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    Gurgling sound in her crop

    One of my rescue girls (Pickle, 3 1/2 years old) has not been well. She's in the usual hunched up position, tail down, comb flopped over. She's drinking and eating, but not very much. I have done the usual checks on her: crop, egg bound, lice, etc. A few days ago when I would pick her up, a...
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    Hen not walking after illness

    Ethel went downhill yesterday. ☹️ She drank water but didn't want any food. Not even mealworms tempted her. Took her to the vet...she didn't come home with us. 😔 Vet said she lost a lot of weight and she had no more muscle mass. She may have had an underlying illness which is why the lice...
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    Hen not walking after illness

    She seems a bit better today. I still have her isolated. She's been eating a bit more and last night she even ate some sardines. 🙂 I have given her some Nutri drops to help perk her up a bit and her poo has been a bit more solid. The past two mornings I have taken her outside to give her some...
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    Hen not walking after illness

    About two weeks ago, one of my rescue girls (nearly 3 yrs old) started showing signs of lethargy. She did not have sour crop nor was she eggbound so didn't really know what the problem was. Couple of days later, I looked her over for lice/mites but couldn't see anything. She was eating, but not...
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    When can we eat eggs after meds?

    Good afternoon from Cornwall, UK! I'm a newbie...got our girls almost three weeks ago. Long story short... Had them on Harkers Coxoid as we thought they had cocci. They were on it about four days when we found out they actually had worms. Stopped the cocci meds after the four days as they went...
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    New Chicken Mama

    Greetings from Cornwall, UK! We've had our four girls two weeks as of Saturday. Adopted from the British Hen Welfare Trust and saved from slaughter at the age of 18 months. We are new to chicken keeping so look forward to getting great advice when needed!
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