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    13 wk old unable to swallow, tongue down throat~Advice?? Update

    Hi...I wanted to comment here in addition to my private message to you that the symptoms you describe here are exactly like those Gladys had, except I never saw her even try to eat on her own. The gurgling and everything else you describe sounds the same. I just wish I could help in some way...
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    A different way to water chickens-Avian Aqua Miser

    This was our first winter with chickens. We started using the nipples in buckets last fall. When we had a cold snap in Nov. and the nipples were immobilized quite easily by the frozen water around them, we just started using a heated dog dish and have been using it ever since. Surprisingly...
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    Can a chicken swallow its own tongue? Help??? -PICTURES ADDED-

    Hi, slightlyscrambled - it's nice to meet people on here from the Cornhusker State! How far are you from Sutton?
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    Can a chicken swallow its own tongue? Help??? -PICTURES ADDED-

    This morning, I took Gladys to someone (Pam) who knows far more than I do about chickens, and we had a good look in her mouth. Today, there was a lot more smell, mucous and some pus that I hadn't seen before, but we were getting a better look than I had before. Pam palpated the throat to the...
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    Can a chicken swallow its own tongue? Help??? -PICTURES ADDED-

    I don't see any - her mouth looks clear
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    Can a chicken swallow its own tongue? Help??? -PICTURES ADDED-

    I had my husband hold her while I tried to grab the tongue. I got hold of it a couple of times and tried to pull it out. I got it out far enough (before she jerked away) that I could see it's pretty coated and smelly on the top surface. There isn't much "give" to it and I'm afraid to pull...
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    Can a chicken swallow its own tongue? Help??? -PICTURES ADDED-

    Thank you, Ruth, for your helpful reply. I took some pictures, although I don't know if they're clear enough for you to see what I'm talking about. From what I can tell, her tongue is rolled back into her throat. In the second picture the pointed tip of her tongue is showing. I tried to...
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    Can a chicken swallow its own tongue? Help??? -PICTURES ADDED-

    1) What type of bird , age and weight. Barred rock hen, 8 months old, don't know her weight, but she's good-sized. 2) What is the behavior, exactly. Feathers puffed up, opens mouth to breathe in, listless, not eating or drinking and today I realized she doesn't have a tongue and it looks like...
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    HELP! What do I do about humidity?!

    I'm having the same issues.... The humidity in my coop (12'x8' for 13 chickens, plus a 4'x12' storage area) went from 16% the past several days to 76% this afternoon! It's getting in the teens here tonight. Is there anything I should do? I've had their vent that's up at ceiling level closed...
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    -12F here.....

    We were -2 overnight (don't know what the wind chill was) and we're up to 7 degrees now with a LOT of snow coming our way. I'm trying to decide if I should let my flock out for a while today before the blizzard hits, but it's really cold out there! On a happier note, inside the coop it was a...
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    my chickens have avian poxs

    The Avian Pox have gone through my whole flock (25 chickens) and there is still one rooster who looks a little ragged, but thankfully none of them got the wet pox. They first appeared in August. Out of my flock of 25, 12 of them are extra roos. They are now 25 weeks old. I've been trying to...
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    Chickens have pox; better to integrate 4 week old guineas now or wait?

    Was it a pretty mild case of pox that your turkeys had last year? It's encouraging that the others (who didn't get it last year) don't have it this year, right?
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    Chickens have pox; better to integrate 4 week old guineas now or wait?

    I have 29 chickens that are 16 weeks old and into their third week of fowl pox. So far, none of them have gotten the wet pox - they just have lesions in various stages on their combs and wattles. My sister gave me 4 guineas that are now 4 weeks old. She gave them to me before I realized we...
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    my chickens have avian poxs

    Thank you, Sonoran Silkies, for your quick reply. Now, as an inexperienced chicken handler, how do I go about putting iodine on all of those lesions? Is there a way to catch the birds without practically scaring them to death? I hate to raise their stress level right now. They are used to me...
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    My flock has avian pox (dry) Should I give Duramycin-10?

    I'm sorry, I double-posted, so if someone can tell me how, I can delete this thread. I read about giving an antibiotic to prevent secondary infection on a site that came up when I googled fowl pox. I know, I should just come straight to BYC because I always get the most help right here!
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