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It appears as though my hens are starting to molt. A few weeks ago we noticed a bald spot on the back of the head and a bald spot just before the tail on their back. We assumed it was from the rooster "piggy backing" (as my young dughter puts it) all winter long in the coop. It was a long hard...

Darn auto correct. That was supposed to Monistat. I must learn how to turn off autocorrect.

So after much time researching etc. I decided that it is sour crop. I found the thread on Mobistar for sour crop as there are no vets in the area that I have found that will treat chickens. I am on day three of treatment. I am giving her 1/6 of a tablet twice a day. I am also feeding her plain...

Sorry about the misspelled words. I was typing fast and some of them were probably due to auto correct which I have not figured out yet.:D

Update: I just went out and picked her up. Her crop felt squishy/sponges. So I read about sour crop and then made her vomit. At first it was clear and mucousy then I thought I saw a piece of grass, not sure if it came out, then it looked like mooshy chick crumble. I put her down and my son gave...

Help, yesterday we noticed one chick (6 weeks old) acting sluggish and solitary. It was just kind of standing around by itself. We saw it drinking, but not sure if was eating. Today it was still drinking, again, not sure if it was drinking. ( I have not had much time to sit there and watch)...

Thank you for the info. Do you advise electrolytes in the water as we'll?

By the way it was only one chick.

What methods are you using? What were the first signs? We are new to chickens. Ours are week old auricanas and we found a small bit of dried blood on a feather by the chicks bum. Started to do some research. I am just so unsure of it all. Could she have gotten pecked? Could she have eaten a...

Thanks for all of the warm welcomes and great info. I will be spending lots of time on this site!:D

Hi there, Super new to chickens and back yard chicken site. We just picked up 6 americauna chicks this morning. I have read several websites on "chicks 101". I sure hope I do not do anything wrong. My kids would be devastated! Lol. I did warn them that not all chicks survive and that we are new...