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    Dispatching a strong alert bird - newbie - advice?

    My Barred Plymouth Rock hen Pickle who's about 8 years old has had pendulous crop on and off for over a year now. In the last few months, it hasn't reduced back down and has just slowly gotten bigger. Yesterday she seemed a bit off and today she's obviously feeling very unwell. I have tried it...
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    Extreme prolapsed vent, disembowelment

    *I'm sorry in advance, this is graphic* Title says it all. Earlier one of my hens had a slightly prolapsed vent which I thought I had solved for her - I come out a few hours later and I find her guts are hanging out of her back end. I don't know if it's only the ceca or the intestines as well...
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    Skinny, audible nasal breathing, in nesting box more than normal.

    My layer hen Pepper is a few years old. All the hens free range and are only kept indoors at night. Pepper is still as alert as usual and eating and drinking normally, but I noticed she has been sitting in the nesting box for longer than usual since yesterday, and I also noticed her vent was...
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    Telling sour crop from canker - molasses vs. Nystatin?

    My hen Alice hasn't eaten for a few days now and has been acting lethargic, but is still drinking plenty thankfully. I checked her crop this morning, and it wasn't bursting full of water but it hadn't emptied. The symptoms all seemed to point towards early stage sour crop for me, something I've...
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    Hasn't eaten for 24hrs, drinking plenty, following extreme storm and snow

    I'm wondering if anyone could help me on what the cause of this could be. My hen Alice hasn't eaten for the past 24 hours but is drinking plenty of water. Her crop has water in, and doesn't feel overly full. All of my hens are isolated and have been for some time in response to the spread of...
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    Is it ascites? Huge watery growth in front of crop enlarges, but then firms and goes away on its own.

    For the second time now, my hen Pickle has developed quite a massive watery growth in front of her crop. This all started around 2 months ago. Both times this has happened to her, it has gradually reduced to nothing on its own. As it grows, it becomes a huge watery growth that swings as she...
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    Tummy rumbles in hen with sour crop and a few stubborn grains stuck in crop!

    I'm wondering if anyone knows what the cause of the rumbling is. My hen Abi has had sour crop for a few days now and ever since I started giving her probiotic, I've noticed the tummy rumbling which has gradually increased day by day. I'm also giving her Clotrimazole. I figured the rumbling could...
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    Drinking a LOT of water but eating nothing - sour crop?

    My hen Abigail has been refusing all food including treats for the last 2 days. However, she is drinking an absolute ton of water. Her crop feels very fluidy, but since she's drinking so much I can't figure out if it's sour crop. There's so much water in there that when I massaged her crop, a...
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    Determining cause of death - head tilt, weight loss, tummy rumbles, yellow diarrhoea

    Unfortunately, I opened the shed this morning to find my hen Nutmeg had passed away. I had taken her to the vet last week but they didn't know what the matter was and sent her away with steroids, which seemed to have no effect. A few weeks ago, she suddenly developed quite a severe robotic head...
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    Syringe-feeding Flubenvet 1% to an unwell hen?

    Long story short, my hen Nutmeg is underweight, unwell and really not eating much as of the last few days. I took her to the vet a few days ago but they basically said they don't know what's wrong, there's nothing they can do, gave her steroids and sent us on our way. The steroids appeared to...
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    Balloon-like swelling in front of crop on both sides of 'chest'

    I have read into it and it seems to me like it might be ascites, but this isn't a problem I've had with my hens before so I'm not sure. The swelling is very soft and feels fluidy. She prefers to sit in the nesting boxes all day at the moment, which I first thought was down to broodiness until I...
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    During their journey, new hens got poopoo on their feathers! How should I clean them?

    The title basically says it all. I got 9 new hens yesterday (yay!) and during the journey home they were in cardboard boxes and some must've lost their balance with the car's motion as they've managed to get poo on themselves. Maybe you'll be able to see in the photo attached. Obviously I've...
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    Gargling noise in ex-bat hen's breathing?

    The hen is about 5 years old now. For the last couple of months, I have sometimes noticed a slight 'rattle' sort of sound in her chest which appeared to match her heartbeat. On two occasions during this time, she has gone off her pellets for a few days, but would fully recover from being fed 1...
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    Very lethargic, slightly opening beak to breathe, diarrhoea!

    Hi I was wondering if anyone could provide some insight - my chicken for the last few days has been acting a bit lethargic. The first couple of days, she was just a little lethargic and not taking to her regular pellets, but would still peck at fruit I gave to her. It's been really hot lately...
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    neck in an S shape!!

    so two weeks ago I bought a new type of pellets. this particular hen refused to eat them after the first try and then seemed ill for the next few days. I think she must’ve been allergic to something in them. She acted lethargic but was still walking, scratching around and pretty much alert. I...
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    New hen has lump in chest and is acting very lethargic!

    i just rescued 3 ex later (free range) hens from slaughter two days ago, and this morning I’ve noticed one is acting very sluggish. She didn’t leave the perch like the others and instead closed her eyes. When I picked her up to take her out with the rest of them, I noticed she has id say an...
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    Chicken just suddenly died after vet injection?

    I took my chicken Pops to the vet an hour ago. She was acting very lethargic and had hardly been eating or drinking for 2 days prior. At first I didn’t worry because it happened a few weeks ago for just 1 day after a massive heatwave and then she was completely fine again until 2 days ago. She...
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    Feathers not breaking through the skin?!

    basically two of my three chickens have got this one feather that is not managing to break through the skin, and I’ve kept an eye on it thinking it’d manage by now but am getting worried because the skin above the feather has teached quite a height of about 1.5-2cm on one of them. What shall I...
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    Two hens look like they have a sore bottom...

    This isn't an emergency but I'm unsure what's causing it so I'd like to ask for help! Earlier today I found a very small amount of mites on my pygmy goats, so of course then checked the chickens for mites too. I have 3 hens, two are very friendly but the other is VERY quick and anxious and...
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    Hen scratched her eyeball, always keeps eye closed!

    She is relatively young, about 25 weeks old now. A few days ago, I noticed she had one eye closed. I sat her down in a warm bath and had a look, her eye looked possibly just slightly 'cloudy', but it may well have been nothing, but what I definitely saw was a big line across her eyeball. I very...
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