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    Bantam chicken egg bound, with broken egg- how to treat?

    UPDATE Sept. 2018 This elderly bantam chicken is still alive and well! She got the egg yolk peritonitis again twice, but recovered fully. The first time we gave her antibiotic drops for 10 days plus vitamin drops, the second time just vitamin drops. We are starting to realize that several of...
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    Durvet Strike III poultry wormer

    I have been using this for the past 3 years after having many problems with parasites, especially Roundworms. It has worked very well (I use it 5 days each month). Now they have changed the formula (no Hygromin B) and I am wondering if anyone can tell me if they have experience good or bad with...
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    100W Ceramic Heat Emitter - How warm should it get?

    We have used ceramic heat emitters in the chicken coop for a few years and they work well. I use a 100 Watt emitter in a regular heat lamp about 20 inches over the roosting spot of our 2 elderly bantams that get cold easily. I also turn on an additional one when the temps get extra cold. These...
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    Bantam chicken egg bound, with broken egg- how to treat?

    Update: the bantam recovered fully and has been doing great up til today. The vet seemed reluctant to try the implant, not sure why. He thought a bacteria culture was the better use of our money at that point, and he didn't feel she would live very long. We had the culture done and it turned out...
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    Bantam chicken egg bound, with broken egg- how to treat?

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    Bantam chicken egg bound, with broken egg- how to treat?

    This is the best compilation of information I've seen so far, and I have a much better understanding of it now. I have contacted my vet to see if the implant may be an option at this point. I really appreciate your help! It saves me the time and energy of plowing through a lot of other helpful...
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    Bantam chicken egg bound, with broken egg- how to treat?

    UPDATE The chicken has egg yolk peritonitis. My vet said that the prognosis is very poor and made it sound almost hopeless. He did inject her abdomen with antibiotics, and advised SMV TMz once a day, and tube feeding if we want to try. I asked about cleaning out her abdomen and he said that...
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    Head Injury

    When the injuries heal a bit you can try applying "Blue Kote" to stop the others from pecking at her. We have had success with this before, although putting it on her head may be tricky. We have found that this behavior happens most at a certain time in Spring and often goes away after that- or...
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    Bantam chicken egg bound, with broken egg- how to treat?

    We have a little 7 yr old Bantam about (3lbs) who periodically becomes egg bound with a soft shelled egg and usually expels it within a day. This time it's going on 3 days and she's really suffering. We have given 2 warm baths, liquid calcium and vitamins with no luck yet. My son says he found a...
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