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    Treatment for torticolis/wry neck after predator attack - help please

    Oh I'm so sorry for your loss, that's devastating 💔 Nest in peace Burger
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    very sick hen

    Hi, that's a lot to deal with. I'm just popping in to say that baytril doesn't mean you can never eat the eggs. When they say forever, it just means they haven't researched it enough to give you a time. Unless you are very worried about contamination, just wait a few weeks after you finish...
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    Bumblefoot healing or no?

    I think they both look pretty good. I would do what eggcessive suggests and give her a chance to heal. My vet recommends simply keeping feet bandaged (with antibiotic ointment) to keep pressure off the scabs while they heal. If we go digging around too deep we risk harming (and hurting) them...
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    Please Help - 3y Brahma Hen w/Prolapsed Vent – First-Timer Seeking Advice

    Hi, do you have access to a chicken vet? Sometimes an inflamed prolapse has a hard time healing or even staying 'in'. A vet can help by placing a tiny stitch in the cloaca, keeping things in place until the swelling goes down and things get a chance to calm down. The stitch is then removed...
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    Treatment for torticolis/wry neck after predator attack - help please

    Hi @lilaht , I'm sorry to hear about your rooster. I hope he is not badly injured and pulls through. Margot got better by herself fairly quickly. She had the involuntarily head and neck movements for about 24 hours but not continuously. She was able to eat and drink by herself the whole time...
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    Treatment for torticolis/wry neck after predator attack - help please

    Thank you @Eggcessive for sharing your knowledge so generously, as always. Yeah, in the US you call them hawks, in Europe we call them buzzards. It's the same species/family (buteo in Latin). Took me forever to figure out. I think what you in the US call buzzard is actually a type of vulture (so...
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    Treatment for torticolis/wry neck after predator attack - help please

    Hi everyone, The day before yesterday, Margot our three year old silkie was attacked by what's called a buzzard over here in France. Might be a hawk in American parlance. The gang was free-ranging in the enclosed but sizeable back yard. I was alerted by their calls and came in time to avert the...
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    Lone Orpington in a flock of Brahmas - good or bad?

    We love a good fluff!
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    Lone Orpington in a flock of Brahmas - good or bad?

    And sorry, my original post was not clear!
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    Lone Orpington in a flock of Brahmas - good or bad?

    Yes absolutely, that's why I'm adding two and looking for a friend for the already confirmed buff cochin 😊 Great that you don't see any breed based things to worry about, thanks for taking the time to respond!
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    Lone Orpington in a flock of Brahmas - good or bad?

    Hi! Low stakes question - I'm usually here when there is an emergency so this feels nice for a change 🙂 I've got space for two new girls in my flock of big breeds. The four current members are all brahma of different colours, including one rooster. One of the new girls will be a buff cochin...
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    Hen with exaggerated breathing!?

    Yes I've checked her multiple times because she was looking ratty even before, but nothing. This is weirdly her first ever adult moult (she's about a year and 4 months old), so it was about time. I also did a major coop clean, sprayed with permethrin, and installed those little cups of oil by...
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    Hen with exaggerated breathing!?

    Hey, how is your hen doing? Mine is the same, although I realised that she's also slowly and unseasonally molting. Not sure if that has anything to do with it but they can be weird while going through it. You probably already know this but I did some research on chicken anatomy and found out...
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    Hen with exaggerated breathing!?

    Hey, my hen has exactly the same breathing while seeming otherwise healthy! I literally just posted about it. We have had her on antibiotics for 5 days with no improvement. I'm following here and will also let you know if I figure anything out. I was wondering about gapeworm since antibiotics...
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    Heavy breathing - gapeworm or respiratory illness?

    Hi, my 1.5 year old brahma Cookie is breathing heavily, in a way that's making her whole body pulse. See video for an example from the front. See how her whole neck is inflating. From the back, her butt is also moving with her breath, and when she lies down her whole body is well... pulsating...
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    Anyone out there in France ?

    Yep, I am here! In the southern tip of Haute Garonne - land of sudden peaks, ravines, beech and sweet chestnut - where nobody actually eats cassoulet and the brave subsist on pate de cerf from the local hunt.
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    Goat and Sheep Thread!

    So far they are wonderful! They are tame, friendly, inquisitive and super cute, and they'll even eat brambles which is a nice bonus where I live. I've had to catch them to deworm them once, and I was very happy that they are so small and light 😅
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    Goat and Sheep Thread!

    Where I live (France) they are very common!
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    Help, I need sheep proof chicken gates!

    I'm not sure, they've only been here for two weeks
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    Help, I need sheep proof chicken gates!

    Yes that's kind of what I'm thinking. I'm guessing that if the rungs are round they might be difficult for the sheep
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