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    Swollen bellies

    Hello. I have a flock of 4 year old silkie hens. A couple months ago one of my girls became very swollen underneath in between her legs and lethargic. It didn't feel hard like an egg and I thought it must be ascites, I had her euthanized because I cannot drain the fluid myself. I was not able to...
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    Prolapse, then constipation

    Hi there. I have a 2 year old silkie hen who suffered from a prolapse last week. I brought her inside the house and cleaned it up, treated it, and it's no longer visible. I let her back out into the flock today because the prolapse healed and she seemed lively and active but I've just noticed...
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    treat for coccidiosis without confirmation?

    Hi all. I've had some diarrhea in my flock recently and they haven't laid in about 3 weeks so I'm getting pretty worried. Ages range from 4 years to 2 years. Breed is silkie. I live in New Mexico in an extremely hot and arid climate. It's been 100°f and over for many days within the last month...
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    Ivermectin "die off"?

    Hello. I have a flock I'm trying to treat for scaly leg mites, and the Vaseline method has not been feasible for me, so I want to try the pour-on ivermectin method. However, these chickens have not been wormed. I saw someone saying that giving ivermectin to chickens who have a high worm burden...
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    9-10 week old silkie face red and mouth open

    Hello, I was visiting my little ones today when I noticed one of them had some strange coloration on its face, and it is opening its mouth slightly as if panting but the temperature was very mild today (low 70s when photo was taken). I have searched this up on the forums and a lot of people say...
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    silkie chick with pale comb?

    hello, one of my eight week old silkies has a pink comb, while the other 12 have grey/black/mulberry combs. should i be concerned? it's got some strange neck feathers but i'm assuming that's because it's young. I haven't noticed any lethargy or symptoms except that this chick and a couple...
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    Culling methods

    Hi! In the sticky & a majority of the research I've done, people recommend exsanguination (bleeding out). This doesn't sit well with me, in mammals it seems very distressing to them without a captive bolt gun/other prior stunning and i can only assume birds don't care for it either. What are...
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    Natural sand run, any concerns?

    I live in the hot dusty southwestern US, and the soil is incredibly sandy. I've heard sand can be great for keeping runs clean, but it seems like this is usually referring to clean imported sand. I'm wondering if I'm good to just introduce chickens to it or if there's concern of them eating...
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