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    Respiratory Issue

    Follow-up: I was finally able to download a video (I think), to the Gallery under my name and the album is “My Sick Chickens.” I hope you can view it to understand what I was trying to describe. Also, she doesn’t appear to have any obstructions in her throat, and she’s eating, drinking, and...
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    Respiratory Issue

    Can anyone tell me what’s wrong with this chicken? She went down yesterday morning with this respiratory thing, so I brought her in the house and started her on some amoxycillin. I took a 500mg capsule and mixed it with 50ml water and have been giving her about 1.5 tsp 3 times a day. She...
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    Catatonic Chicks

    UPDATE 6/24/24 I just talked with a pathologist about the histopathology report on the 3 chicks I sent them and, thankfully, there’s nothing that is a threat to the rest of my flock. There was some infection in the umbilicus and yolk sack which she believes was a result of poor incubating...
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    Catatonic Chicks

    UPDATE 6/15/2024 Thank you to everyone who has tried to help me with this problem with my chicks. Unfortunately, as of this morning, all but one of the chicks have died. I feel so sorry for the one remaining. He’s really stressed out since he lost all of his mates and just runs back and...
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    Catatonic Chicks

    The vet needed at least a teaspoon of poop to send to a lab. Didn’t have that much and it’s a 70 mile round trip so I’m not likely to get that done. I’m inclined to just start them on Corid.
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    Catatonic Chicks

    No blood, just watery brown poop. Have decided to go home to get fecal samples and take to the vet. Going to get something for coccidiosis, too, just in case.
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    Catatonic Chicks

    Thank you. Seeing the watery poop this time makes me wonder if it could be coccidiosis. I’m on my way to town and wish I would have thought to get a sample of the poop to take to the vet to check.
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    Catatonic Chicks

    I just went to check on them and they’re moving around, but I just noticed what looks like watery poop under them. Now what? @Wyorp Rock - The vet needed a tsp of poop to send to a lab and I didn’t have that much. I’m inclined to just start them on Corid. Thoughts?
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    Catatonic Chicks

    I have the strangest thing going on with a batch of chicks I just hatched a week ago in my incubator. After they hatched and dried till fluffy, I put them in the brooder box in the coop (see pic) with a warming shelf that I’ve used many times without any problems. After a couple of days in the...
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    Reproductive Tract Impaction

    Yes, but I buy in bulk and have lost the nutrition tag, but I do recall it looks very good and I trust the producer. He locally sources all his ingredients and is very picky about what he puts in his feeds. I feed them the dry layer pellets from my supplier.
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    Pasty white green chicken poop

    Thank you so much!
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    Reproductive Tract Impaction

    She’s a barnyard cross between a Buff Orpington roo and a Speckled Sussex hen and is 1-2 yo. Her diet is a locally made, non-gmo, layer pellet that has a well-balanced blend of grains, peas, and alfalfa (I think). The company that makes it has an excellent reputation for their animal feeds...
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    Reproductive Tract Impaction

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    Pasty white green chicken poop

    That’s a beautiful coop! Great space!
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    Pasty white green chicken poop

    @Wyorp Rock I’m just finding this thread and appreciate your advice. I have a sweet Barred Rock that seems to be going through this same thing and I need to find her some help. I don’t have a vet around here that can deal with poultry so I’m on my own. The only Corid I can find is a 9.6%...
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    Reproductive Tract Impaction

    Last year I lost a Buff Orpington due to a strange blockage in her reproductive tract. She had become lethargic, stopped eating, and lost a lot of weight. I couldn’t figure out what was wrong with her and then thought maybe she was egg-bound. She was so weak that when I tried to examine her...
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    Four Month Old Rooster Can’t Walk, Legs Extended in Front of Him

    I’m having a very similar problem with a 6 week old chick. my chickens are free range and his mom abandoned him and his one remaining sibling at 4 weeks. He and his sibling stay together and the sibling is fine, but last night I noticed my cockerel having balance issues and today he’s having a...
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    Fighting Roos

    Thank you, that’s encouraging. I‘m going to try to re-home the other two roos with the hope that it will resolve the issue and DJ can be restored as flock leader.
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    Fighting Roos

    I have 3 roos and 21 hens. The roos are: DJ (Buff Orpington), Rusty (Beilafelder), and Goose (Buff Brahma). They’re all the same age, about 3 yo, with DJ just 4-6 months older. I got DJ at 4 months old and hand raised the other two from chicks. DJ has been the dominate male and, while he...
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    Limp Comb & Soft Crop

    Thank you ❤️
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