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  1. slukeplass22

    Does anybody have Americanas/easter eggers from Mt. Healthy?

    I know this thread is kinda old now but I figured I'd chime in. I'm pretty sure the local feed store we've gotten all our 'Americanas' from buys chicks from Mt. Healthy. As far as pet animals are concerned, I'd say they're quirky, but hardy, long-lived birds. I've had four so far, and each one...
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    Hen Can’t Speak Anymore, Breathing Heavy

    So it’s been a few days. I’ve been giving Squeaky anti inflammation turmeric, black pepper, and cayenne. She’s also been getting VetRX. Squeaky’s condition has been up and down. She was not heavy in the rear Monday, but since Tuesday she is heavy again. But she’s not really liquid feeling like...
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    Hen Can’t Speak Anymore, Breathing Heavy

    She was heavy in the back today, so she might be trying to lay an egg. I’ll check on her later and if the heaviness goes then I’ll know there was an egg inside.
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    Hen Can’t Speak Anymore, Breathing Heavy

    I forgot to snap a picture, but I was able to examine her throat. Everything was clear. I did see down her trachea, near the top there was this yellow bulge, it took up about a third of the opening. I think that’s the larynx or the glottis. I’m not sure it’s supposed to be that large, so perhaps...
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    Hen Can’t Speak Anymore, Breathing Heavy

    If I remember I’ll show you a picture of the birch but it’s got branches that are about 1-2 feet off the ground. I kept them when the tree was young for shade, shelter, and food (they eat the leaves) but I might prune them off this year or at least head them back a lot. It would be easy for a...
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    Hen Can’t Speak Anymore, Breathing Heavy

    There would not likely be mold in the coop since the bedding is stone dust. (I’ve never seen any myself) The humidity is a lot lower in the coop than outside. The main thing with the coop is dust. Cleaning up the dust makes a big difference & that’s what I’ve been behind on. I haven’t used a...
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    Hen Can’t Speak Anymore, Breathing Heavy

    Their coop is a 10x14 shed with eight windows and a door. During the daytime I open everything up unless it’s very cold. At night I close it all up but there are two air vents. How can you see inside the throat? I’m not good at mouth exams so I only was able to check the mouth (which looked...
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    Hen Can’t Speak Anymore, Breathing Heavy

    I checked this morning. No crop or abdomen issues. No cankers in her mouth. I couldn’t see back in her throat since she wasn’t very cooperative. If there’s a way to see, I’d like to know. I’m not very good at mouth exams.
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    Hen Can’t Speak Anymore, Breathing Heavy

    I’ll check tomorrow, but I didn’t notice any crop issues with her. I tried checking her mouth tonight, but she wasn’t having it, so I’ll try tomorrow. I’ll check the abdomen tomorrow also, but I don’t recall the unusual weight changes in that area that would signal something like ascites or EYP...
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    Hen Can’t Speak Anymore, Breathing Heavy

    My almost 8 Year Old Australorp has been off the last few days. She’s breathing a little bit heavier than normal and can’t speak anymore. When she tries to speak, it ends up sounding like she has a blockage of some sort. Otherwise she acts like the others. She eats, drinks, dirt bathes, etc...
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    Bump Next to Eye

    I'll look into that, thanks.
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    Bump Next to Eye

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    Bump Next to Eye

    UPDATE I did all of the above for three weeks, but stopped after noticing minimal change. Her eye condition didn't change much, it may be slightly less now. I'll attach a photo. She still has no other symptoms and is one of the most active hens I have. Shortly after Thanksgiving I stopped the...
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    Bump Next to Eye

    I can try to treat for that with an eye spray + garlic, maybe also oil of oregano in water (it’s helped with my own sinus infections). She still doesn’t have any other symptoms. The bump started disconnected from the eye and as it grew bigger it naturally came closer to her eye. Thanks for the...
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    Bump Next to Eye

    Any idea what this bump next to her eye is? I saw the bump maybe two months ago and it has grown some since then. In the past two days it has grown a lot more. She’s 9 months old with no other symptoms. For those noticing the dark patches on her skin, I made a thread about those a few months...
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    Are these benign?

    I did some research and I believe I found out what’s going on with the black spots on the face/comb. It’s something called melanosis. It’s a genetic trait that causes the skin to appear darker in patches or on the entire bird. There are different variations manifest differently, but based on...
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    Are these benign?

    This is the australorp. Not sure if it's just the light that's making her eye look a weird color (edit: I think it is the light). I'll check that tomorrow. Her eye has always been shaped like this.
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    Are these benign?

    This is the sapphire gem. As I noted earlier some of the marks near the back of the comb are from some sort of fighting. But near the front of the comb, on the rest of the face, and on the earlobes I'm not sure what is going on.
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    Are these benign?

    Will upload photos in a little bit
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    Are these benign?

    I will add that the sapphire gem has been picked on a lot. All of them have been picked on but especially the sapphire, since she’s one of my family member’s favorite chickens and one of my Orpingtons seems envious over that.
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