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Bitzie (Americana Hen)

Looks like an infection. Have her treated her with antibiotics. i.e. tetracyclin in her water. I have one hen that has been on antibiotics for 8 days now. Both her feet are swollen up to her shanks. It's not bumble foot and discovered it may be gout due to too much protein. My faulth.... I...

dawg53, Thank you. It now makes sense. When the hens were moulting we were supplying more protein since they needed more to reproduce new feathers and eggs during mother natures cruel winter joke. Darn...... I hate knowing we caused her health issue. Poor baby....I'll call our country vet...

I have a white giant hen that has the same problem. Just posted pictures of what it looks like. Check it out and tell me if yours look the same.

Here are pics of my hens swollen legs. Not Bumble foot. No soars or open wounds. Swollen with fever and marble size pockets near her upper joint. Been giving Tetracycline for three days and she is up and around more than before. Does anyone have any idea what she has? nn

BamaSilkies, We've isolated the hen in our large brooder box. Checked her feet for possible bumble foot or other wounds on legs. Did not see any but her feet are definitely swollen and running a fever. Started her back on antibiotics again and will soak her feet in epson salt in the morning...

Picked up the hen today to check out her legs. The knots are actually full of fluid. Three on one leg and two on the other close to the upper leg joint. Her feet are now swelling a lot. We've spoke to a couple of chicken specialist today and they don't have any idea what's going on. I...

I have a 2 year old white giant hen that started keeping it's head down two weeks ago. Checked it's crop and it was hard. We massaged it for two/three days and now it is soft. We thought this was the reason for her weight loss. We gave our flock antibiotics for 5 days and she seemed to be...

My husband felt when he saw their combs turning a light pink from the norm of dark red that they may have internal parasites and treated all of them. No signs of egg bounding. Just lose of weight due to no appetite. Eggs have been slow but this is normal during the moult. Not sure age is a...

My husband had two 3 yr old RIR hens that have died. He treated his flock for parasites when he noticed their combs becoming pale "pink". They lost weight and appetite. Other healthy hens are moulting butthe two that have died this past few weeks did not. Any ideas or recommendation as to...

Thank you all for a quick reply. Mother nature is definitely a mystery. Bless her little chicken heart!

RR hen found dead late afternoon in coupe. He has a flock of 15 hens and 1 rooster. No signs of illness prior to death. She was eating early this morning. No signs of broken neck, not egg bound, no prolapse vent and no signs of physical injury. Hen was healthy, plump and looked great since...

The turken just started acting off balance this morning, wings out with heavy breathing. Legs are fine. No injuries. It's been in the 90s here in NC but we have be putting electrolites in their water on these hots days. My husband contacted a poultry "chicken" specialist in this area and...

I have a turken (5 months) that is having a hard time balancing. She has to hold her wings to the side and try to stand:(. She is panting. What could be wrong?

Kathyinmo, I bought Corid 9.6%. I guess if you use 20% then just cut the dosage in half per gallon.

Chickenlittle32 and Kathyinmo, Thanks for your quick response. They all are now on Corid 9.5 -10 cc per gallon. Keep your fingers crossed they make it through this unexpected disease. I am still confused how they contracted coccidiosis when they are in a newly built coop, tight, dry with...

I just read on a previous post that the dosage of Corid 9.6% is 9.5 to 10.0 cc per gallon. I just treated my 8 wk old chick for cocci this morning. One died this morning and hoping to save the others. If anyone know a different dosage, please inform us both.

Help is needed! One of my 31 chicks has died. Two days ago I noticed that my Araucana/Americana chick looked cold, fluffed and stand offish from the others. The day was overcast so I brought her into the house. The next day the sun was out and I put her back with the others. When I cleaned...

Thanks for all your quick responses on this small egg question. Maybe I'll save this first unusual small egg by blowing the yoke out (if any) and decorate it like I did my hen's eggs for the holidays. Maybe it should be decorated as "Happy New Year"

One of our eight to nine month old Rhode Island Red chickens laid an 1 inch egg today. Normally they lay large to extra large eggs. It's been in the 20s to 30s the last few days. What do you think might have caused this unusually small egg? We've seen jelly eggs early in their laying but...