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Make sure she doesn't have fowl mites, they live on the skin , on the vent and near the belly areas, or just under the vent ... they can cause bleeding and scabs ... Just went through this myself, so do check !!

Treat her with Tylan injectable once a day for 7 days, OR put LS-50 into her water for the time stated on the package.. be sure tis is the only water she can get into for the treatment time ... As she is lethargic, i'd go witht the tylan injectable. as she may not drink enough and has been...

Destroying unwanted roosters is easy when they are little, or just hatched.. one way is to simply pull off their heads.. Another way is to take a cotton ball spray it with 'Gunk' engine starter.. it's either , and seal the cotton ball in a ziploc baggy with the unwanted chicks,,, really easy...

What you need to do is change the pecking order ! Take out both leghorns, keep them separated from each other completely, isolate the top 2 birds, for 5 days... A dog crate and cage in the garage would do, then after the 5 days, you'll re-introduce the leghorns, and they won't be at the top...

Duramyacin , seems to be known as ' Tetracycline Hydrochloride' (Spelling?) Here is dose info on that ... http://fowlfacts.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=medshhh&action=display&thread=384 You dose the water, make up a gallon, and make it fresh daily, be sure this is the only water she can get...

I agree, deep feeding dishes , a must ... and I wouldn't trim it either, unless it starts to impede her eating ...

What all do you feed ? how much ? feather groth is mostly proteins, so I'd say to add poultry vitamins and electrolytes to her water . You may want to feed her a hand ful of dry kitty kibble, it's 35% protein, maybe twice a week, or offer her a tin of beef cat food , and see hiow she goes, she...

Straw isn't a good choice, as when it gets damp it quickly molds and can cause aspergillosis, and if you have mites, they can hide in the tubes of straw, avoiding any powder treatments to the coop/ housing.. it also clumps together, making it hard to pick up a small area of droppings... And...

Feed her chopped tomato , the red color will get her going, they love tomato, and the acid from the tomato will help break down what ever is in there .. after it has sat in there a while, i'd massage the lower end of the crop, and try to break up any mass... Don't feed her anything else, more...

If the bird was standing fluffed up, and more or less still, and bloody droppings, i would suspect cocci.. I would take a fresh sample of the remaining chick's poops to the vet , and have them test for cocci,, (you can put them all in one zip loc baggy, and they can test for several things) 1...

facial swelling is oftern the first sign of a respiratory infection.. I would separate him frpom the others, and use Tylan 50 injectable once a day for 5 to 7 days... about 1/2 cc for a 6 to7 pound bird.. OR LS 50 in his water for 7 to 10 days .. be sure this is the only water he can get...

Ever looked in a human medical book ? There are about 40 common parasites, including flukes, that can invade almost any part of the body.. and with all the bacteria, viruses, disease , cancer ... getting the idea ? How many times have you had the flu, ? they say an avg person gets 6 colds a...

there are over 7 kinds of cocci that affect chickens, only one produces blood in the feces, and that is cecal cocci.. so in a way, there are cecal droppings . if they aren't completely firm, then that is them...the ones with the blood ... I would treat them for the full time as per package...

Could she have been grabbed by an animal, a dog or something ? Yes, a picture would help...

open her beak, and look at the back of her throat, you'd see them , they look like red strings ... Anotherpossibility, is she is having an airsac / respiratory infection.. are her droppings, foamy yellow ? Is her comb slightly blue ?

No, the points won't grow back, watech for infection setting in on dead tissue .. Here is a link to frostbite http://fowlfacts.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=afflictiondiseaseff&action=display&thread=1251

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Read through this link.. will be helpful !1 http://fowlfacts.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=afflictiondiseaseff&action=display&thread=1642

Ocassionally, if a hen has a high worm load, a round worm, can swim up into the oviduct and get cast inside the white of the egg, however, this is RARE , and it could be form about 1/2 inch long, to about 3 inches, looking like a spagetti thing .. A picture would be helpful In a normal egg...

Do you have a rooster ? sometimes when they mount a particular hen frequently, they get a bare back... pale skinned chickens can get sunburned. when bare patches are exposed, or windburned, more pink from the cold ... Anyway they could have just been picked out, or some other reason.. just...