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    A university or North America based lab that specializes in poultry issues?

    Dear all, I am getting a bit desperate so wanted to ask - although I am based in Europe and there are labs here, maybe you can recommend a vet, or a university or a lab based in the USA or Canada that I could send samples to? Some of my birds keep getting really weird mouth lesions that just...
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    3 week chick, something (scab?) on the tummy, weak overnight

    Dear all, We recently hatched Brahma chicks for a friend under our broody. 2 of them died within 1-2 days and both had something under their vents - not on the vents but a bit lower, sort of like a large dried up scab. I think they had it since hatching, not sure. Today I noticed another...
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    Hen sad and depressed, can't lay something strange? (not prolapse)

    Dear all, Posting on behalf of a friend - avian vet is not available so your replies would be much appreciated - Thuringian Bearded hen, born May 2014, weighs a little more than a pound (500 grams = half a kilo), has this thing coming out of her back side. She is also acting very depressed...
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    Can't get rid of canker in a bird... is it possible at all?

    Dear all, Just thought I'd ask those of you who have dealt with canker in the mouth of your chickens. Have you ever seen it go away? Over the past couple of years I have seen probably 6-8 of our chickens with canker and I have NEVER managed to save even 1 of them. I have tried, including on our...
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    Falling forward and then paddling legs, what is it? :(

    Please help - have you seen anything like it before and what it is? Bantam rooster, about 5 years old, in a good condition (not thin, on the contrary) Yesterday was walking in a restricted way, kind of staggering a little, in the evening found him on his side with legs stretched to the side/to...
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    What's wrong with his earlobes? (pics)

    Does anyone have any idea what is wrong with his earlobes? :( When we got him, he only had a couple of these little dots, but now it's so much worse, and yesterday there was blood too so we separated him from the girls. He has got absolutely no other symptoms. Some of the hennies of his breed do...
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    Your management routine? Please share what you do and how often!

    Dear all, following some quite unexpected deaths in our flock recently and all for various reasons (which may or may not have been detected before it was too late), I think this is a heads-up for me to introduce a more rigid routine of how and when I inspect all our birds and do preventative...
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    Completely halted digestion followed by death - DIY necropsy findings

    Dear all, Been a while since I last posted, thought I would share - had a young hennie (about 2.5 years old) go downhill quickly (over a few days, at least after I noticed), comb very pale, crop felt full of liquid and some pellets, and overnight nothing empties (maybe just a little bit)...
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    Hen with a hard mass in tummy, post-surgery photo (graphic!)

    Hi all, Just thought I'd quickly share our experience since this forum has always been so educational for us. So I wanted to share our first experience with having an ex-battery (ex-caged) hennie operated for a growth in her tummy. We've had these girls before where the tummy would become...
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    Very large comb now flopped over and rotting underneath, any comb support to keep it up?

    Dear all, I was wondering if anyone has encountered it - our young (under 1 year) Minorca rooster Aleandro had a beautiful, straight, gigantic comb, but over a course of a few weeks it went down to one side (as his breeder explained, because of lack of sunshine in the large crate where he...
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    Finally started laying after being broody, but extremely sparingly and irregularly. Very concerned..

    I have a mixed breed hen, rather small in size, turned 2 years old this past July, who was on mommy duties for the whole summer (was broody for about 40 days in May/June as she hatched eggs that were put under her with a week's difference); then she was raising the babies (until they outgrew...
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    1 week old chick suddenly can't stand, seems healthy otherwise, what could it be?

    Dear All, I haven't seen this before but out of a litter of 6 babies that hatched approx. a week or 10 days ago, one suddenly cannot stand up or move properly, but is still very active, peeping, eating and drinking by himself. I saw the mommy this morning making scratching motions on him and...
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    Post-mortem result - enlarged spleen. What could it be?

    I just lost a very strong, young (almost 1 year old) rooster due to who knows what; he was a little sick with the respiratory thing that is going around, but he recovered in a few days, quickly (after antibiotics). Then he was ok, and after a couple of weeks started to look sad and sleepy, and...
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    Vaccinating for Infectious Bronchitis - please share your experiences?

    Dear all, We have had problems in the past (and still dealing with some chronic birds now) with what our veterinarian says is most likely Infections Bronchitis (we didn't do any swabs because they have to send them to the lab in the UK and by the time they would arrive, there is nothing to...
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    To my babies

    Here is a video I put together the other day about some of my darlings, past and present:
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    How to catch/trap a hen living in the street??? Pls share ideas....

    Dear all, For about 2 months now there has been a small hen living on a roundabout close to where we live. The roundabout is landscaped so there are about 8 or 10 ficus trees, cypress trees and there were very dense bushes too but they were all bulldozed down a few days ago. I don't know how...
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    Internal laying/Egg yolk peritonitis and what I'd have done differently

    I lost my love on Saturday to EYP. Rather, we had to make the extremely hard decision to relieve her of her sufferings because her belly was already very swollen, a surgery was not recommended by our doctor because she was far from an OK condition (thin, rather weak), antibiotics seemed to do...
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    Young roo losing balance (video included) - update: vet visit, he's improving!!

    Dear all, My Albert who just 10 days ago seemed just fine, running in the yard with everyone and coming when I call his name, right now is very bad - he's losing balance and I have no clue why, so I thought I'd ask here (tomorrow if we can get an appointment we're taking him to the doctors...
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    Albert training in obedience :)

    Our young boy Albert has learned his name:
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    Young (3-4 months old) roo fading away :( Update - no cocci found, but fading continues...

    I don't really hope for any exhaustive information but thought I'd post. Out of a litter, we seem to have at least 1-2 who always go downhill with this strange thing and pass away. They are usually good eaters, though at all other times apart from eating they tend to be either fluffed up and...
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