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Oh God, you are the best, kindest people ever. I keep getting away from this and feel oh well-whatever-it was just a chicken- about it. Then 10 minutes later my husband finds me sobbing on the couch. It's so strange. I still have 4 hens, but because this one was al;ways sickly, she was the...

Well Starla has left us. The vet said that what she felt when she examined her cloaca did not really feel like an egg/s. She felt the masses just weren't the right size and shape of eggs. I don't know, it sure felt like an egg to my husband and I. She offered to do x rays. I said no, because...

Okay I am crying right now. I found a vet in Napa (a little ways away) that sees chickens and is open now (on a Saturday morning)! What a relief, I haven't had any luck with vets in my area, so I had given up since the closest ones (I thought) were an hour away. I am so relieved! Please...

I think it's too large to come out. I think it's been it there for a while. Her vent is so damaged. It hardly looks like a vent. I know breaking it is a last resort, but I think that's the only way this is going to happen. I can't imagine doing it though. Her vent feels/looks partially...

She's egg bound. I can't believe it. I couldn't feel it like this yesterday, but yesterday I was so overwhelmed with the maggots I wasn't looking for it. I am so sad.

Oh, can I give her a pill form of probiotics? the oxymyacin or whatever is in her water isn't ok with dairy for some reason. I have trader joe's probiotics that i bet she will eat if I crumble it...

Threehorses, you are a lifesaver. Your posts are so important. Thank you for the strength I am feeling from your words. This is so hard, but I'm on it.

Okay, I am so confused. After looking half dead all day, she's eating with vim and vigor again, drinking her water, and from the shoulders up, she's looking pretty good. She's still in the laundry basket, wrapped up in a towel (ant free.Thanks for the help through that). It's hard to kill an...

Yes, I think that the maggots are still an issue. I thought they were all gone, but I still saw a few. i think I am going to have my friends husband come over and put her down. i don't want to wait until tonite.

Thanks for the support. Either she is really tired or giving up, she won't open her eyes right now.I will get her some smartwater in a few. Can the betadine hurt her? I didn't realize how strong it is.. I mean to choose between ants all over or betadine, i guess there was no choice. But next...

This house is just built on an ant colony. I have never gone through this before, but I have seen friends deal with it. i just called my husband and told him we are getting an exterminator. Right now i don't care if it goes against everything we believe in lol. I think she is comfy now, but...

The betadine bath seems to be working... The water is a good idea, but complicated. I am going to clean out the laundry basket, and then circle it with Safer brand ant powder. It's boric acid. which I don't think is really safe for chickens, but I don't think she's up to messing with it...

Quote: She did have her out of the flock...sleeping in a laundry basket when the ants attacked. We have horrible ant problems in Texas (I don't know where the OP lives) so I understand how that happens, even inside the house. Sometimes I feel there is NO safe place where the ants can't find...

Quote: I am bathing her in betadine and water... thanks everyone for the help. i need to get some DE quick. These are not fire ants, I am in Northern cal.,more like crazy ants and yes I think they do bite. The problem is there is nowhere that is ant free except our house, and I have...

I haven't been able to get them off of her with water. I am not sure how warm I can go with it either. She has a big raw spot that I think would be very sensitive to hot water.... I feel so bad for her, I will keep bathing her, but they keep appearing. Does anyone no what kind of spray would...

How do I get ants off an injured and sick bird? Yesterday I realized how bad off our black star is. She's always had diarheah off and on ( I suspect Gleet) but she always gets better. Yesterday, however, she was very wobbly and not tucking her feathers in. I bathed her to clean off her...

O, I think she's fine. I went out there with a handful of raisins and she perked right up.

thanks for being reassuring. She's been laying down here and there since it happened. at first she was in the garden rooting around with her beak. Now she's sitting by the compost. She's been standing at the back porch all day and now she's just sitting around. Weird. What are the symptoms of...

Okay, I burnt some butter in a teflon pan in the kitchen which is right next to the back screen door. Of course my favorite chicken, who just got over some mystery illness, was standing there watching me. I ran outside with the smoking pan realized smoking teflon and birds don't mix, then ran...

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