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    Modifications to help a [newly] one-eyed hen with feeding/watering?

    Thanks so much for your thoughts!! I have food and water at all levels (lol). She’s in the right spot and her beak would hit the food/water if it only went further before she closes it. She really thinks she’s done it only to pull back with an empty beak. It would be funny if the consequence...
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    Modifications to help a [newly] one-eyed hen with feeding/watering?

    Hey all, My tough little old polish hen was quite injured by a dog attack and I’m happy to report she’s doing much better. However, one of her eyes was injured and I don’t think she’s regaining her sight in it — it seems closed for good (wondering if she had a tooth push it inward?). I gave...
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    Projectile diarrhea - need some advice

    I see the PDF copied in (thanks Wyorp Rock!) so I'll just answer your specific question. I used [canning] citric acid ... 3.75 tsp ozine + .5 tsp citric acid; mix well for ~ 5 mins; add to half gallon of water. I don't know if it's necessary but I used glass for all the mixing ... and...
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    Projectile diarrhea - need some advice

    I was about 2.5 months in on treating this bird and re-read this article on oxine use (it's definitely not the only one with similar message). After I watched her trying to take a dust bath on my rug at least half a dozen times I figured I had everything to gain and nothing to lose because her...
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    Projectile diarrhea - need some advice

    Mouth is clear and I don't smell a thing.
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    Projectile diarrhea - need some advice

    I kept the chicken that had trouble early fall in the house for a little over 3 months, all told. It was a long, slow recovery but she finally got over her molt, gained weight, and she went back to being top bird even though she's 3 lbs and all the others are 5. It might have been multiple...
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    Projectile diarrhea - need some advice

    Hey all, I've got 5 chickens and a few weeks ago I started noticing a lot of watery poop. About six weeks prior to that they moved into a new coop/run so I thought it was a good idea to treat with Corid. The watery poop cleared up but a couple of days later I noticed most of them were shaking...
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    Need advice re: potential fungal infection

    Feces looks good again - the pattern continues. She's still in the midst of this molt, poor thing (this must be nature's joke on chickens!). She's very hungry for scrambled eggs, sprouted wheat and mealworms - not so much for her feed. She's drinking normally. I'm going to take her outside...
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    Need advice re: potential fungal infection

    I did not notice additional improvement after the antibiotics but she was already on the mend via the Ozine. The vet told me to put her back out with the other birds after a few days -- I can't imagine he'd say that if he thought it was something so infectious that I"d have to cull the flock...
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    Need advice re: potential fungal infection

    When I called them, she had some kind of bad respiratory thing going on and I wasn't sure she'd be alive by the time they came 2 days later. I started Ozine and she was MUCH better by vet visit. After examination he said she was having a very hard molt, was weak and low on vitamins because of...
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    Need advice re: potential fungal infection

    I have 5 chickens and they live in a 14 x 14 covered run wrapped like fort knox in hardware cloth. For winter I've put a clear tarp on 2 sides to cut down on wind, leaving 6-12" open at top and bottom. They have a small coop inside the run, but they don't sleep in there - they prefer a roost...
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    Need advice re: potential fungal infection

    Hello! I've been battling some kind of issue/infection with my Polish Hen for almost a month now. My observation is that she does great while being [cool] misted with non-activated Ozine and backslides when I stop. I've done this twice now and have gotten similar results both times: Bring...
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    Help with my beloved Polish girl!!

    The permethrin dusts that I had previously given her (and the others) did work - she doesn't currently have any evidence of lice or mites. I've dusted the coop and run and will do that again before she re-enters. I pulled the trigger and bought the $$ Elector psp so I can mix with water and...
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    Help with my beloved Polish girl!!

    Hey all - a quick update on my sweet girl. I ended up bringing her in to the house on Sunday evening. She was able to get up on the roost that evening, but was allowing the others to peck at her which was a huge clue that something very serious was going on. She's usually so vocal (and had...
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    Help with my beloved Polish girl!!

    Thank you both for replying! I do know what you mean about the polish breed. We had just lost our dog to a long battle with hepatic encephalopathy and she showed up days later and kind of acted just like him when he wasn't so sick. So much personality! I'm not sure I would have become a...
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    Help with my beloved Polish girl!!

    I am in Portland, OR. I would welcome that as a reason for her odd behavior and bony body. First year chicken mom so I could easily miss the signs of molt (in my naiveté I figured they were all too young for adult molt.) We had a sunny day today, so after a couple of hours inside to dry from...
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    Help with my beloved Polish girl!!

    Hey all - need a little advice on how to move forward. I've got a sweet polish hen (Roamie) - not exactly sure how old she is, but she started laying around March of this year (she just showed up in our yard and who knew we'd fall in love with her and the world of chickens!). She has 4 add'l...
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