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    Ocular Marek's symptoms

    Thank you!
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    Ocular Marek's symptoms

    She had the foam in her eyes for just that one minute, it was gone, and it hasn't returned. Mysterious chicken.
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    Ocular Marek's symptoms

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  4. aknewlin

    Ocular Marek's symptoms

    Follow up symptom. Just now, she had a little bit of foam in the corners of her eyes. Otherwise, a happy chicken with no swelling, gasping, or rattling. Walking perfectly normal. Eating, drinking, pooping. I can't find anything (yet) that shows foaming eyes with Marek's. Any ideas?
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    Ocular Marek's symptoms

    So now my follow up question is: If this is ocular mareks, can it present itself in a different way in the other chickens? Such as the paralysis and tumors? Or is it a specific strain of mareks that is solely ocular? We are keeping a close watch on the other chickens for anything odd.
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    Ocular Marek's symptoms

    ...language. She's walking with a bit of shyness, I suppose because she can't see well. She appears to be a normal, healthy chicken with the exception of her eyes. I have also found some info that I missed earlier in my reading: That the iris *MAY* turn gray, not that it will turn gray...
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    Ocular Marek's symptoms

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    HELP! Duck's wing hanging and skin ripped off!

    I had a chicken with a huge ripped open wound down her side (and several smaller rips). We suspected a hawk attack. It was all the way through the skin, several inches long, and spread open wide. Not good. In our case, we just packed the wound with Neosporin (without the pain relief)...
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    Ocular Marek's symptoms

    I've been searching through old threads and information pages on this site about Ocular Marek's, and have learned a lot but haven't found out this bit of information yet. I have an Easter Egger who is about 4 years old who is suddenly going blind. Both of her pupils have constricted and are...
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    Help!!! Chicken layed egg duct??

    It's hard to tell from my phone, but it looks like a simple egg fart (an egg without a shell forming around it). My chickens have done this from time to time. Is that a yolk and chalaza?
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    Silkie sitting on imaginary eggs - now I've put a day old chick under her

    We had a similar experience with our Silkie. She goes broody every couple of months, and most of the time we break her quickly in her very own "broody-breaking-box" that we keep set up just for her in the garage. A couple of times we let her hatch eggs, and one time we let her sit on eggs...
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    Mystery Bantam: What breed is this?

    Interesting! I don't think I stumbled upon those pictures in my random search for bantams. I will look that up.
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    Mystery Bantam: What breed is this?

    It is now 9 weeks old. What breed is this? And is it a rooster? It sure is red for 9 weeks of age, so I'm really sure it's a rooster, but I've never had a bantam (besides silkie) before. I've read that they mature more slowly, then I've read that they mature faster. I got this bantam...
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    Help! How to keep injured hen calm and quiet

    Thanks! I'm hoping that moving her to the back bedroom will help, along with the blanket. She is not bleeding, so it is good to hear that it's okay that she is moving some. My other chickens that were inside loved the extra tlc and being inside. This one acts like it's a prison...
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    Help! How to keep injured hen calm and quiet

    I need help in keeping an injured hen quiet and still. I posted yesterday to get advice on treating some bad gashes on a hen that go through to the muscle and fat. We are treating her (so far, so good), but now my problem is keeping her calm and quiet. She thinks she is fine and acts like...
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    Please Help! Hawk Attack - Can I use doxycycline?

    Thanks for the advice I've gotten so far. Yes, we put a lot of ointment into the wounds. A LOT. :) I was fortunate enough to see photos of other people applying ointment, so I tried to mimic that. I squeezed the tube right into the gashes and filled them up. I've read different web...
  17. aknewlin

    Just an update....old hen Lacey is healed, omg, from puncture wound

    That's awesome that she healed. I'm nursing an injured hen right now, and it does my heart good to hear positive endings.
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    Please Help! Hawk Attack - Can I use doxycycline?

    I was thinking the same thing about not using an oral antibiotic unless necessary. I've read so many stories where the chicken heals with just a little help from humans. We have added electrolytes and probiotics to her water just for good measure. Her poo seems to have gotten watery since...
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    Please Help! Hawk Attack - Can I use doxycycline?

    Just called Rural King. They don't have Baytril, but they have caramycin. Is that good for open wounds/infections?
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    Please Help! Hawk Attack - Can I use doxycycline?

    My question up front: Can I give my hen Doxycycline? I have some on hand. Background: We found one of our Lavender Orpington hens yesterday afternoon with some gashes on her side and back (along with a patch of feathers on her back missing). We are pretty sure it was a hawk attack...
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