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    Impacted Crop / Maggots, Waxworms or Pills?

    After trying everything else, I fed one of our hens maggots and it didn't work. I took her to the vet the next day who cut out a big ball of knotted grass and other rubbish. The vet said surgery was the only way it was going to come out and that the maggots were more likely to have eaten the...
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    Abdominal Draining Advice?!

    DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME!! I lost one of our hens a week ago.. After realising she was ill and searching online, I thought she was egg bound. I tried warm baths, massage, etc. but without success. After more research I concluded it was egg yolk peritonitis. Her abdomen was very swollen and...
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