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    Thermo-peep Pads For Brooding? Other Alternatives?

    Yes! The Thermo-peep pad is doing a great job! Love it! I just decided to try it. It's 9x12 inches, hard plastic, and even has a protection on the cord. It says in the instructions: "When an animal lies on it, the pad will reach a maximum temperature of approximately 102 degree F. The...
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    Thermo-peep Pads For Brooding? Other Alternatives?

    Hey, my husband just bought this product, and I have the same question about the Thermo-peep. Where do you put it? How hot does it get? How do you know it is warm enough, but not too hot? Have you used it, and how did it work? Thanks for your help.
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    Raising Guinea Fowl 101

    Thanks!!!
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    Raising Guinea Fowl 101

    How long before the guinea hens are fully feathered? and how long before they can free range? (is it the same answer for both questions?) Thank you for your help! I have raised chickens, and I am wondering if the guinea hen is different....
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    egg yolk peritonitis?

    You can get Duramycin-10 at any farmside supply store, that's where I found it. I am not sure your chicken has egg yolk peritonitis. I am no chicken expert, but one of the main symptoms is "walking like a penguin" with tail down, going to the coop and back like she has to lay an egg but...
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    Can you kill a chicken by draining their fluid?

    Well, just looked it up, and ascites can be caused by lots of things including: liver failure, heart failure, cancer, and internal laying. From MedLine (for people): Quote: Well, that makes sense, then, no? Egg laying hens, when egg whites contain high levels of albumin, will suffer ascites...
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    Feeling sad, guilty, and in pain: my favorite chicken died at the vet...

    Wow, MrsBrooke, that is ridiculous! I guess I will definitely call ahead and ask a few questions before I try another one. The vet I took her to didnt even suggest draining as a possibility for Whitie. Ridiculous. Yes, lovemy6hens, the support from the BYC community has been outstanding...
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    Feeling sad, guilty, and in pain: my favorite chicken died at the vet...

    Are there vets out there who know about chickens? How do you know? You just try them out? How frustrating....
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    Feeling sad, guilty, and in pain: my favorite chicken died at the vet...

    One more thought, PulletNewbie, about that panicked look you saw in your kitty's eyes, I saw it in Whitie's, too, while I was waiting for the vet, and I wanted to take her back home, and I wished, sometimes, that I had. But when I think about this, I just would have had a sick chicken at home...
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    Feeling sad, guilty, and in pain: my favorite chicken died at the vet...

    This is so heartbreaking! I am so sorry you lost your kitten in such a tragic way. You were doing the right thing for him by getting him neutered... and you put him in the care of people you trusted. I am sorry that the vet couldn't take full responsibility for what she did, you know, we are all...
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    My leghorn died mysteriously?

    I am sorry for your loss, I have no ideas why she could have died, internal bleeding sounds like a good guess. I am sorry for you, as I just lost my favorite hen 2 days ago to ascites, possibly EYP, although I don't really know what killed her. I, too, cannot do a necropsy. I wish I could.... I...
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    Can you kill a chicken by draining their fluid?

    ps here is a picture of 500 ml being drained: https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/526089/egg-yolk-peritonitis/30#post_14999101
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    Can you kill a chicken by draining their fluid?

    I am sorry to hear that you lost your chicken. I just lost mine two days ago, when I took her to the vet. She died on the exam table, in a seizure of some kind while they were holding her. She was also filled with fluid, she had ascites. It was pretty tragic to witness. And so sad, because I was...
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    Internal Laying, Salpingitis, Ascites and EYP - *Very* Graphic Necropsy Pictures

    Thank you for the pictures, Kathy. Regarding the cloacal exam on hens with egg peritonitis, you said that you could feel it? Just to clarify, you mean you could feel the yolks? or the hardened yolk masses in pic#5? I thought that with EYP the yolks were dropped into the abdomen (?) I did a...
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    Feeling sad, guilty, and in pain: my favorite chicken died at the vet...

    Thank you so much! Casportpony, KayTee, and dawg53!!! You don't know how much you have helped me with your supportive statements. Casportpony, I think you are right, she did have ascites, the vet did confirm a lot of fluid in her abdomen (she was walking, standing like a penguin, not able to...
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