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  1. coach723

    Please help will this baby have a chance of surviving?

    Do not use hydrogen peroxide, it will burn. Chlorhexidine can be purchased in small amounts at any pharmacy, called Hibiclens. Some feed stores and tractor supply stores also carry it under other names, usually in larger amounts. For cleaning you can also use plain, mild soapy water, sterile...
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    Swollen foot feels hot to the touch

    If the toe is broken, and not staying in normal position, you could splint it. Seeing how you are holding it, and she's not protesting, I don't think it looks broken. Unless it's a non displaced fracture. If it's not displaced, then splinting is iffy, might cause more problems. More swelling...
  3. coach723

    Please help will this baby have a chance of surviving?

    No, no bath. Just flushing it out to get it as clean as possible, and then ointment.
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    Help my hen has a membrane with an egg hanging below her vent!

    Sugar and honey are sometimes used instead of the ointments to help with moisture (the honey) and the swelling (the sugar). What you use depends on what you have on hand. Hydrocortisone ointment will help with swelling also, the tissue absolutely needs to be kept moist, so reapply often (honey...
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    Baby chicks are dying

    No food. It's not going to eat in this condition, and getting it hydrated and warm is the priority. Without warmth, nothing else is going to matter. If you can't warm it and revive it at all, it's not going to make it.
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    Tapeworm treatment questions

    Ivermectin has lost it's effectiveness against many parasites. It would be better to use one of the others with known effectiveness. When roundworms are expelled they are usually dead or dying. Even without treatment, sometimes they are expelled. After you worm with one of the other wormers...
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    Baby chicks are dying

    It sounds like it's near death. It's probably too late to save it, but you can try. I get started asap on setting up a brooder for any you have left.
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    Baby chicks are dying

    It is obviously distressed. You really need to try to get it warm, everything else is not going to help if it's cold. If there are others I would work as fast as possible to get something set up, so they can be warm as well, or you will probably lose more. They also may possibly not have had...
  9. coach723

    Baby chicks are dying

    Soft peeping, in a normal acting chick, is normal. Loud constant chirping is a sign of distress.
  10. coach723

    Baby chicks are dying

    You need to get it warm. It may be too late, but you can try. A regular incandescent light bulb can be used in an emergency to try to warm it, an LED bulb will not put out warmth. If you can put the chick under the lamp, close enough that there is warmth, not close enough to burn. If you...
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    Baby chicks are dying

    If they do not have a mother (broody hen) then they need to be in a brooder with supplemental heat, heat lamp rated for poultry, or a brooder heat plate. They have no way to stay warm enough unless they have that, or a mother they can get under and get warm. They will likely all die. Another...
  12. coach723

    Chicken with hurt leg

    15 - 20 minutes is the usual. If she enjoys it, which many do, you can do 30. Most use a rubbermaid type tub for soaking.
  13. coach723

    Baby chicks are dying

    What are you using for a supplemental heat source? Chicks need supplemental heat that they can move in and out of until they are 5 weeks old. Can you post some pictures of your brooder set up?
  14. coach723

    Heat stroke and obesity advice needed

    I'm in Florida as well, I lost one of my larger hens on Saturday to heat stroke, the high was 99. I did open her up and look, and get a liver temp, as I suspected it was the heat. She was fat, lots of abdominal fat, and her liver temp, at that point was 115.5 f. She also had signs of fatty...
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    Chicken with hurt leg

    It's probably bruised and very sore. Daily soaks in warm epsom salts can help with pain and swelling. You may need to crate her in the run with the others to keep her activity limited and let it rest. Whether to crate or not is a judgement call, whether it stresses her out or not. She may...
  16. coach723

    Tapeworm treatment questions

    Those are roundworms, one of the most common worms they can pick up. The praziquantel won't treat those, you will need the Safeguard or Valbazen. I would finish treatment with the praziquantel to make sure you take care of the tapes, and then treat with one of those others to get the...
  17. coach723

    Swollen foot feels hot to the touch

    Pictures would help. While we wait for that, daily soaks in warm epsom salts can help with pain and swelling, and won't hurt anything. Sprains and strains are not uncommon, sometimes they land wonky.
  18. coach723

    Barrer Plymouth Rock with possible ILT?

    I would also suggest that you have some one else help you hold her, and get as good a look in her beak and down her throat as you can. Make sure that there isn't something foreign lodged in there that has caused injury and thus the bleeding. You won't be able to see far, but look for anything...
  19. coach723

    Please help will this baby have a chance of surviving?

    You've been given good advice so far. They are very resilient and as long as there is no infection, it should be ok. They heal amazingly well. Just make sure no others peck the wounds, chicks will peck at just about anything, and anything red is a particular attraction. As long as the chick...
  20. coach723

    Fox Attack - Large Wound on Side

    Unless you need to clean the wound(s) you can skip that part now and just reapply the ointment. Initially wounds need to be flushed and cleaned to get out any debris and as much bacteria as possible to prevent infection. If it's staying clean and there isn't discharge or anything that needs to...
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