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EDIT: nevermind, i just got some regular old yeast infection cream from the drug store. --- I just read the Monistat thread re: sour crop. I have a very weak bird with sour crop (and suspected impacted crop?). I am curious if anyone has tried using tea tree suppositories (designed for...

My new question is, how come whenever I post a thread on BYC, I get no responses? Is there some etiquette I'm missing?

I have an ill chicken, looking for success stories. This has been a persistent problem over the past few weeks, with up and down activity levels and appetite. Taken a turn for the worse over the past couple days with even lower activity level. Problem seems to be impacted crop, as she wakes...

She's 3 years old

One of our 3 chickens is walking funny. Otherwise she seems perfectly healthy. She's alert, eating, bathing, walking, laying, drinking, being noisy, her comb is bright, no signs of bumblefoot or vent prolapse... We had her in a cage in their run for about a week to rest just in case. We mostly...

Does the pattern of her feather loss appear consistent with what you've seen from mites/lice on your hens? I don't see any bugs living, so i'd be surprised to see any drop dead right off her. :) Also it sounds crazy dangerous. I will look into it. As for the crop, i will check them first thing...

I have 4 chickens. 2 of them have feather loss, 1 much worse than the other. This has been going on for well over a year. We've tried dusting them with DE 1/month and 1/ 2 weeks with no results. Lately the feather loss looks much worse on the one chicken. I've never seen other evidence of mites...

Here's an update: The chicken who passed away was 4 years old, in an urban environment, and hadn't laid since at least May 2012. So it's possible it was just a protozoa that got to her, and on top of all the other stressors is what did her in. If i had known about the UC Davis program it would...

Yes it did, thank you! Also the photos of the bird shipment, that's exactly what I was wondering about and couldn't find any instructions online (I wasn't sure if I should send the whole bird or just samples and how I should get them etc.)

@casportpony, When the UCD info you posted is talking about "lesions," they mean lesions on the liver, correct? If so, then I couldn't look for this, but could possibly send her out for a necropsy. If it is blackhead, it seems like cleaning the coop, run, and accessories will be sufficient, but...

I'm not sure, i've been spending as little time dealing with her as possible since she hasn't laid an egg in almost a year. I've invested enough! But would weight loss lead you to believe it would be something else? Why do you ask?

Haha good clarification, yes that's what i meant. Thanks for the approval of my plan!

No discharge from nose or mouth, coughing, or sneezing. I fed her soaked pellets this morning and she is eating fine and still has solid poo, it's just yellow and sticking to her bum (this is typical for her, though). So she has crust around her butt but it doesn't look like lice, just poop. I...

Thanks, John. I appreciate your help. We just got a little herbicide sprayer recently so I'll clean that out and fill it up with bleach. Yay for our first deep clean.

A couple weeks ago one of my 6 hens was just not being herself. She hasn't laid in over a year, and is probably 3 years old, or more. She was just being lethargic, not greeting me in the morning, not being her usual bossy noisy self. Her symptoms gradually got worse and worse until she just...

(I tried searching on this, but kept getting info about just cleaning out poop, or using the deep litter method, but this is different...) 2 of my chickens have come down with similar symptoms (lethargy and yellow diarrhea, at least one has scaley feet). One passed away last week, and another...

I am opting to keep my run split in half, so that the habitat can settle or rejuvenate, or something, for half the year, or even a whole year. This is supposed to help reduce the buildup of disease. So i would change your design to allow for that. The "dormant" section of our run has been seeded...

Oh good! Since she has no other symptoms, I think you're right. And I'm glad to know about your experience with your own birds, too. Thanks a lot!

Haha, no insult taken. Yes, I mean that part just under her beak which looks more fluffy in the first picture (outdoors) than in the second (indoors). I have seen a few pictures of the pendulous crop, which some say looks like a uniboob. She definitely doesn't look like that, as you can see...

I'll watch her closely over the next few days and then give you all an update. Thanks for your help so far!