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Seems a bit better today, although weak still. She is drinking only a tiny bit on her own. She uses a rabbit water bottle to drink & I've been frequently pushing her beak onto the tip so that she gets a drop of water and drinks it. I've given her some scrambled eggs & nutri-drench as well...

Ah! I dewormed her & she pooped out a round worm... Looking a bit better today , but still weak.

I would prob give her 1/4 cc Tylan by mouth x 3-5 days. I find that does wonders for resp crud :-)

Do any other chickens have lesions? Mainly look around face & wattles.

Having a similar problem with one of mine & been reading a ton! How's her calcium & vitamin intake? Does she have oyster shell available? Another thing I've read about are tape worms. Apparently, they can eat a bug (fleas) who has the tapeworm eggs & it gives the chicken tapeworms. Just...

I'm a softie & wait it out w most of mine. I've had some die & some get better. You might try some poly vi sol baby vitamins in her water. Also, crushed calcium w vitamin d pill in her feed. Make sure she has quality feed & oyster shell. Does she seem feverish? Drop some water or dip just...

That is another reason I think she prob does not have mareks. I have also been looking at soft ticks.

By the way, she laid a normal egg yesterday.

My daughter has a ~1-2y/o bantam frizzled cochin that lives in a coop inside in her room. We usually put the chicken outside in a fenced area during the day so that she is not always cooped up. Yesterday, she was fine early on, then started stumbling a bit & laying down a lot towards the...

Hello all! I am new to posting in BYC, but have had chickens for around 3 years now. We live about 45min east of Dallas, Texas & raise chickens (a lot of different varieties), "fainting" goats, & horses. We mainly live here because of my 10 year old daughter's love of all animals. Chickens...

Thanks for the tips :-). Love the website! Very informative! Thanks! Update!!! The one little chick that was limping is doing much better now!!! I put some tri-vi sol in the water & gave them all plenty of food & he is walking & hopping around with all of the others :jumpy Another...

Hello all, I'm new to Backyard Chickens. I've been fairly successful at hatching some chicks off & on for about 3 years now in a simple styrofoam still air Hova Bator. However, now I've moved up in size of operation & purchased a GQF 2500 Sportsman cabinet forced air. I live near Dallas...