenly, one of my black Maran hens started laying eggs with very thin shells. Often, they were cracked or even broken by the time I collected them. The first day I noticed the problem, I saw...
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