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    Lethargic, not eating, not moving around

    my huge 5yo buff Orpington hen, Eymma, was found yesterday morning looking very under the weather. I was able to assess her and get her to drink a little and she ate a few mealworms before shuffling off to lay under the coop where she stayed the rest of the day. Her comb is wilted and dark, she...
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    Pupil not dilating, vision impairment

    I have an 18month brown leghorn hen that is having some eye issues. Her left eye pupil is not working and dilating and there seems to be vision impairment in that eye only. She won't let people on her left side and seems to be looking at her world from just the right eye. There may or may not be...
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    Help, again! Foot swelling

    This is starting to get old. My BO who just in the last few days has recovered from a NASTY impacted crop, has swelling in her ankles and it's slowly moving down to her feet it seems. She's been inside for a month now for treatment of the impacted crop. The impaction was caused by a mass of...
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    Impacted Crop Diaries

    Early on Saturday, January 2, 2016, my sister noticed that one of our 4 buff orpington hens, Mindy, was lethargic and had a hard mass on her chest. As we are first time chicken owners, we had no idea what was wrong or what to do. She hopped online and searched for what the culprit could be and...
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    Worm question

    Are there any worms that pass between species? More specifically, from horses to chickens? I have horses and the girls are constantly rooting around in the paddocks, stalls, and manure pile and I was just curious to see if there are worms or other parasites that can be transferred from horse to...
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    Very happy sick chicken

    Miss Mindy has been a house chicken all week since we discovered an impacted crop on Monday. We've been treating her all week and it is slowly but surely diminishing. I think it's very close to being fully empty, maybe tomorrow morning will be the day! She's been a trooper through the whole...
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    Help! She's not eating!

    I have run into some trouble this week with my absolute FAVORITES girl, Mindy. She developed quite the impacted crop at the beginning of the week. We gave her small amounts of watered down mushy pellets and massaged her crop at least twice a day all week. She has lost a ton of weight, you can...
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    New member intro and HELP NEEDED!

    Hi all! I am new as a member but not new to searching for answers on questions I have about my girls here! I guess I'll just introduce myself and my girls? I live in the north eastern USA and have 11 hens. 3 two year old Easter eggers, 4 two year old buff orpingtons, and 4 ten month old brown...
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