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1. Four days ago I discovered the 5 year old barred rock had some kind of serious skin abrasion all around vent. Quite raw. Some necrotic skin, if that's the word. Also a wound just above her "hip" that actually had fly larvae in it. Don't know how it escaped me before it got this far. She...

These are photos from my first necropsy. I definitely overlooked observations I should have made. My original belief was that the hen was suffering from Lymphoid Leukosis (or some cancer) or Egg Yolk Peritonitis. I sure didn't see that clearly. This was an almost 4 year old dorking hen with...

I could not tell from your photo if your hen has a mop that interferes with her vision at all. I have a polish who's rather low in the order, and she does much better if I keep her feathers trimmed back so she can see really clearly what (who) is going on around her. -Rochelle

I am sorry that I have not had good experience managing this. I've lost two hens to EYP in the past not quite year, and a third is in the "hospital cage" in the house heading into her end decline. I've stopped trying to treat her, and because I have not yet learned to kill one of my hens, I'm...

I've never encountered this, but was compelled by your post to read a bit about it. First thing I saw was people had to be a bit persistent with the splinting before their birds "got their legs." In other words, they did have to resplint muiltiples times. Second thing I saw is pasted below...

I posted about the dorking hen described below on 12/20 or so. This hen is still hanging in there, so I wanted to update and take further input if there's any. The original symptoms as described in my numbered post below remain the same. My original guess was that the abdominal swelling in...

I'm probably not going to be able to determine what's going on with this hen, but thought I'd toss the description out here for comment anyway. -Rochelle 1) 3 and 3/4 year old dorking hen, skinny breast was hidden under those great dorking feathers; lower abdomen swollen 2) sluggish, tail...

Thanks much. I did comb through the thread you shared. I should get help culling her. I think next year, a few select broodies will get their way........ -Rochelle

Version:1.0 StartHTML:0000000105 EndHTML:0000008834 StartFragment:0000002290 EndFragment:0000008798 1. Barred rock, three years old, has lost weight 2. I think she was egg bound or laying internally— no eggs, tho time spent in nest; warm, swollen abdomen, listless though “cheerful,” eventually...

Hi Lydia and Jenny, Lydia, I did look at all your links and appreciated them. Bookmarked them for future reference. The thing that throws me is the lack of respiratory signs. Almost everything that talks about some of her symptoms also includes respiratory distress and she has absolutely...

Well, she just ate her whey slurry again. She had a second poo similar to the first but without the giant clot looking thing. She is willing (and able with help) to eat some scratch grains and even pecked the sunflower seeds out of them, but she didn't want anything to do with her regular...

Ms Lydia, My post with the specifics was posted before the photos. Here's the info again: 1) What type of bird , age and weight. Small silver polish hen; 18 moths 2) What is the behavior, exactly. Day before yesterday she was fine, yesterday I found her standing in coop with neck twisted...

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1) What type of bird , age and weight. Small silver polish hen; 18 moths 2) What is the behavior, exactly. Day before yesterday she was fine, yesterday I found her standing in coop with neck twisted back parallel to body, tail distinctly down. She can stand but has little balance. She is...

I have a five week old polish with consistent messy, runny, brown pooh. He/she started out as a pasty butt chick, but never had any problem with vent obstruction. He is also quite small and despite feathering out pretty well, is still not getting tail feathers. He acts normal and is quite...