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  1. Veggie4life55

    Upper Resp/ Gapeworm ? Medication interaction question

    Everyone else was saying once a day orally ... I haven't heard anywhere else 3x a day ... now I'm confused ... Do u mean once a day for 3 days or 3x a day ? Thank s just making sure ... cause three times a day would be a lot ! Lol
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    Upper Resp/ Gapeworm ? Medication interaction question

    I got the wrong one I meant to get the Tylan 200 :( ... now I have to go back to the store ... the 1/2cc is for the Tylan 200 right ? Once a day ...? Thanks for replying
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    Upper Resp/ Gapeworm ? Medication interaction question

    I have a rooster who has had Respiratory issues for the last two weeks and had been crowing weirdly beforehand and I wasn't sure why but probably should have caught it sooner... anyways ... I treated him with the antibiotics But not sure if the dose was enough. It was left over from our last hen...
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    Help! Hen abandoned hatching chicks!

    Sry I meant to post pics the first time.. I went back and edited them and added them :) Thanks again
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    Help! Hen abandoned hatching chicks!

    Just an update incase anyone was wondering... ( I hate wondering if eggs hatched or if a chicken or chick made it... so) The chick I helped hatch and got info for here is doing well... He took a couple of days to walk and every once in a while he still stumbles... But he is starting to run...
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    Help! Hen abandoned hatching chicks!

    Yeah I have brought the eggs in. Going to try to warm them and see what happens..
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    Help! Hen abandoned hatching chicks!

    Sry 1st egg pic I am assuming they are blood rings? The 2nd egg pic I have two that look solid... But momma left them cold...
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    Help! Hen abandoned hatching chicks!

    Two of the eggs I can clearly see liquid move when i tilt them, 3 have something but just in one end of the egg... They all end about the same place maybe 1/4 to 1/3 of the way into the egg, I am assuming they are blood rings. Then two are full... Im not sure if the chicks are alive in them...
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    Help! Hen abandoned hatching chicks!

    He does have heat .. its at about 97F right now... and his egg i had warm damp paper towels around as well.. He was just born... I believe he had already used the bathroom in his shell though.. Does that run any risk.. I remember reading about it but I don't remember exactly what it said.. He...
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    Help! Hen abandoned hatching chicks!

    I keep chipping away at the shell... and then I wait a little while and go back and chip some more... I haven't seen any blood... or blood vessels... But I am so nervous about hurting him... So I have been trying to leave it to him..
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    Help! Hen abandoned hatching chicks!

    I brought the chick in right after I sent the first message.. She had left him again .. The membrane was why I took a pic at that angle i was hoping someone would mention it.. I have been wetting the membrane down since I brought him in though... Thats what i have been worried about since...
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    Help! Hen abandoned hatching chicks!

    I to have a broody who has been hatching eggs for about 4 days... maybe 5... its chilly here outside the last few days.. She has decided even though there is one with a pip hole but no unzipping, to leave the next with her 5 chicks. I also found one chick still in half an egg bled out and...
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    I'm confussed..& need help....Sick hen swollen belly, not egg bound

    Yeah it is really hard to find an Avian vet.. We r very lucky that we have one that actually also is a big part of the WV Raptor Rehab and also is one of the vets( or used to be I don't know if he still is) for the Aviary in Pittsburgh .PA .. We have 1 other vet that seen 1 once and a farm...
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    Old bantam getting very sick

    Our vet normally gives is baytril antibiotics but I can't remember if we had it for sour crop to or not ... And hydration in important our vet normally gives sub Q fluids... Since nothing is going down ... Our chickens love grapes, blueberries, spinach, scrambled eggs, yogurt, warm cooked...
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    I'm confussed..& need help....Sick hen swollen belly, not egg bound

    Forgot to mention our vet told us draining to much fluid off at once can cause an upset in electrolytes... So just watch how much fluid is drained and if she seems weak make sure she gets some electrolytes and food into her quickly ... And even if she doesn't it's a good idea for her to have...
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    Pimples, growths, fungus? Favus, Pox? Pics included

    Yeah I will try to get some pics of his feet... He had leg surgery a few years ago... His legs have always looked like he could have the start of scaly leg mites since that surgery but have never changed past having the initial look of having the raised scale look .. No growths or weird crusts...
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    Need help diagnosing/fixing sick chicken with flystrike. What caused this? *GRAPHIC PICS*

    We have had chickens attacked by raccoons and tore open pretty good. We took them to an older fashioned vet which is before we found our avian vet ... But the farm vet cleaned the edges, sutured, and cleaned everything and then had us fill the other holes with Neosporin ( not the off brand or...
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    I'm confussed..& need help....Sick hen swollen belly, not egg bound

    I didn't read through all the posts so sry if someone has mentioned this before... We have an Avian vet and have had two of our hens in the past seen for internal laying... Which isn't really egg bound ... But being egg bound can be the first sign of internal laying... But it's when something...
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    I can see food through my chick's skin...

    I can't really tell by the picture ... If it's on the chicks back right above the wing joint it could be a busted air sack ... You can see through the skin a little when this happens and it can heal on its own ... Chickens dont breath the same way we do the have several air sacks that fill with...
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    Old bantam getting very sick

    Nystatin is a fungal med a vet can give you . it works really well. We normally get nystatin, pour out some of the liquid in the crop, give the nystatin and a light crop massage stroking softly. We also feed raw eggs that can sometimes seep past the blockage and no sugar added full fat...
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