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    Chicken alert, tail downwards and not moving

    Sorry for your loss. She may have suffered from a reproductive disorder such as egg yolk peritonitis or cancer. If you still have her body you could place it in clean plastic bags and in the refrigerator or inside a cooler on ice, but don’t freeze it. That way in the an you could call your...
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    What is wrong with my girl!?

    The b complex can be crushed into a spoonful of water or into some egg. The E can be popped up into her beak to swallow. Walmart has good prices on vitamins. Here is a video on how to give a pill or medication:
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    Worms after recent treatment!?

    I think many people who live in tropical regions such as Florida, worm more frequently than folks in the north because of the conditions.
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    What is wrong with my girl!?

    Can you give her some vitamin E 400 IU daily, along with 1/4 tablet of B complex daily. Some scrambled egg bits for selenium could be helpful. Wry neck is a neurological symptom, and can be due to a head or neck injury, vitamin deficiency, and from a virus that can affect the brain, such as...
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    Undigested food?

    I always throw put some grit even though I have some pebbles in the soil. They take it if they want it, and don’t use a whole lot.
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    Blood or lining?

    I would consider worming her with albendazole or Valbazen 1/2 ml orally and then repeat it in 10 days. That wormer is safe when molting, and since blood may be seen with worms or coccidiosis, it would be good to do. If you feel like coccidiosis would be a problem, since she is going to be early...
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    Sick Hen - No Appetite, Abnormal Stool & Possible Infection

    The yellow urates in her poop are normally supposed to be white, and that can indicate that her liver is having problems. Reproductive infections are a frequent cause. I would give her some probiotics while waiting for another antibiotic to come in the mail. Enrofloxacin is banned for chickens...
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    Should I put hen back with others?

    Yes, sorry. Her behavior could be a sign of getting sick, so just observe her. Some hens just are low in pecking order and easily bullied. If she getting close to molting, that also can make her puny.
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    Should I put hen back with others?

    I would just visit them often throughout the day and spend some time with them. You can spot problems and see how they interact. I would offer some scrambled egg bits and make sure that all get a chance to get some. Watching how they act when going to roost is also a good time to spot bullying.
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    Undigested food?

    Do you have bird feeders with spills that the chickens can get into? If you can check some feed stores or online, you may be able to buy a small bag of granite poultry grit.
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    Sudden Spraddle leg??

    What is your location? Can you get some B complex tablets from Walmart which may cost about $6? Give her 1/4 tablet daily crushed into some food, egg, or water? I would limit her diet to a chick starter or all flock feed, and stop any scraps. Her leg problem may be nurtitional.
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    Rescue Chicken with Gooey Butt

    I would just keep her vent area cleaned up to prevent any flystrike. It may be due to a reproductive infection or disorder, but they may have been in a flock where they were overcrowded and some vent pecking or damage done, or were not being fed properly. Worms or moldy feed could also have been...
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    Is that thing is normal?

    Could it be a louse? I would check for any lice on her skin, all over and especially under the vent and belly. https://www.seedzbox.co.uk/cdn/shop/articles/a-guide-to-chicken-mites-lice-583401.jpg?v=1743572191&width=1000
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    New pullet indication of CRD, should I just introduce her?

    I would send the chicken back, but do not add this bird to your flock. Culling her might be your only choice. Be very careful that you don’t accidentally spread it to your other chickens on your clothes, shoes, equipment, or through the air. There are many diseases in chickens that make them...
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    New pullet indication of CRD, should I just introduce her?

    If the new hen has CRD (mycoplasma gallisepticum or MG,) your entire flock and every new or hatched chicken in the future will be carriers and may get sick. I would send the pullet back. The trouble with bringing in new chickens from other flocks, is that some people don’t think that it is bad...
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    Sudden wheezing

    Does she sound like the hen in post one of this video? https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/silkie-w-possible-stridor.1218528/
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    Help! Mystery animal attacking!

    I lost 3 hens a few years ago to a bobcat in mid afternoon. She came back for each body shortly afterward, or we would ‘t have known what predator. Here is a link with bobcat tracks: https://www.bear-tracker.com/bobcattrackphotos.html
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    Hen with yellow stool and intermittent eating

    Amoxicllin is probably a better choice for reproductive infections. That one is injectable cattle oxytetracycline. It is meant to be injected under the skin in the neck or into a breast muscle once every 3 days or just once. Some people have been know to give it orally for respiratory infection...
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    Should I put hen back with others?

    This article by azygous about helping a bullied chicken regain confidence is a good read: https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/chicken-bully-chicken-victim-a-two-sided-issue.73923/
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    Hen with yellow stool and intermittent eating

    Many people use the 57mg a pound dosage. An average hen weighs 4-5 pounds, and 250 mg is a good dosage. If she will take the capsule emptied into a treat, and take it all, that will work. Some use cream cheese or peanut butter on them to get them to scarf it down. But it is pretty easy to open...
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