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    How do you know when "its time"?

    we euthanised her a few hours ago. while rest were free ranging, I let her be in the run (she’s been in enjoined medical bay for last 6 days). i placed her on her favourite roost and sat with her for 30 mins: she just slept with her head tucked under her wing. by this stage her beak was...
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    How do you know when "its time"?

    i’ve nursed her back twice from this prolapse issue in last 4 months using anti biotics honey and anti bac spray and she took a week to recover, getting better daily. and then rejoined the flock. But this time she just gotten worse every day, to point now when she barely eating and not moving...
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    How do you know when "its time"?

    this is third time this hen has had vent prolapse on last 4 months. i nursed hr back to health using antibiotics, anti bacterial spray and honey last 2 times but it happened again 6 days ago and despite using same regimen and keeping her in an isolated pen next to other hens, this time she not...
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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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