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    Opinions wanted, weird disappearing egg from eggbound?

    Hi! Treated my second eggbound hen yesterday. She was droopy, penguin walking, not interested much in food or water, hiding, hanging back from flock. Found her at first sitting in bottom of coop. When I could get back to her a few hours later, brought her in for an exam. Nothing abnormal...
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    Megabacteria Diagnosis

    Well, this is new so I thought I'd share with you all. Violet is an 18 month old hen who has had watery diarrhea for about 5-6 weeks. The first fecal showed no parasites, no protozoa. But the vet said to treat as a bacterial infection because of the extreme watery droppings and the fact her...
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    HELP ME - ANYONE HAVE OIL GLAND INFO? ******GRAPHIC*****

    **WARNING! GRAPHIC PIC** I'm tending a wound from a hawk attack last week, flesh and bone was exposed. I followed the wonderful directions located here by Threehorses. I think the top of her oil glad was sheared off. The skin is trying to scab over the gland (I think) as the oily secretions...
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    ASCITES help please! Need info on needle placement

    My 5 year old FAT black sex link's comb flopped over 2 days ago and her abdomen is more swollen than normal (a year ago I took her to the vet and he did not find fluid--he said she was just fat). It doesn't feel as soft as a water balloon, but it is very bloated and squishy. I do not feel an...
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    QUESTION for long time breeders/keepers

    Opinions wanted, please! I have raised 8 hens now since 2007, and am down to 5 girls. Another has developed ascites (black star) and I am draining her periodically. From the 1st batch of 4, I have lost a Barred Plymouth Rock due to internal laying and a Black Australorp due to a detached...
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    Opinions please! 2nd Swollen belly/bumblefoot? :-(((

    Hi all, 2 days ago I had to put down an eggbound, abdomen swollen hen with (I believe) peritonitis. She had maggots and effluent and random tissue that looked like ovaduct hanging. I felt 2-3 eggs behind her vent. She was so swollen nothing was getting past that vent (it looked like parts of her...
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    [b][/b]Lost my Australorp tonight - Favorite hen

    Went to shut the girls up for the night and found my Oksana in a nest box, in egg bound stance and panting. (GRAPHIC ALERT - read further at your own risk!) I flipped up her tail and saw it looked wet. Ran back up to the house to get a flashlight, towels, etc. to get a better look. Maggots and...
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    Yellow urine, no appetite

    4 year old Australorp hen wouldn't get off the roost today (empty crop), no interest in scratch, ruffled up, so I brought her inside to observe. She's finishing her molt but not laying yet. We free range all year, layer feed available in the hen house. Very little appetite, tiny voice, pale...
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    Great earlier, dead tonight.

    My little Zelda died in my arms. She has been in molt but starting to look almost done. Was terrific 5 hours earlier but found her hiding in a corner of the coop at lock-up time. Swollen abdomen, droopy wings, straining to push and terrified. I never did feel an egg. I soaked her in the tub, fed...
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    HELP--internal layer or eggbound?

    3 yr old barred rock, usually good layer, large bird. Just noticed her Friday hanging back from others. On examination she is noticeably lighter and acts weak. Little interest in eating. Poo is mostly watery clear mucous with some white urates and occasionally very small and tubular dark green...
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    WEIRD time to STOP LAYING????

    Hi there-- My almost 2 year old RIR just went through her 1st molt (2nd winter). She never stopped laying through her molt, just slowed to every other day. My other girls have started laying again, but 'Nugget' has completely stopped now. She still visits the nest on and off, but no eggs. She...
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    Black Star layer - Jackson, MI

    Looking to sell 1 hen, 1-1/2 yr old. Just started laying again after first molt. Beautiful hen, big eggs. $3. Her only problem is she picks on my favorite, who is just too sweet to peck back. So "Miranda" has got to go! _________________________________________________ 6 hens (2 Plymouth...
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    Black Star for sale - Jackson, MI area

    Looking to sell 1 hen, 1-1/2 yr old. Just started laying again after first molt. Beautiful hen, big eggs. $3. Her only problem is she picks on my favorite, who is just too sweet to peck back. So "Miranda" has got to go! ______________________________________________ 6 hens (2 Plymouth Rocks...
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    HELP--RIR with NAKED NECK!

    Opinions please! I have a RIR who has systematically plucked out her neck feathers over the past 4 months. It started when she got into a fight with another bird. There was no injury other than a feather or two yanked. Since that time, she has worked the area up and down so now she has a bald...
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    Neck feather plucking

    Opinions please! I have a RIR who has systematically plucked out her neck feathers over the past 4 months. It started when she got into a fight with another bird. There was no injury other than a feather or two yanked. Since that time, she has worked the area up and down so now she has a bald...
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    Help--Added to flock. AAARRRGGG!

    Last Thursday we brought home 2 pullets home to add to our established flock of 4 that we raised from babies last spring. My girls are being so territorial about the food, the water, yard, etc. How long does it normally take before everyone comes to some acceptance? It probably doesn't help...
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    Australorp question / opinion needed -UPDATED *LAYING* FINALLY!!

    I purchased four chicks in May -- 2 BR, 1 RIR and 1 Australorp from the local feed store. The BRs and RIR all started laying at 21-22 weeks. The Australorp still isn't laying, shows no interest in the nests, and she's now 28 weeks. She looks like a hen--no roo characteristics. She's my biggest...
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