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Upon further study, this might be egg bound peritontiis? Going to the feed store for some antibiotics Anybody have any experience with this? Might I be on the right track? Rick

Hello, We have a five year old barred rock hen with what seems to be an issue with egg binding, which we have treated, and she isn't getting better. We got her to pass a collapsed egg five days ago. In addition to the bad butt stuff and lethargy, her comb is flopped over but still red, she cant...

I actually wrote to the gal who posted the surgery thread - she lives about 3 hours from me. Hoped she's maybe be able to at least give me some pointers. Her inability to walk has me concerned. Vitamin deficiency? Just basic weakness? She's been like this for WEEKS now, and we have to do...

Still very sick, and no change in her crop mass - please help!

My 14 month old Australorp hen (her name's Hero) has been low-energy for about a month. She was eating well, her droppings were healthy, and she was still laying, so I didn't think much of it. But the past two weeks she has spent most of her time laying down on the hay inside their run: her...

a) Their chickens are diseased, I would not want them in my yard. b) They're not too busy; they just have different standards of care than I do. c) I'd rather not give my neighbors ultimatums - seems like that could be the beginning of an escalating neighbor-war, which is NO FUN. I really...

It is quite an astute observation that there are some cultural differences at play in our backyard management - good call. The neighbor used to have a farm in Mexico before he moved here and I'm certain he had TONS of space in which to free range his chickens/dogs without this problem (and...

Setting the scene: I live in SF with a small flock of 5 chickens and 2 ducks in a gorgeous little garden with fruit trees and a duck pond and plenty of space for the girls to scratch around. My NEIGHBORS, however, are another story. They have about 12 bantam chickens (3 of which are roosters)...

Hi all, I'm newish here. I live in San Francisco and have 5 chickens and 2 ducks in a beautiful yard and garden. Sadly, I awoke this morning to the terrible sound of the neighbor's awful yappy little dogs tearing their bantam rooster apart (this is not the first time this has happened, and...

Thank you! There's Vitamin A in the poultry nutrition flush I'm giving them (just got it in the mail so I can stop giving them polyvisol baby vitamins). Should I be giving them a specific A supplement on top of that? How should I swab the roof of their mouths with the VetRX? Q tip? Finger...

The vet was unsure of the exact cause, but said the most likely was bacterial pneumonia. They had been exposed to some molded pine shavings shortly before they fell sick. The symptoms were perpetual sneezing, gaping, runny nose (clear discharge), and lethargy. With Delilah there were some...

Hi there, All my 5 chickies seem to be doing TONS better than last time I posted. But now I have a re-integration question... Little Delilah (who has been quarantined 3 weeks now) has finished her 2 weeks of oral antibiotics and other than the occasional sneeze is showing no relapsing...

I've got sneezy/gaping chickies, and have posted a few times here about them (and their sister who's *really* sick. That said, this question is about vitamins. I went to Wallgreen's and they had Vit E (but not selenium) and Polyvisol (I got the one with no iron). Some of the girls will eat a...

I posted previously about my little one (Delilah) having what I thought were siezures/disorientation, as well as sneezing and gaping. Here's the original thread: https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=220797 Now my 4 other girls are sneezing and gaping, and the older ones (5...

Thank you. So far, so good. NOW I just have to deal with Cordelia, my 5 week old EE/Ameraucana who just ate a giant strip of cardboard paper. Hopefully it'll just pass through.

The oral antibiotic seems to have this thing on the run, finally. She's much more alert and is eating and drinking on her own (a normal amount, not just little pecks - poops are big and look regular). She still has parts of the day where she's lethargic and sickly (or she did yesterday), but she...

They all (except for the little quarantined one, who seems to need it warmer) have open-air "runs" made out of expanded metal over towels. This gives them a bigger space to get exercise, and an option to get out from under the lights. The little one's box fluxuates from 85-90 degrees, and I...

She's eating and drinking on her own, and her poops look totally normal...I still have hope. She's just SO SMALL, and so helpless, and so...tired-looking. It's hard to see her so sick, and the twitching/siezing stuff freaks me out. Each time I think she's choking and dying...but she always comes...

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I've removed ALL bedding from them, and have them all on clean towels (no dryer sheets in the laundry - eliminating any chemicals that could affect them). The Boy just got home and I'll take them all out and see if I can't get a good look down their throats now that I have an extra set of...