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    External Worms? Maggot looking things near my chickens butt?

    Also vent gleet can result in fly strike
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    Duck bill injury.

    Thank you so much for responding to my post! I kept her under observation for about half a day. She seemed to be doing a good job of taking care of herself on her own. She didn't root around in the mud with the other ducks, she just floated on the pond and took it easy for a few days. So I knew...
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    Duck bill injury.

    There was no bleeding but she was shaking her head like it hurt
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    Duck bill injury.

    So yesterday my duck got a bill smashed underneath a patio brick while worm hunting. Today I noticed that it has wrinkles across the top so I'm wondering if it cracked it I read something about super glue and tea bags but I didn't really grasp how to do it. Or if it's even needed for this case I...
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    My duck's bill is injured

    What?! you found the duck alive in the foxes den or the fox alive in its den?
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    Can someone please tell me what is happening

    She is a Brahma, age approx.4, guessing around 6 lbs, definitely not on the thin side, her vent has a rotting smell and doesn't want it touched or cleaned, has a yellowish build up around the outer edge, no signs of trauma, no signs of trauma, she eats all flock mixed with scratch grains, cooked...
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    Can someone please tell me what is happening

    I noticed a rotting smell when I picked up my aunts hen, so I inspected her and found the area around her vent seems to be caked with this yellow stinky pasty stuff. Gave her a soak and then washed the area with Dawn dish soap. Which made a small improvement. I tried to remove some of the pasty...
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    Pale combs & dirty bums

    I agree. 2 cups of corn every day seems excessive.
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    Does this look like water belly?

    Seems to be so far.
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    Does this look like water belly?

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    Water belly emergency...please help!

    Try vanilla yogurt. If she won't eat voluntarily, dip her beak in it. Works with my girls.
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    Water belly emergency...please help!

    We did put her down. RIP Hannah
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    Water belly emergency...please help!

    We did end up putting her down. RIP Hannah
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    Wing ripped off, serious predator attack wound

    That's terrible. Poor babies. I hope they all heal quickly without complications. Welding wire with the smaller squares would prevent that from happening again.
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