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    Hen laid a collapsed egg, hunched up and won't eat for 3+ days

    Crop was empty in the morning. Tubed 30 mL fluids + 630mg calcium citrate. Waited 2 hours, then tubed 30mL fluids + antibiotics + meloxicam. How much calcium and for how long? she is not eating or drinking so I don't want to overdo it. should i continue antibiotics, meloxicam? I just noticed...
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    Hen laid a collapsed egg, hunched up and won't eat for 3+ days

    Timeline of events: April 8 - egg yolk landed on the roost board overnight April 9 - my hen was hiding by herself all day April 10 - I noticed my hen did not leave the roost this morning, and a broken egg shell was stuck in her partly prolapsed vent. I removed the shell and the prolapse went...
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    Horrific Bird Flu Experience Killed My Whole Flock and my Cat

    Did the OP ever have a necropsy or diagnosis to know that it is in fact bird flu and not something else?
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    Fighting toms?

    Not to alarm you but I had several toms with wet fowl pox that looked exactly like that.
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    Help!!! Non Stop making noise!

    I had one that was the same way! He was the only poult that hatched so I made him a house turkey. Bring your turkeys inside with the family and they will shut up. I took mine everywhere, including vacation, and he loved car rides. Mine was only aggressive towards men, which was fine with me...
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    A century of Turkey talk 2000-2100.

    Sooooo... my turkey hen disappeared back in May, I thought a coyote got her. She finally came back with TEN poults! The poults are 2-3 months old already. How did they manage to survive in the wild and hide for so long? Not sure what to do. They are still roosting in the wild but come back for...
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    Show Me Your Pallet Projects!

    Sorry if you already answered this question, but did you have to paint/treat your planter box to prevent rot/termites?
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    Picky eater chick Doesn't want to eat chick feed. What to do?

    get a few more. separate them with a wire fence so they can see each other but not fight, for the first few days.
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    Picky eater chick Doesn't want to eat chick feed. What to do?

    chicks will copy other chicks. tap the food with your finger and tape a small mirror next to the food so she feels like another chick is eating with her. it is sad to keep a chick alone.
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    Picky eater chick Doesn't want to eat chick feed. What to do?

    do you have other chicks? are the other ones eating the chick feed?
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    Coccidiosis?

    The poop look normal to me. It can take a couple weeks for the intestines to heal after treating for coccidiosis. Probiotics can help.
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    A century of Turkey talk 2000-2100.

    would a chicken chick work? i only have 4 poults and there is huge drama whenever they are rearranged :(
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    Is my male turkey sick?

    birds usually stand on one leg if they are cold... if it is hot in your location, plain water is better than water that is loaded with vitamins. they can dehydrate trying to excrete all the extra vitamins/minerals.
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    A century of Turkey talk 2000-2100.

    I have an 8 week old poult that injured her leg jumping down from something. No swelling, no bruising, no visible injury. Just doesn't want to put weight on one foot and seems to be getting worse trying to keep up with the others, who are flying around the yard. I want to confine the poult in a...
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    Broody Vs non-broody lifespan

    Yes, hens that are allowed to go broody def live longer! I have lost many laying hens to internal laying. Internal laying is survivable if the hen stops laying eggs and the body has a chance to absorb internal yolks. I deeply regret every broody I have ever "broken". The other big killer is...
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    There is always something wrong

    Can you share which breed that was? I already learned to never buy production hybrids from any hatchery. They are healthy as baby chicks but they die of horrible diseases after 2 yrs old.
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    There is always something wrong

    This is so true! This forum has been very helpful, but it also makes me go crazy because every sickness has a "solution" and I feel guilty if I don't treat it. I was proud that I nursed a fully paralized marek's chicken back to health, but then my mom was like, "don't you have anything better to...
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    There is always something wrong

    Game hens don't live forever. You will lose every one to disease or predation if you have them long enough. My game hens are hardy compared to the laying breeds that I used to have.
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    There is always something wrong

    How do you cull the sickly if you haven't seen a sick chicken in years? I have been isolating the fowlpox hens. for stuff like worms or cocci i just treat the whole flock at once. that is funny... the hens that got wet fowlpox worst are my game hens! they are the oldest though...
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    There is always something wrong

    Thinking back, last year I had some chicks get sick with cocci. would you cull those instead of treating? The one with tapeworm (never figured out who it was, but I treated everybody for worms) -- should have just ignored it, I think The bumblefoot chicken -- I know I should have culled that...
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