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    I thought it was Bumblefoot but it isn't

    My hen, a five year old Black Australorp, has had Bumblefoot before, a few years ago and I treated and dealt with it and she got better. Still a dark scab always remained on her feet. The other day I noticed her limping a little so I checked her feet and one of them had a bigger pad than...
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    Looking for help diagnosing chicken ailment. Was not ascites

    I made a post here last week about my hen having a swollen abdomen and seeking help on how to drain her. Well I bought the syringe and I was ready to drain her but it didn't work. I was on her right side, three inches down from vent and two inches to her right and I went to put the needle in and...
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    Ascites, need information on where to put the needle to drain

    Hello, I have a hen with a swollen abdomen. She is not egg bound, I have checked. She is obviously feeling very bad, tail down and will not eat. It seems like she is breathing a little heavy like the fluid is pressing on her lungs. I have previously just put chickens down when I see this but I...
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    Wanting to know dosage for oxytetracycline for a hen

    Hello! A few days ago I found an odd, oblong shaped mass in my chicken nesting boxes. It didn't look like a lash egg like I've seen before (during necropsy) but it was very suspicious, white, had little lumps, and was firm. I have tried to guess which hen it might have been (which is a little...
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    Hen acting constipated? Maybe?

    I noticed a few months ago that my hen, Noogie, was doing a weird little dance at times. She will squat, with neck outstretched and then turn furiously in a circle. It happens very quickly and then it's over, which makes it hard for me to catch a photo. She is an older hen, over 6 years old now...
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    Thinking about heating my chicken house

    I know a lot of people are against heating a chicken house or coop and say they don't need it, it's too dangerous ect. But I live in Northern Arkansas US and last year it got down to -3 F. I'm not comfortable with having my chickens go through that again. Previous years I've hauled hot rocks...
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    Grass in hen's poop

    My hen Red has been pretty stressed out. One of my roosters must have been harassing her. She is blind in one eye so she is vulnerable to bullying and attack. I killed the offensive rooster but she is still traumatized and scared of the other (and only) rooster I now have. I've been trying to...
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    Wheezing hen, may be respiratory illness?

    Hi guys. So one of my hens has a wheezing sound when she breathes. It sounds like when chickens labor right before they lay an egg. But it's constant. Now it is very hot here, it was 101 for three days this last week. I was out boothing at a festival during it, but when I returned home and took...
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    Hen with possible Ascites

    Hey there. My chicken Scrappy isn't doing well. She's been sort of chronically unwell for the last six months. She'll have good spells and then she'll start acting weak and not eating again. Her crop is always fine, and her poop is always fine. I asked about it here a few months ago and no one...
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    Chicken skinny, weak and acting sad

    One of my hens is not doing well and I don't know why. She started trying to sleep in the nesting boxes next to where they perch at night about a week ago. I didn't think much of it, sometimes they do that, and her butt looked fine and she acted normal otherwise. But now I have realized she's...
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    Hen with injured eye

    I just went down to the coop to shut up my chickens and one of my Black Australorps was in a nesting box trying to sleep. I crouched down to check on her and her right eye was all closed and bloody 😭 her comb was damaged too but looks like it'll be fine. I feel so bad for her it must hurt so...
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    Chickens with Impacted and Sour crop

    Hey there. So I noticed one of my girls, Baby, had diarrhea a few days ago. She seemed to be eating just fine and peppy so I thought maybe it was just a passing thing. But then she started acting kinda sad so I checked her crop yesterday morning and it was still big and squishy. I thought that...
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    Chicken coughing

    Hey all. I have a hen that's not well. She is currently coughing and has a poopy butt. Even though she is still eating and out with the flock yet, she sounds sad when she talks to me and I see signs that she is weak. Earlier this year she had a bout where she was unwell and was puking up water...
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    Sick, vomiting hen

    Hi there. One of my hens, who is probably about 2yo, is sick. Two months ago I noticed her acting thrifty and unwell. When I went to drench her with some Nutri-drench she puked on me. I had never seen that before. Water, maybe slightly brown at times continued to seep from her beak at times. She...
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    Sick, vomiting hen

    Hi there. One of my hens, who is probably about 2yo, is sick. Two months ago I noticed her acting thrifty and unwell. When I went to drench her with some Nutri-drench she puked on me. I had never seen that before. Water, maybe slightly brown at times continued to seep from her beak at times. She...
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    New member :3

    Hi there! I live in Arkansas, am 23 and mom to 24 chickens. It used to be 27 but I've sadly lost some recently. My birds are a mix, mostly Americana and Bantam mix. Then I've got three Black Australorp and one Rhode Island who I just call "Little Red" QwQ I love my girls so much! I have had...
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