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  1. Jessie66

    Adding to my duck flock

    So I only have 2 male runner ducks right now. They were fairly friendly and a little skittish of people until about 2 months ago, they now attack my feet and chase my kids around. They make it very hard to walk because they are always underfoot. They nip at fingers and arms. Someone...
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    Merek's symptoms vs wry neck?

    So I have lost a few hens in the past few months. I think it is Mereks, but not sure. Right now, I have a hen that seemed to be going broody, she was not very active, would just sit in the nesting box. I have noticed she is very thin and a few days ago she started twisting her neck and her...
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    granulation tissue?

    The Vetericyn did not do much to help. So my hen still has this tumor like lump. Pretty huge now. It is on her wing. I'm wondering it it is at all plausible to tie a tight elastic band around her wing, just above the tumor, thus cutting off the blood supply to it? Kind of like banding the...
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    granulation tissue?

    So my hen is still around, the lump on her wing is slowly growing and still seeping a bit. I am going to try soaking it everyday in warm water and epsom salts and then coat it in a skin and wound treatment (mane and tail) that I have for horses. it is Benzalkonium Chloride 0.125% I might go...
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    Chicken sick. Leg goes sideways when she tries to stand . Help

    So sorry to hear about your hen. We just went through the same thing with one of our hens. Legs gradually would not work. We think it was Mereks. We put her down this morning. We have had to put down a few chickens, and the quickest way for the chicken is to use the axe and take the head...
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    granulation tissue?

    So this is the mass. About the size of a golf ball. Don't think she was injured. It feels a little hot, and you can see the yellow serum. We just put a hen down this morning for Mereks (leg and wing paralysis) This hen was kept in the same coop as the one we put down. She does not seem sick...
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    Hen lethargic, feathers breaking off.

    So, just thought I'd update. We put Bella down this morning. I think it was Mereks. What started out as limping, progressed to being unable to stand, and flapping and lack of coordination. I think she had begun to molt (loss of feathers, with pin feathers coming in, don't think they were...
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    granulation tissue?

    I will post a photo tomorrow. I got her as an adult, she probably didn't have vaccinations. I don't think she injured it. It does feel hot like it could be infected. Thanks for the reply.
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    Hen lethargic, feathers breaking off.

    I have given her 0.25 mL of Safeguard for goats, some baby multivitamin, and honey water by syringe (dripping it on her beak) She is still unsteady, not walking at all, just laying in the shavings (in a kennel in downstairs bathroom), but she has started to peck at food in front of her, and...
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    granulation tissue?

    So today I noticed on my hens wing, a big hard mass, kind of like a scab, but thick like golfball sized. It has drops of yellow serum on it. I had this happen to the breast of another chicken years ago. It is awful feeling, very hard and lumpy. It does not seem to bother her, and she is...
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    Hen lethargic, feathers breaking off.

    So, I am hoping to get some advice for a sick hen. She is a one year old mixed breed banty. She is limping on one leg, kind of dragging it behind her, she kind of flaps and falls when trying to get somewhere. She just lays quietly with her eyes shut, and she is quite thin. I can feel her...
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    Roo? or Pullet?

    Awesome! Just what I wanted to hear, thank you so much for replying.
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    Roo? or Pullet?

    Just wondering what you think of my 2 month old chick. The father is a Cochin banty, mom is a polish cross. There is only one chick. It's comb has hardly developed at all yet. It kind of jumps up at my hand when I bring it close to it too quickly. When do roos start crowing? Any ideas?
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    Thick sore/callus on side of breast

    https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/721651/pics-tumor-or-injury-please-help-with-treatment-advice#post_9902537 This is another post I made for her. She didn't tolerate the cute little jacket for long...LOL
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    Thick sore/callus on side of breast

    My hen is doing ok. The growth is still there. I stopped treating it like an infection as it is just dry and hard, not smelly or oozy at all. It is still rather large, and when she lifts her right leg up to take a step, she catches it on the growth, and then stumbles a bit. She has stopped...
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    Can someone PLEASE Help me ASAP?? :(

    I have used dry ice to put down a hen that was very sick. Dry ice emits carbon dioxide. You can get it at any place that sells oxygen for medical purposes. You put some in a container, pour warm water over it, and place it in another container holding the chick. The CO is heavy, so leave the...
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    Barred Rock going in circles

    Maybe she is has an ear infection? and can't balance properly? I hope you find out what is wrong.
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    PICS...Tumor? or Injury? Please help with treatment advice.

    Could this have been caused by her picking and eating her own feathers? Since I have put on her jacket, she has pulled out and eaten the feathers on her legs. Is that from lack of something?
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    PICS...Tumor? or Injury? Please help with treatment advice.

    So I was wondering if anyone has seen such a thing before? It is hard but not like a scab, it's more like a mass of tight tissue. She constantly pecks at it. I don't think it was ever an injury. She is still eating ok, although she is not quite herself. She sometimes lifts her one leg...
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    Thick sore/callus on side of breast

    http://www.merckvetmanual.com/mvm/index.jsp?cfile=htm/bc/204603.htm Thanks for the link, I looked around a bit and it seems like this is what she may have (breast button). I don't know what may have caused it? Her coop is quite clean and dry and warm, and only one other hen in there. Any...
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