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    poorly chicken

    I sincerely hope your chicken manages to improve x i look back now and wonder if maybe i had just left mavis to it she might have survived. It really plays on my conscience how i interfered. Maybe it wasn't for the best. Sometimes i suppose you just feel a bond. Good luck.
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    poorly chicken

    Thank you Kathy x
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    poorly chicken

    Thank you for your kind words. This site has helped me so much. God Bless my little Mavis she showed personality and determination right til the very end, even grasping my finger as she died. She was a special hen and i will never forget her x she is missed so much. It has been a long week of...
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    poorly chicken

    sorry to say that mavis passed away tonight,thanks everyone for all your help she was such a sweet hen.
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    poorly chicken

    I have checked her for mites, and have been unable to find any. Her abdomen is quite balloon like....what could that mean? she is still hanging on in there and im constantly giving her drops of water from a syringe, which she happily takes. However she is only eating a small amount. she is still...
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    poorly chicken

    Her comb is flopped to one side, but it has been like that for the two weeks i have had her, however it seemed pale earlier compared to now. It also seems cold at times.
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    poorly chicken

    Yes her abdomen feels swollen. Thank you so much for your advice. i cant believe the hours of internet info i have read about ill chickens and never once did i come across ascites....i am frantically googling right now and will prob be spending another crazy night watching my poorly little hen...
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    poorly chicken

    MYSTERY ILLNESS...PLEASE HELP !! thank you
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    Lethargic and placid

    This is just how my Mavis started out, 5 days on and im at my wits end x i really hope you manage to get her well again. im no chicken expert and have only had mine for two weeks, but i have read and read everything i possibly can. app if a chicken is acting off and has a dirty vent it could...
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    poorly chicken

    Right im calling upon all chicken eggsperts xxMavis is still alive!!! thank god x she is still showing interest in water and a limited interest in food. however no egg...maybe a wrong diagnosis. i cant see how she would still be alive after five days of this. her abdomen still feels really heavy...
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    poorly chicken

    i have left mavis steaming for another hour. she has two massive normal looking poops and also did a trump....is this a good thing?
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    poorly chicken

    She has been steaming now for almost two hours...im going to check for an egg when she comes out. I did feel earlier but i couldnt feel an egg...im so confused as to which direction etc to put my finger, im very nervous about doing this. (for example do i head upwards or straight in?) I seem to...
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    poorly chicken

    no kathy shes about one hour into her steam bath.
  14. parsnipples

    poorly chicken

    no kathy she's about an hour into her steam bath,
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    poorly chicken

    Mavis is currently receiving the steam treatment fingers crossed her vent is still pulsating. i may still bathe her again later and that will be her 7th bath up to date x
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    poorly chicken

    Mavis has had a tums tablet crushed up with some live yoghurt. I have also been holding a steaming flannel onto her vent and i also did the lubricated finger thing again (i hate that) she pooped on my hand and made a squeezing sound. She seems to be perking up a little and is currently tucking...
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    egg bound

    this is a useful video. it heled me recognise that my mavis is eggbound. good luck x
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    poorly chicken

    im trying the tums thing right now. she seems sleepy again. and still is unable to stand. her wings are also droopy. im scared to bathe her again in case it finishes her off....
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    poorly chicken

    Well i couldnt believe my eyes this morning....Mavis is still alive!! im so relieved. i know we are not out of the woods yet....but we have hope. I have manged to get lots of water in her and also some mealworms... i have made her a little mash with oats, seeds, mealworms, honey, oregano and a...
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    poorly chicken

    Thank you for your kind words and helpful advice x ive just been looking on youtube and it seems she is most definitley eggbound.
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