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  1. missdelia

    Help! Sick hen

    My 4 yo NH red has been off the past few weeks and 2 d ago she stopped eating. She is much lighter than the others. Yesterday when I realized she wasn’t eating I syringed nutri drench into her beak and she immediately vomited liquid (I assume water and nutri drench) Her crop was pretty full and...
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    Help!! Pecked head/swollen ear??

    Here is another pic...after she pooped out that huge mess her tail feathers were back up briefly but now down again and off to the side- does she have an impacted egg or something??
  3. missdelia

    Help!! Pecked head/swollen ear??

    Hi all- “little blue” is not doing well. She she has been in this wierd half alive half dead state and for the past 48+ hours despite me adding amoxicillin (first dose last night) and carprofen for pain (also started last night) she just is really lethargic and her head is doing this wierd...
  4. missdelia

    Help!! Pecked head/swollen ear??

    I do think based on what eggsessive said that it is her ear lobe...I am not sure what is going on with her ear...can’t really see it but that part of her head is swollen too. There is a post from August (not sure how to link..) that shows the pics from the first time- it was AWFUL 😱. She...
  5. missdelia

    Help!! Pecked head/swollen ear??

    Good to know. I was wondering if she would be ok without food- she did drink well earlier in the day and I syringed some water into her last night...
  6. missdelia

    Help!! Pecked head/swollen ear??

    she just won't eat anything...I gave her a bit more poultry drench. is it possibly that the swollen lobe is making it hard for her to eat? or probably just the trauma of the experience? thanks :)
  7. missdelia

    Help!! Pecked head/swollen ear??

    That’s really helpful! I can’t see inside her ear hole at all...just this swollen blob...I have her in a crate inside for now...I think the flock actually stresses her more...she’s been a loner since the first time she got attacked. I am trying to give her yogurt which she will usually eat but...
  8. missdelia

    Help!! Pecked head/swollen ear??

    This is my “little blue” . 2 d ago got pecked (we assume- not witnessed..) happened before several months ago and seemed like she was ok with flock - also able to fly out/free range of needing to...found her in the evening with her head essentially scalped...dark from blue kite/shiny from...
  9. missdelia

    HELP WITH PECKED HEAD!! (GRAPHIC PICS...)

    Hi. One of my 3 mo old chicks was pecked badly by one of our adult chickens and her head is a mess! I didn't actually take any pics of the first day - I was too upset and just read on here what to do and got her through the first few days (this happened Saturday 7/17 - 6 days ago). We kept her...
  10. missdelia

    BYC members in Massachusetts?

    Hi - yes - I am in the Springfield area and would definitely love it if you would share any local contacts for chicks - thanks!
  11. missdelia

    BYC members in Massachusetts?

    I am in the Springfield area so would love any contacts you could share- thanks!!
  12. missdelia

    BYC members in Massachusetts?

    HI fellow Massachusetts chicken owners!! I am new to BYC - just joined yesterday looking for advice with an injured bird. Have been reading on the site for over a year now - we started with chicks this time last year and were really enjoying them, unfortunately a fox killed 4 of them 1 week ago...
  13. missdelia

    HELP! Hen injured on back 6 days ago, not eating now

    Thanks to all for the welcomes and for the advice. Miss Delia seems a bit brighter today and is eating a bit on her own!
  14. missdelia

    HELP! Hen injured on back 6 days ago, not eating now

    Thanks :)
  15. missdelia

    HELP! Hen injured on back 6 days ago, not eating now

    Thank you for your reply - and for steering me in the direction of the right place for my post!! I have given her a dose of penicillin (followed dosing recommendations I found on BYC). The strange thing is that when I went to get her a little while ago (too soon for the antibiotics to have...
  16. missdelia

    HELP!! Injured chicken wont eat now/ strange stomach noises

    Well, after a year of just reading helpful information as we built a coop, raised day old chicks, dealt with a surprise rooster and weathered a new england winter with our six lovely free-range hens - I am finally needed to post for HELP!! six days ago our flock was attacked by a fox in the...
  17. missdelia

    HELP! Hen injured on back 6 days ago, not eating now

    Well, after a year of just reading helpful information as we built a coop, raised day old chicks, dealt with a surprise rooster and weathered a new england winter with our six lovely free-range hens - I am finally needed to post for HELP!! six days ago our flock was attacked by a fox in the...
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