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    Help with X-rays of chicken with slow crop and GI tract infection

    For the full backstory, I have been keeping a record of my chicken’s health journey in this thread. I took my hen to a vet who treats poultry but is not a specialist. She took these x-rays: I was hoping someone could help me understand them a bit better. The vet told me there was no...
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    Impacted and/or Sour crop treatment

    I have read this article by @azygous, and have a question regarding this passage: If the crop is full and hard and lumpy and the chicken has been drinking lots of water and it smells like sauerkraut, you likely have an impacted crop that has developed a yeast infection. You will be treating the...
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    Chicken swallowed a bolt

    I massaged my hen’s crop for the past few days because it has been slow to empty. My husband and I both felt a hexagonal bolt, maybe 3/4 of an inch long inside her crop this morning. I’m not certain, but I believe it is a stainless steel bolt from our greenhouse that blew over. How dangerous is...
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    Roundworm Retreatment

    I have a hen who had roundworms back in Mid-October. She was on Molly’s Herbals worm treatment all her life, but we gave the flock safeguard aquasol when we saw that there was an infestation. We want to retreat the flock with safeguard in case she still has worms, but we gave her the #1 herbal...
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    Request for Bumblefoot Advice

    I have two hens that have been dealing with bumblefoot on both feet for months. We have tried various non-invasive treatments, and have also removed the scabs, expressed the puss, flooded the cavity with betadine, packed the wound with duoderm gel, covered with duoderm bandages, gauze and wrap...
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    Help! Bumblefoot turning blue

    Can someone please advise me on what is happening with my hen’s foot? She has had bumblefoot on both feet for months now. We have been using tricide neo soaks, as well as an epsom salt poultice (durvet) and then we wrap in gauze and vet tape and change it daily. We have routinely removed the...
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    Resolved: Something stuck? Chicken wheezing.

    My pullet Helmi is making a wheezing noise. She has a very deep voice normally, and the weezing sounds deep rather than high pitched. She doesn’t do it all the time, but when she’s excited or moves around a lot it gets worse. It was pretty constant earlier and has gotten less frequent over time...
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    Bumblefoot question

    I have been soaking my pullet’s foot in an epsom salt solution and managed to get half of her eschar off. This morning we intend to soak it again, but it seems to me that epsom salt water would be painful. Can anyone speak to whether or not I should soak the now partially exposed wound in the...
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    Coccidiosis?

    Found out one of my hens, Août, is pooping blood. Here is a picture: This was not her only poop like this, there are more under the roost bar where she sleeps. She also seems to just be dripping blood from somewhere, because we found droplets on the floor. I’ve looked her over but can’t find...
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    Strangely shaped soft-shelled egg? Nutrient deficiency?

    I have posted about my hen, Août, before. She has been nearing the end of her first laying cycle (I hope) and has given me 4 or 5 soft-shelled eggs, in between laying normally. I assume she has a nutrient deficiency of some kind, after having laid 4-6 eggs a week since late November of last...
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    Are soft-shelled eggs common at the end of a laying cycle?

    My hen Août has been laying quite consistently since she was 24 weeks old, around Thanksgiving of last year. Lately she has had two instances of trouble laying, where one normal (or slightly pointier than normal) egg has been followed with a soft-shelled egg. This happened once, and I wrote it...
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    Splash Marans gender, 6 weeks old

    I’m fairly certain that Helmi is a pullet, but would like to know what others think. Her wattles are a little larger than my other chicks of different breeds, but a Marans cockerel’s wattles and comb would be bigger and redder at this age, right?
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    How to treat scratch on chick foot?

    I have a 3 week old chick who seems to have peeled back a scale on her toe, and the scale is still partially attached on one side. It is not actively bleeding, just looks raw like a scrape. I’ve sprayed it with vetericyn and tried to wrap it, but she pulled the bandage off. Should I get some...
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    Dominique, male or female?

    I bought a sexed Dominique pullet as a day old chick, and Marzo is now 2.5 weeks old (hatched 6/10). Her headspot was smaller than that of my Dominique hen Juin, and she has the dark wash down the legs that you would expect of a pullet. I’m just uncertain about the amount of white I’m seeing on...
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    HELP Stressed hen straining to lay

    My hen Août is very stressed due to hot weather and relocation. I noticed her looking lethargic, not wanting to run around or eat much. I took her inside to give her an epsom salt bath in case she was egg bound. While running the bath she laid her egg on the bathroom floor, it was banded. I...
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    Please HELP, sleepy 3-day-old chick.

    I'm worried that my shipped chick is a "failure to thrive", and would like some advice please, if anyone can offer any. She was active the first two days, lots of energy, and was even somewhat active and interested in eating this morning, but since this afternoon she has been sleeping under the...
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    Bumblefoot?

    My hen Juillet seems to have bumblefoot, potentially on both feet. Can someone tell me how serious it is? I think there is some swelling in the foot with the bigger scab, but she isn’t limping and generally is behaving like normal. Our vet can treat it, but he’s on vacation until next week...
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    Chicken spitting up mucus?

    My 10 month old pullet, who otherwise seems energetic and healthy, just spit up a bunch of clear mucus. I don’t believe she ate anything strange. Can someone let me know what some potential causes might be? Is there anything I should do? Editting to add, she has always had an issue with...
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    Winderdear’s Christmas Flock Ornaments

    I like to make a Christmas ornament for my tree every year, usually of something special to me like a pet or keepsake. I make them from felt which I embroider and stuff with batting. Well, this year I started raising chickens. I received four chicks in the mail and fell in love! So, of course...
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    Digestion trouble?

    I’m uncertain where to ask about this, so I’m sorry if this post is in the wrong section. I had mentioned it before in the emergency section but got no responses. Here is the link to that thread: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/questions-about-chicken-with-loose-wet-droppings.1595185/...
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