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    Water Belly and Swollen Eye

    Is there /anything/ that can be done about water belly? I believe my last hen has it and she has suddenly become very lethargic. I also noticed she is very skinny. She had a case of red mites that I am treating with Pesterene also. On top of this, one of her eyes is swollen. It can open fully...
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    Surgery - Is It Worth It?

    My Isa Brown hen Ava is 3 years old. She has a mass of what might be hard eggs in her reproductive tract. She is doing okay so far and is acting normal despite the mass and has been for a while but the vet said it will eventually become life-threatening and if I want to prolong her life she...
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    Sneezing chicks

    I'm looking after some chicks about 3 weeks old and ive noticed them sneezing a bit. Everything else seems normal. Any reason they could be sneezing? Anything anyone suggests. Its early summer and I still have them inside fully but im soon to move them into a small outdoor coop in the...
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    Hen with Swollen Eye

    One of my hen's nostrils seemed blocked and gunky the other day and ive given her antibiotics but since her eye has swollen shut to the point it is about the size of her head and its weeping and she has been really lethargic and hanging back a lot. Im worried she wont make it. Why is this...
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    Hen with Swollen Face? Please Help!

    Today I found my pekin hen Millie has an awfully swollen face! The swelling is on both sides but worse on one side. I'm wondering if she has had an allergic reaction, bee sting or a sinus infection? I have no idea and really need some advice. She seems to be eating and clucking as usual and I...
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    Fowl Pox or Mites?

    Recently my hens had mites and after that i noticed one of my hens has black crusty sores and a few red ones around her comb and around her beak its very raised with black and crusty sores. I thought it was just the mites but now im worried that its fowl pox. What should i do??? I have them...
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    I have a mites problem

    Hello So one of my little chooks (a small frizzled pekin) got mites and she has lost a lot of her feathers. She lost just about all er wing feathers also. And she has become very skinny, which i did notice beforehand. I feel horrible. I hadnt been paying too much attention too them lately as I...
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    hen making horrible noises

    It is dusk and the hens are in bed and I went to check on my silky Izzy and she is making horrible throaty growls, almost gurgly. She usually growls but not like this! She sounds like a frog is she okay??!!
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    Chooks Fighting

    Why are my hens fighting? I have 3 pekin hens who have started laying in the last few months and they have all gotten along well. Now however, the largest one has been attacking the smallest one and the medium sized one who I usually the most docile and is the biggest ones sister helped peck...
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    Having Trouble Laying?

    Our Frizzled Pekin hen often looks like she is struggling to lay. Is this a problem? She keeps coming up and down from the nesting box. She will sit there for a bit then come out and run around trying to jump on things and jumps in large flower pots. She pants a lot, seems like she is hot and...
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    Hen losing feathers?

    Other than mites, what can cause a hen to lose feathers? My hen Izzy, who is currently in quarantine with my sick (respiratory issues) hen Sky. Izzy was fine but had to be put in quarantine with Sky as she would contaminate our healthy chicks :( Recently, Izzy has gotten really skinny and is...
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    What to do Now?! :(

    Hi all, So Sky (my Silky hen) is still sick. So I thought she was getting better but she just has seemed not to get over this cold of her's. Now it seems to have worsened once again. her eye is all weepy and horrible! Its like clear gluggy stuff glassing her eye over. I have been trying to wipe...
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    Just a few questions..

    Dont know if im in the right forum nav but when someone says a chicken is say black split lavender, what does split actually look like? Could someone maybe send me some pics of split coloured hens and explain it to me, as I couldn't find any good pics. I am mainly focused on Pekin and Frizzle...
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    Cause Of Death?

    My Pekin hen Blue, died a few days ago of what I believe to be MG. She looked lethargic and was breathing heavily and wheezing. So we got her some antibiotics and they told us to put it in the water and syringe feed it to her in a 1ML syringe. I have syringe feed one of my hens once before so I...
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    when a hen holds her wings up higher, what does it mean?

    I was reintroducing my hen Sky who has been in isolation for months, back into the flock. My other girl Izzy was being civil this time and they were pecking at seed together under my VERY close watch. I am a little over protective especially as Izzy jumped at Sky and tried to attack her the last...
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    pekin cochin not so well..need answers plz

    Hi, I am worried my Pekin Cochin hen 'Blue' is having reoccurring symptoms of MG. I have been able to hear her wheezing and gasping for a couple of weeks now. And just as I think she may be getting a little better, she seems to be getting worse. I am rlly worried :( she hasn't had any bubbles in...
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    Why isn't my silky hen laying?

    So my silky hen Sky has been isolated for months on end due to being unwell. She is just getting over a cold and is still very skinny but she seems otherwise fine. My only real concern is that ever since I isolated her, she hasn't been laying any eggs. I thought she was laying before I isolated...
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    Hen Wheezing?

    My pekin cochin seems to be wheezing. She has been doing it for a few weeks and it seems to be getting worse. It sounds like short sharp gasps. She sometimes gasps from the mouth a little and sneezes. The wheezing is not all the time either, just at random. Just needing to know what this may be...
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    Goanna practically on my door step!

    Okay, so i got home yesterday and go to walk up the path to my doorstep and I see my hens sitting in a spot that they never sit in and i thought nothing of it until.... I see a Lace Monitor (Goanna) on the path! It was so weird, I have never seen them that close to the house! It only looked like...
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    Silkie hen not doing so well...

    So my Silky hen Sky hasn't been well for months now. I have her separate from the flock in a bird aviary. I had hoped she was getting better but now it doesn't seem to be that way. I noticed today that she is salivating when she drinks her water and I've no idea why? Also she scratches at her...
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