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  1. Eggcessive

    Slipped tendon - rooster

    Slipped tendons and leg bone deformities are common in all poultry. The common leg bone deformities, varus or valgus and twisted tibia, can affect one or both legs, and get worse as they grow. Can you post pictures of him from the front and back to see what his legs look like? You are fortunate...
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    Foods that even sick chickens find irresistible?

    Is she drinking water? How does her crop feel this am? Is it empty and flat, full, firm, doughy, or squishy/puffy? Crop disorders may affect appetite. Is she having trouble laying an egg? Has she ever been wormed? Usually there is a reason one won’t eat or refuses food. Offer some mushy very wet...
  3. Eggcessive

    Help please

    It can take some time for crop treatments to help. Unfortunately, I have had a couple who suffered with a crop issue for a couple of months until I lost them. Acidified copper sulfate which you can get from McMurray Hatchery or Jedds, can be used to treat sour crop if nothing else helps. Dosage...
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    Help please

    How did the crop feel this am—full and squishy, firm, or has it emptied some? Fluids are very important. You can offer a tsp of of chilled coconut oil cut into small slivers for her to peck and swallow twice a day. That can help to move the food on through her digestive tract. A but of plain...
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    Is this bumblefoot almost healed? Anything else I should do?

    Staph is pretty much everywhere. It is on our skin. She can’t spread the infection to other poults. I think her toe pads look to be healing well, and you have done a good job. Just watch it. I would put her back with others. The swelling may go down in time. I would just work to prevent...
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    Help! I think an undeveloped egg is stuck in my hen's vent?? Prolapse? Let it pass? Bath?

    Honestly she may have passed the egg or lash material and ate it, as disgusting as that sounds. It could be possible that it went back inside as well. I’m glad that it is no longer blocking her vent. Is she pooping okay? I would repeat the calcium every 24 hours for up to a week. That hopefully...
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    Weird bump on eye

    It could be fowl pox scabs from mosquitoes that is a virus lasting a few weeks. Or it could be peck wounds. There are also bubbles/foam in the eye. It could be from the fowl pox or it could be from a respiratory disease called mycoplasma gallisepticum (MG.) Don’t disturb the scabs as it can...
  8. Eggcessive

    Continued poopy butt after illness

    I am linking this other thread of yours. I’m sorry for your loss.
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    Worm Identification please--poop pictures

    You can stand them on a $12 kitchen scale to weigh them. To get a rough weight, you can hold one while you weigh yourself on bath scales and then subtract your weight. Yes albendazole is rather expensive since it has about 1000 doses of 0.5 ml. It lasts a couple of years, and it should be shaken...
  10. Eggcessive

    My hen is sick- suggestions needed

    What brand of amprollium is it and what strength? A label with ingredients could help. Corid, the brand used in the US, is either 9.6% liquid or 20% powder. In other countries it may be different strength or brand. Ours give dosage for cattle but not chickens. Her lack of eating could be her...
  11. Eggcessive

    Cyst or mass on the outside of knee.

    Here are some graphic pictures of squamous cell cancer: https://sesc.cat/en/squamous-cell-carcinoma-in-laying-hens/ https://poultrydvm.com/condition/squamous-cell-carcinoma
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    Cyst or mass on the outside of knee.

    Usually chlorhexidene 4% is diluted with an equal amount of water to dilute it to 2% strength. Then it is rinsed with water. For most wounds I would use that or saline, or a wound spray such as Vetericyn followed by the antibiotic ointment. Hopefully, it is just a wound, but it could tun out to...
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    Worm Identification please--poop pictures

    I do think that is a round worm at 5 o’clock in the 2 pictures in post 5. Dawg53 may want to chime in. Most vets should be able to do a fecal float on chicken poop. I would take some combined droppings in to be checked, or you can just go ahead and worm all of your birds with 10% SafeGuard...
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    My hen is sick- suggestions needed

    From her slightly scruffy appearance, she looks to be starting to molt, which is a stressful time. The first time is around 18 months old. Adding to that stress is she is in a new home. New dirt, may expose her to a new strain of coccidiosis that she has not built up a tolerance for yet. Her...
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    Older hen with breathing/respiratory issues. At a loss

    Sometimes chickens can get infectious bronchitis virus and sneeze with congestion for up to a month. It is possible to have more than one respiratory disease at the same time. The Tylosin treats MG but nothing treats a virus. It just has to run it’s course over several weeks. Dust or powdery...
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    Help! I think an undeveloped egg is stuck in my hen's vent?? Prolapse? Let it pass? Bath?

    It could be a vent prolapse or some malformed egg or egg membrane. Give her a human calcium citrate tablet with d, or a Tums to increase her muscle contraction to help pass it. I would consider soaking her in a tub of warm water. Exam it an see if it is a prolapse, a prolapse with an egg or...
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    Help please

    Do no restrict water with sour crop, or massage the crop. You only would massage a hard impacted crop. She needs water and electrolytes might be good.. Food can be withheld for a day. I would give some antifungal miconazole or Monistat cream orally 1/2 inch twice a day. Check her crop again each...
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    Help please

    Calcium may help if she is having a problem passing an egg. I don’t usually treat bumblefoot unless it is very red and swollen or causes limping. There are several noninvasive ways to treat it, such as using a daily dressing of Prid drawing salve or sugardine. Sugardine is just sugar and a drop...
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    Swollen face, no discharge, normal behavior, help me please. 🥲

    It is hard to know for sure what has caused the swelling of the face, but a respiratory disease called mycoplasma gallisepticum (MG) is a common cause. Stings, pecking or other injuries might alao be possible. But when you see 2 at once with it, and had another in the past, that sounds more like...
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    9 year old hen with pale comb, almost no tail feathers, now moving slow and less interested in food/treats

    It does look like a roundworm in the picture, although it is out of focus. I would use the albendazole since it is safe and only requires a dose and then a repeated dose in 10 days.
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