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We culled her last night. It was the drake. There was no egg in there. :-(

This could be also a prolapse from my drake trying to mate with this poor hen. Is there any way I can get this stuff back inside her? She seems to be fighting back (pushing strongly so even more stuff tries to come out), when I try to push it inside of her.

Is this a bound egg or something else? I soaked her in epsom salt for 20 minutes. The round thing is very soft and does not feel like an egg at all. Help? Lidia

Found one more I have. Any pointers on which one and how to use appreciated.

Btw, this is what I have on hands - Terramycin. Can I use it? It is an ointment. Is there any antibiotic I should give her to consume?

Hi all My favourite White Crested female duck, Bessie, started limping all of a sudden 6 days ago. I'm quite confused as to what's happening, so I will describe the whole situation. I have 5 ducks total: 3 females 2 drakes and some 12 chickens. The drakes are quite aggressive and try to mate...

Thank you both, and specifically for the story Miss Lydia. I sometimes carry Brownie out or back into the coop, though she does not like it. She got used to it though. I can't believe ducks would get arthritis and so early too. 9 years old is not that much for a duck from my understanding...

I have an older duck called Brownie. She is about 8 or 9 years old. More than a year ago she started limping. It was getting worse. I checked her feet but there was nothing out of ordinary there. It got so bad she could hardly walk. I looked online and found that it could be caused by...

Just wanted to update that I took her to a vet after a week of applying antibiotic. She has no infection, no scratched cornea and no foreign objects in the eye. At this point she only has edema which may or may not clear on its own. The infection was gone pretty much within the first two...

I'm applying antibiotic twice daily. She doesn't mind saline solution nor antibiotic but did not like when sprayed Vetricyn. This is what her eye looked like today. I still can't see her eye...

Here is the photo of her eye... :-( As you can see, her eye is completely covered by yellowish stuff. I tried cleaning it last night, but I don't want to rub her eye. It is not coming off just with gentle touch of a gauze pad soaked in saline solution. Is what I see a nictitating...

Thank you so much for all your help. I'll try to take a photo tomorrow.

Found Terramycin, should arrive tomorrow. :)

Just the eye. Nothing else seems to be a problem. Though she may be in pain, cause she was shaking her head to the left, as if trying to shake off something on the right. When I used saline solution she didn't seem to care, only at some point at the end started making the same motion. and...

Thank you. Sadly, they won't ship Terramycin to California. I also cannot find my polysporin powder and I can't find it online either - discontinued!

One of my ducks had a white, puffy eye with some discharge coming out of it. It started yesterday and I separated her from the flock and gave her water with Tetratex, thinking it was respiratory problem. However, today I tried to clean it with saline solution and it looks really bad. She...

Hi all I wanted to post a follow up with how the system works so far. Here is how it looks: I have 4 barrels, 55 gallon each, daisy chained at the bottom. We have not had enough rain to fill the barrels completely yet. I do not have an easy way to tell how much water they are holding...

Hi I'm trying to put together a watering system for my chickens. It will comprise of four 55 gallon barrels and either watering nipples or watering cups (unless someone has a better idea). I'm looking at the nipples at...

Hi everyone, We live in the SF Bay Area and have had chickens for over 3 years now. We started with almost known breeds, but by now they crossed so much I have no idea what we have (other than one Light Brahma hen). We have about 15 chickens and 4 one week old chicks at the moment. Well...