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    constipated 3 yo hen, need suggestions to treat

    I have a 3 yo Isa Brown, named Layla. Yesterday my DD brought her to me for some loving. I noticed that she had a hard lump in her abdomin,. I assumed she had an egg to lay. I took her to the laying box and she refused to go in. I left her to figure it out for about 6 hrs. Last night she...
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    what to feed hen after crop surgery

    we have a 3 y.o. Isa Brown. We found her in the nestbox last Thursday. When we reomoved her we noticed she was quite thin. We brought her inside to monitor. We noticed her crop was about walnut sized and like puddy in texture. We tried withhoulding food food but the crop did not reduce. Her...
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    what to feed a 3 yo hen after impacted crop surgery

    We have a 3-yo Barred rock hen. We recently found her in the nesting box at night and when we went to remove her found her quite boney. We brought her inside for a few days messaged her crop which was about walnut sized and like puddy., gave her mineral oil, yogurt, egg, apple sauce, etc. She...
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    Chicken Jane- Internal Laying? with Pics

    Jane is a 2 yo Isa Briown. About 8 wks ago she had a prolapse. Using baths, prep. H, and continually inserting the prolapse, she seemed to get better. We kept her in a small cage, in the complete darkness for about 10 days which forced a molt. About six days into that she got egg bound, and I...
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    prolapse, followed by egg bound, now what?

    I have a 2 yo Isa Brown. About 2.5 weeks ago she prolapsed, so I brought her inside, put her in a dark cage, switched her to chick food instead of layer style, fed her very little but added in scrambled egg, electrolytes in the water, gave her polivisol, and bathed her daily in warm water...
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    Whew! the prolapse has primarily resolved, now what?

    Thank you all for your encouragement and direction in treating my hen's prolapse, it has ben 8 days and as of yesterday it seems that her bottom is back to it's prior form. I believe that the frequent warm baths, preparation H, anti-biotic ointment, and provodin Iodine e spray kept it from...
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    prolapse, situation getting much worse, need input

    Okay, I have read many, many posts and searchs about prolapse but things may be worse now, and I need more feedback than I have found in my searching. Wednesday we went outside, mid-afternoon and found her with a prolapse. She was fine in the morning, although we did notice some spotty blood...
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    needing more input of vent gleet

    I have an almost two-year-old Isa Brown Hen who began having a smelly whitish yuck below her vent about a month ago. When I posted this I was directed to believe it was vent gleet and you wonderful folks directed me to articles and treatments. I believe I have done what was recommended and the...
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    white mix of foamy and crusty yucky stinky stuff below the vent

    My 22 month old Isa Brown has developed a very smelly...like strong urine...odor at her back end. For about a week she has gotten a mix of crusty...probably dry version of the ssmelly gunk. Today it was quite wet and white and foamy. The feathers seem to really hold onto the stuff even with...
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    crop issue, loosing weight, and runny pooh

    I have been reading about crop issues for two days, but just can not figure out what to do as I have tried some things I read to no success. Here's the problem: 1. 18 month old Bard Rock hen, has seemed to be loosing weight. Now just under 4 LBS. 2. She began having bad pooh about four days...
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    very concerned about my fav. chicken I thought was molting

    I hope I can make this clear enough to get some help for my poor girl. I am a first time chicken owner. We have five chickens in an urban backyard. We were having an issue of pecking, back in the winter, so I had to separate out two chickens who are now in a very large dog crate. They always...
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    clear fluid coming from on nostrole

    one of my six chickens, a year old BR, seems to have clear fluid coming from one side of her nose. There are no other symptoms at present. She has been separated from the other five for about six weeks because they were all pecking her terribly badly. Poo seems normal, food and water...
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    chicken with torn nail, hanging by thread and bleeding, what to do

    We went out to have our morning cuddle with the chickens and found the following: 1. Our almost year old Bard rock has a pinky nail on her right foot that is very loose. It appears to be hanging on by a whitish thread. I would like to just clip it but have heard that birds can bleed to death...
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    what might I be doing wrong, chickens losing weight and pecking

    I have 3 BR's and 3 Isa Browns about 10 months old. 2 months ago I noticed that the BR's were getting pecked as they lost feathers near the tale, but not the Isa's. Now some of the Isa's are also losing feathers, none laying around so I am assuming they are being plucked out and eaten. Now I...
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    what might I be doing wrong, chickens losing weight and pecking

    I have 3 BR's and 3 Isa Browns about 10 months old. 2 months ago I noticed that the BR's were getting pecked as they lost feathers near the tale, but not the Isa's. Now some of the Isa's are also losing feathers, none laying around so I am assuming they are being plucked out and eaten. Now I...
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    tail feathers being pulled out

    Hi: We have 3 Bard rocks and 3 Isa Browns. The 3 BR's have been showing that the tail feathers up at the edge of the back have been pulled out/broken off. This has been so for about a month. But there was no sign of being pecked, no blood, and everyone seems to get along, for the most part...
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    wWhat is going on with this laying

    Okay! my girls are about 2 days short of 21 weeks. There are 3 ISA Browns, one of which laid at about 14 weeks, the others started somewhere in the 18th week. Then I have 3 Bard Rocks. All seem to be gals as there is no crowing going on out there. One of the Bard Rocks began to lay at around...
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    empty crop at roost time

    Hello, I have a 20 week old pullet who was very, very sick a few weeks ago. We nursed her back to health, at least most of the weigh. However, I have noticed that her crop is never full, like the other 5 girls, she is not laying. She is a Bard Rock. She was sick from mold that grew in the...
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    vometing pullet, please help she is fading

    I posted a few hours ago and had no replies, here is what is new, you can read the whole thing under the title of something like: droopy 18 week pullet, it was posted at about 3:08 this afternoon. I decided that she definitely feels like she has a fever but I searched and searched and can not...
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    droopy 18 week pullet, please help I am stranded with nothing to do, t

    Hello, I am a first time chicken owner. I have 6 pullets, 3 Bard Rocks and 3 ISA browns, they are about 18 weeks. One began laying at about 15 weeks, another laid 4 days ago. This girl is a Bard rock and I do not think she has laid yet, I am fairly confident about that actually. she has...
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