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Our poor hen, Dale, has a distended lower belly that feels soft and squishy. We gave her a couple warm baths hoping she might pass an egg or something, but no luck (and I don't feel any egg). She's too weak to walk around - she just sits there, all puffed up. She pants a tiny bit when she exerts...

She's seems perkier now, and I think her abdominal swelling is going down. She's stronger and able to fly up to roost at night with her sisters, so I have started to leave her outside again. However, she's still drinking A LOT and pooping almost straight water, with some green goo and...

She's still in the same shape today, maybe a little bit perkier. It's warm outside today so I put her out with her sisters, and she's waddling around and foraging. I found she really likes to eat bread. I spoke with the vet yesterday and he said it could be internal laying, or possibly a tumor...

My 2 year old hen Olive has been struggling with some unknown illness for the past few weeks (or maybe longer, she hasn't been laying in over a month). When I first realized she was ill she was not moving around or eating, and had labored breathing, so I brought her to the vet. They said she was...

I am currently experiencing the same problem with my 7 hens.. one is getting mercilessly picked on whenever she leaves the nesting box. She stays there all the time, and her comb is pale. I took her out by herself and she drank, ate, foraged, and seems healthy. But she didn't want to go back...

I think I'm going to try the Ivermectin. My feed store has it. Without knowing the correct dosage or application, I guess I shouldn't use Frontline on the chickens (and I don't want to waste it if it's not going to work, as it's expensive!). FYI: buying the Large Dog size Frontline, and...

All seven of my chickens have been showing signs of some sort of mite problem, though I have never seem or felt the bugs around. They have feather loss (bare butts, bare neck) as well as half broken feathers on their backs. I thought they were pecking on each other (though I never saw them do...

Update: Little Chip, the wobbly hen, is doing much better. We gave her 1/2 a Baytril pill twice a day for a week, and watched her closely. I don't know if the antibiotic did the trick or if she just got better on her own. Her wobble is pretty much gone, and her coordination is good. I have no...

Holly, In response to your question, baytril is a general purpose antibiotic. Our little Chip has been on it for two days and I haven't noticed any improvement, though it's probably too early to tell. I also have her on a vitamin supplement for birds/livestock (for the past 5 days), but maybe...

I'm sorry your girl isn't feeling well. My ten week old hen has been acting the same way, though still getting around ok (wobbly). I took her to the vet today and he gave me a five day supply of baytril to try on her. He wasn't sure what was wrong with her, but he wanted to see if the baytril...

I thought it might be Marek's too but all my chickens were vaccinated at the hatchery...

Back from the vet. Her temperature and body weight are fine. He gave me some baytril for her (1/2 pill twice a day) and a can of prescription cat food (Hill's A/D), said to add water to it and give it to her along with her regular feed. He couldn't really tell what was wrong with her... I felt...

Renee, I hope your sick chicken is doing better. My little "Chip" is still wobbly and staggering around. Her lack of coordination hasn't gotten worse, though, so I guess I should count my blessings. She keeps stumbling backwards, just like a drunk person. She's still able to walk around and fly...

I hope your sweet hen continues to improve! Poor girl.

Just got back from my local feed store. They were out of chicken wormer but I picked up some vitamin/electrolyte stuff (Durvet) for the water. I'll let you know if it helps any, and I'll keep you posted about what the vet says...

Hi all, One of my ten week old hens is having trouble with her balance. She's walking and eating and pooping just fine, but she's wobbly. Kind of like she's tired, or drunk (staggering around). She wobbles on the perch and wobbles when she walks, but she doesn't look to be suffering from...