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  1. MelissaRose

    Cockerel attacked by fox, wounds in back. PLEASE HELP!

    Any recommendations for pain and antibiotic meds for my cockerel? The fox had him in its mouth, but we were able to scare the fox away. There is bite wounds on the chickens back. We have penicillin, should we give that to him and if so what dosage? Thanks in advance for any help. I will...
  2. MelissaRose

    Silkie hen with green poop losing weight. What should I give her?

    Hello, I have a silkie hen who has green poop and some of it is sticking to her butt feathers. She's also losing weight and acting a little lethargic. I don't see any blood of red bits in her poop like you usually see with coccidiosis, so maybe its worms? She's been acting slow for a while and...
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    Quail suddenly died. What could have happened? *pictures attached*

    Hello I had a quail hen who was 1 year old and she was doing fine and she was healthy and this morning she was dead. I don't know why or what happened. She was with another quail and he seems ok. I took him out of their cage and he's in another cage right now. I have another male who was in the...
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    Could scaly leg mites cause limping?

    Hello, I have a hen who just started limping and I'm not sure why. I looked at her feet and she does have raised scales so I put Vaseline on her legs to kill scaly leg mites in case she has those. I couldn't find anything else wrong with her. I did feel her legs and her leg joint seemed to...
  5. MelissaRose

    Can Corid freeze?

    Hello, I have a bottle of corid that looks like this: Anyway, I left it in the barn and it froze. Its not completely frozen, its kind of slush, that I can mix with the syringe. Does anyone know if its ok for it to freeze? or does it mess up the chemicals somehow? Edit: I just noticed on the...
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    Anther chicken is sick, hoping its not mareks

    Hello all. I posted a thread a few weeks ago because my rooster and another chicken were sick. Today I noticed that one of my younger silkie/ee chicks that is about 3 months old is acting lethargic. It is pretty cold here, its around 29 degrees f. Her crop is not empty, which means she must...
  7. MelissaRose

    Very sick pullet, need some help

    Hello! I have a light brahma pullet who started limping a few months ago and we looked her over several times but could not find anything wrong and it didn't seem to bother her that much. Anyway today she is sitting there and doesn't seem to be able to walk. She can flap her wings though. What...
  8. MelissaRose

    Help! sick rooster

    Hello I have a three year old silkie rooster who I thought had worms so I treated with safeguard... don't think that's whats wrong. I posted a different thread about the dosage but I need more help with him so I'm posting this. I gave him the five doses but something else seems to be wrong. He...
  9. MelissaRose

    Safeguard dosage

    Hello! I have a three year old silkie rooster (his name is Bloom) who I believe has worms. He lost a lot of weight, he poop is slightly green, he's less energetic. He still eats though. He's also been sleeping in a nest box which is something he hasn't done for awhile. I lost a hen and this...
  10. MelissaRose

    Hatching eggs WITHOUT shells

    Hi! I was wondering if anyone on this forum has hatched eggs without shells. I know it was done in Japan and China by students. I have watched the videos, which I will link. I'm pretty sure other people have tried it by I don't know if they succeeded or not. I want to try it. Since eggs...
  11. MelissaRose

    Help! Light Brahma pullet sick again, bloody poop and limping. What should I do?

    Hello, I have a pullet who was sick about a week ago. I treated her with corid and SafeGuard and she seemed to recover so I put her back with her flock. This morning she has a bad limp in her right leg. There is no obvious injuries - swelling, blood etc. I cant tell what part of her leg is...
  12. MelissaRose

    Chick can't move legs help!

    Hi, My family ordered forty meat chicks. They are about two weeks old now. Last night I noticed that one of them could not stand up or walk. I brought it to the food and water and it ate and drank. It can kind of move itself by useing it's wings and shuffling. I thought maybe mareks but it is...
  13. MelissaRose

    Neem oil for lice: How should I treat them and is this brand ok?

    Hello! I have to treat my chicken for lice because some of them are very infested. I do not want to use chemicals and I read that people have successfully used neem oil. So, I got a pint of concentrated neem oil in town. It says its for gardens but I assume that would work for chickens too? The...
  14. MelissaRose

    Hen is gurgling. Is this gapeworm or respiratory infection?

    Hi, I have a salmon faverolle pullet who started laying eggs a month or two ago. She has lice which I am in the process of treating. She now has a rattling/gurgling breath. It seems to be getting worse. the other day I had to bring them into the coop during the day and she ran and flew a little...
  15. MelissaRose

    Help! Coturnix quail escaped how can I find it?

    Hi y'all, I have four coturnix quail. This evening I opened the hutch to take care if the male and female and the male flew out. He has done this before but I always saw where he landed and was able to find him. He flies and then sits in the grass or whatever, I almost stepped on him once. This...
  16. MelissaRose

    Creating a new breed

    Hey! I want to breed a new kind of chicken to practice breeding, genetics, and stuff, and to create something that is everything I like in a chicken. I have a list of the details I want it to have, and some breeds that I have that I can use to create this new breed. Below is a list of the...
  17. MelissaRose

    HELP NEEDED: Young chicken has swollen abdomen! Ruptured air sack(s) likely!

    Hello all! I have a welsummer hen who went broody and hatched two chicks. There were about two months old. This morning the hen and one of the chicks have disappeared. No sign of a fox attack or anything. We found one of the chicks in the coop hiding. It is with another broody right now and she...
  18. MelissaRose

    Is there NO cure for Mushy Chick Disease?

    Hello all! I have a broody hen who hatched a chick yesterday. The chick was alert, chirped and acted like a normal chick. This morning, the chick will not open its eyes, is floppy/limp and doesn't respond to anything. Its belly is still full of its yolk. Its belly and butt are wet though, I'm...
  19. MelissaRose

    Help! assisting a hatching chick! There is blood! *pictures* HELP

    Hello all, I have an egg that is having trouble hatching. The chick opens and closes their mouth which I heard means they a still absorbing their yolk. I have the egg in a box with a heat lamp and jar of warm water and its about 95f. I know its supposed to be 99-100f, but does it matter with it...
  20. MelissaRose

    URGENT HELP NEEDED! young quail has a HUGE cut on back of head and eye is damaged. Smells bad. HELP

    Hello all! I have four coturnix quail living in a brooder about too move to their hutch but haven't yet. They are five weeks old. This morning I noticed on of them had red on the back of its head and I picked up and noticed that all of the skin on the back of its head is gone and one of it's...
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