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    Hen sneezing constantly. Cause for concern?

    Good lord. Thanks for the advice guys. I'll let you know how this all turns out.
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    Hen sneezing constantly. Cause for concern?

    Hello again. I have a young sussex bantam hen, only just past point of lay. She's one of four birds we bought from a friend who was getting rid of them. She sneezed infrequently when we got her, but now (a couple of weeks down the line) I've noticed she's sneezing a lot, more or less...
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    will a hen cured of canker always carry the disease?

    Yeah, I'd really appreciate that. Can berimax be bought in the UK do you know? & Can we use Berimax in conjunction with Copper Sulphate? I know some drugs can't be used with it. The current plan is to isolate the sick hen, give her a specific anti canker drug (i.e. berimax) & give the rest...
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    will a hen cured of canker always carry the disease?

    Right, we've got some antibiotics, & Im going to buy some copper sulphate & an alternative drug to flagyll. A big problem we have however is that she cant eat. She has problems swallowing. We've been feeding her by hand but it's very hard & she resists to the point of getting very little food...
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    will a hen cured of canker always carry the disease?

    Thankyou. We really dontwant to cull her. We'll switch medication. The vet did say to pick at the sores but to be honest he didnt seem well informed. He didnt even know it was contagious & didnt instruct us to isolate the hen, we only found that out on the internet. What other medication is...
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    will a hen cured of canker always carry the disease?

    Hi. I have a three year old plymouth rock hen About 5 weeks ago she developed canker. We took her to the vet & he put her on flagyll (liquid not tablets). She doesnt seem to be making much improvement however. She seems happy & is behaving normally, but we have to pick the horrible crusty...
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