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I received the preliminary report today. She was full of tumours which the pathologist said in this age bird is consistent with Mareks disease :(. They are doing so do a histology of the tumours to confirm. So disappointing.

I will update on the results. They said it could take a week for the full report but if something big shows up they said the pathologist would likely call. Thank you all for all your suggestions! I will keep trying to find the amprolium, Amazon May be what I need to do. Would be good to have...

Thanks for your condolences. I’m not sure I could do a necropsy at home on this girl. As terrible as it sounds if the barred rock had of died I probably could have but the Orpington was more like a pet to me. Such a funny girl! My boyfriend did have to travel for work today and was going by...

The Orpington died :( Thanks for the info on the grit! I didn’t know that. So much to learn!! Hm. I called several of our farm stores and they all said that things like that could only be purchased at veterinarians. I’ll keep looking.

I haven’t yet :( apparently you can’t buy antibiotics at farm stores around here starting December first so a lot of them have already stopped ordering and when they run out that’s it. I have been in touch with a few vets so fingers crossed one will help me out. I also learned that the...

Argh! Learning this forum.

Finally got a poop pic! They had been much more liquid but with similar coloureds bits. This is the most formed one I’ve seen in a while.

Has anyone had experience with sour crop? We just brought them inside and gave them some melon (their fav treat). They both started eating it like crazy but noticed the barred rock would sort of spit up every now and then. Her crop feels fluidy which makes sense... will check again in the AM

We got them at the end of July so they have been here for a few months. No sign of blood in their poop at all. I hope it’s not mareks:(. I am going to message the woman we got them from and see if she has had any issues with other birds.

Sorry! I never even thought about location. We are in Nova Scotia, Canada

Thanks for the suggestion! Unfortunately the only vet is about an hour and a half away. Our local “farm” vet doesn’t deal with poultry apparently. I have some Piperazine, could that work? I have never seen Valbazen in our stores. I still have seen NO actual worms in their poop. I would have...

They are approx 6 months old. The barred rock was laying and the Orpington hadn’t started to our knowledge (never caught her in a nesting box). I would say it’s been a week since the barred rock laid. They are a mix of coop/wired run and free range. On the weekends they are free ranges the...

Hello I am a new chicken owner and have a total of 9 girls, a mix of Orpingtons and barred rocks. They live in a nice large coop with a run and I clean the coop about once a week. We let them free range whenever we are home. About a week and a half ago I noticed one of the Orpingtons had a...