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    Very poorly 14 week old

    Did the vet do a fecal float to check for worms or coccidiosis?
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    HELP: Rooster drooping head & tail

    Were there other roosters or cockerels in the flock he came from? Do you know what type of feed he had been eating? Mareks can strike at his age, so I would maybe isolate him for now. The virus is spread through feather dander and dust. Watch for any other signs of weakness in either leg or...
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    How Long to Isolate?

    How old are they all now? I would put the single chick with the others. Are any having runny droppings or standing puffed up or hunched? Are they all eating? If they died early, I would suspect they had shipping stress. Too long in shipping or getting chilled or handled roughly may be causes...
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    HELP: Rooster drooping head & tail

    It looks like wry neck (torticolis, crook neck.) It can happen with a head or neck injury, vitamin E or B1 (thiamine deficiency,) and can be seen in some chickens with Mareks or a few other viruses. How old is he, and do you have another rooster or hens who could have hurt him? Are the other...
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    Blue laced gold wyandotte in distress - please send advice

    Was her egg yesterday normal with a hard shell? Can you get a picture of any abnormal droppings? Is she low in pecking order, or could she be prevented from drinking or eating by other chickens or a rooster? I would give her a human calcium citrate tablet with vitamin d (or a Tums) orally into...
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    Upper Respiratory illness

    Have you added any new birds a week or so before any got sick? Here is some reading about respiratory diseases: https://extension.umd.edu/sites/extension.umd.edu/files/2022-04/FS-1008 Recognizing and Preventing Mycoplasma gallisepticum (MG) Infecti....pdf...
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    Upper Respiratory illness

    Tylosin is available online from jedds.com. Both TiaGard and Tylosin will treat mycoplasma gallisepticum (MG.) If the TiaGard did not help symptoms you may be dealing with both a bacterial respiratory disease and a virus, such as infectious bronchitis at the same time. Viruses do not respond to...
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    Urgent advice ASAP

    Most brand name feeds for a balanced layer or all flock feed is good. What are you currently feeding? Some feed can be a little powdery, and that may bother them.
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    Urgent advice ASAP

    I would give it some time and let him rest. Is your feed a little dusty? I had a hen a few years ago who would just practically inhale her feed. Sometimes moistening a small amount of the feed may help.
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    Urgent advice ASAP

    It sounds like stridor—a sound they make when a small piece of feed gets caught in the throat. In 99% of the times, it goes away in a few hours after they cough up the small piece of feed. If the stridor sound is accompanied by sneezing, that could be a respiratory infection. Offer some water...
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    Not urgent - looking for healthy chicken feet photos lol

    Different breeds will have different colored legs, and some have spots or horn coloring. It really would help to see pictures of yours, so that we could assure you they are normal or point out a problem. Many things can affect the feet, such as scaly leg mites, swelling of toes or ankle joints...
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    Watery stool-are these worms?

    Both SafeGuard liquid goat wormer 10% and albendazole have a 10 day egg withdrawal time. If using Aquasol Safeguard, there is no egg withdrawal but it only treats roundworms.
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    Comb and wattle receded

    Her upright posture looks like many we have seen with egg yolk peritonitis. Those typically stand upright, may waddle or have a wide gait, may have a poor appetite, slow crop, and runny poops.
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    Sluggish crop in older hen

    In older hens a slow crop is common when they have a reproductive disorder (salpingitis or egg yolk peritonitis) or water belly. Is her lower belly under her vent enlarged? Water belly can also cause labored breathing. Many times we don’t know the exact cause until after they die and a necropsy...
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    Lethargic hen, watery thin stools

    Sorry for your loss. I have learned a lot about illnesses when I have done home necropsies, to examine the abdominal organs. Water belly, egg yolk peritonitis, salpingitis, cancer and other things have been seen. Your state vet may do a more thorough necropsy with testing, if you lose another.
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    Comb and wattle receded

    I agree that I would keep her with her flock, but watch out for any pecking or bullying. Some may sense that she is not well, and pick on her, but not always. Being with the flock would be the best thing for her. Tail down and the other symptoms sound like she may be having a reproductive or...
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    Runny/odd poop

    My choice for a wormer would be albendazole 0.5 ml orally and repeated in 10 days, or SafeGuard Liquid Goat Wormer 0.23 ml per pound given for 5 consecutive days. Most feed stores have SafeGuard, and here is where to find albendazole in small quantities...
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    Soluble Tylan 50 dosage for chicken in great respiratory distress

    Tylan 50 is an injectable medication, and so I think you are asking about Tylan Soluble powder, not Tylan 50. Normally Tylan Powder is mixed at 1 tsp per gallon, or 1/4 tsp per quart for 5 days. You could try mixing more concentrated than that, so that less fluid is taken.
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    Tapeworm & Roundworms!

    How much Equimax are you using per pound of weight? Are you giving it orally directly into their beaks? Dosage is 0.16 ml for a 5 pound chicken. That one treats tapeworms, and the fenbendazole (Panacur or SafeGuard 10%) treats the other worms— round, cecal, gape, and capillary. Are there any...
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    Canker in trachea and difficulty breathing

    Canker can invade the throat, esophagus, and crop wall. Death can occur from difficulty breathing or starvation. Yes it is serious.
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