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    New chicken dropping eggs from perch

    I got 2 new chickens recently. They are of laying age. Between the 3 chickens I have, there are 2 nesting boxes, so the ladies aren't cramped for laying space. I've found eggs twice in the nesting box. But I keep finding cracked eggs under their perch. So I'm guessing one of them is...
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    Still have a very sick chicken - what else can I try

    You may have seen some of my other threads over the past few weeks. I've got a hen who has an enlarged, squishy crop, and nothing much seems to be passing through it. She's emaciated and won't eat but will drink water. When I vomit her, the liquid that comes out does not smell bad. Its just...
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    OK to mix antibiotics and electrolytes?

    Is it ok to mix antibiotics and electrolytes in a sick chicken's water? Or do I need to pick one?
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    Ivermectin and Mites - timeframe?

    How long does it take Ivermectin to kill mites? I put 4 drops of the pour on Ivermectin on one of my hens yesterday and I can still see lots of mites moving in the feathers. Do it take awhile to work?
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    Crop - not hard, not sour, not emptying

    I've been dealing with a crop issue for awhile. There was a large bug in my hen's crop for more than a week. I finally got her to regurgitate it. She hasn't been eating for over a week. Her crop has been squishy the whole time. But when I make her vomit, it doesn't smell bad. I force-fed...
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    Large beetle stuck in crop

    My hen is dealing with sour crop. I've been vomiting her, feeding her yogurt, and other things I've read on the forum. A few of the times I've vomited her, small pieces of a beetle have come out - the head and a few legs. I vomited almost everything out tonight and then started massaging the...
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    Sour Crop and Molt on 7+ year old hen

    Last week Harriet she wasn't eating her scratch. She's never been one to not eat her treats. And then she wouldn't eat dried meal worms. That's when I knew something was up. She has a really large, squishy crop. It doesn't smell awful, but it doesn't smell good. When I picked her up to...
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    Bare dirt floor of uncovered run - what do you suggest?

    I have a coop that has a bare dirt floor run. There is no cover to the run except for the wire on the top. At most I have 4 chickens in the area, and its a large area for that number of hens. There is a small sand box with a roof in the run. I want to put something down on the ground to make...
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    Hen out in the coop after impacted crop surgery eating hay again

    I just don't know what I'm going to do with this girl. She had crop surgery in the middle of December and has been in the house since then. Battled sour crop. She doesn't want to eat much so the vet suggested I put her out with the other girls to see if they will make her want to eat. She's...
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    Need to put weight on my hen

    This is a continuation from my battle with impacted crop. My hen has lost a lot of weight and doesn't want to eat much. Compared to my other hens she is just skin and bones. I don't think she'll pull through this illness unless she starts gaining some weight fast. The problem is that she...
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    Recovering from impacted crop surgery - what would you do? UPDATE

    The hen had surgery at the vet on Friday the 16th. She was doing great right after her surgery. She hadn't eaten for quite some time so she started chowing down on some crumbles (she wouldn't touch moist crumbles though). She was drinking alright. We were giving her some oral antibiotics...
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    Impacted Crop - length till impact passed

    For those of you who have successfully managed to massage an impacted crop to recovery, how long did it take till the impact passed through? It sounds like some people have been able to clear the crop in a day, but how long is the longest it has taken you? I've been working on my girl for a...
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    Hard time forcefeeding olive oil - impacted crop

    One of my hens hasn't been looking well and I've just figured out its an impacted crop. I've been massaging it around after giving her some yogurt, but it isn't breaking it up or moving it along. I can't for the life of me get her beak open to get some oil in. I've soaked some small pieces of...
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    Hen not standing - Update

    Yesterday I found one of my RIR hens laying down in the pen. She's about 2 yrs old. I've brought her inside and she's in a dog crate. When I found her yesterday, I did find a broken egg in the box which is unusual. The shell seemed a little soft. Now that I've got her inside she looks fine...
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    Open Mouthed Breathing, Orange Poop, and Slight Wheezing

    I have a year old chicken who has had orange (sometimes a little foamy) poop for a few weeks. This poop sometimes has some "regular poop" mixed in with it, but not much. They look like the foamy cecal poops from one of the poop links you frequently see on here...
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    Introducing Grown Hen - She wants to be the top lady

    I am ready to introduce a new hen to my flock of 3. Originally, she had a head wound and I have been getting her back to health. She has been in quarentine and today I put her in with the new girls thinking the top girl would give her a semi-hard time and she would run away. It seems like the...
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    Newly introduced hen hiding for 5 days

    I've recently introduced a 5 month old hen to my other two hens. The new RIR is a little smaller than the other two, but not by much. Of course, the resident hens are giving her a hard time, chasing her and pecking feathers. So the new hen has decided to hide up on a shelf where I keep hay...
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    Found injured hen on the side of the road - Update

    Update - The hen has made amazing progress. She is eating like there is no tomorrow and pooping up a storm. She isn't too lethargic either. Aside from the crusted blood on the top of her head, you wouldn't know anything was wrong. Her eyes and resp. system look and sound normal. No mites or...
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    Making friends with a new hen

    I have a lonely hen and am getting her a friend this week. My hen is very nice. She follows me around, wants treats, doesn't mind if I pick her up or examine her. I can't find anyone else around that has such "domesticated" hens. So I'll be getting one that, as the sellers say, "can be...
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    Hen with watery poo for over a week

    I have a 2 yr old NHR who has had watery poo for over a week. This really isn't diarrea, its clear liquid with white urates and a little brown/greenish poo. I read the poo link but it didn't help much. She's eating a little so I'm not sure where the bulk of the brown poo is. But, she doesn't...
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