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    I thought it was Bumblefoot but it isn't

    Ok thanks. I do use lots of Triple Antibiotic ointment. I unwrapped her foot the other day and a light scab had formed so I think she'll be ok. I rewrapped the foot because it's a thin scab and I don't want it punctured but I think I'll let her go cast free by Thursday
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    I thought it was Bumblefoot but it isn't

    My hen, a five year old Black Australorp, has had Bumblefoot before, a few years ago and I treated and dealt with it and she got better. Still a dark scab always remained on her feet. The other day I noticed her limping a little so I checked her feet and one of them had a bigger pad than...
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    Looking for help diagnosing chicken ailment. Was not ascites

    ok I guess that makes sense, that the ugly color was some of the bile. It just seemed like there was also blood once it settled out...and idk why I couldn't seem to draw any of the liquid out. With liver failure that bad I guess there wasn't anything much I could do for her. She was not very...
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    Looking for help diagnosing chicken ailment. Was not ascites

    You're right of course...that necropsy would have held answers... I have done necropsy before...it's very hard for me to bring myself to do...I will try to be stronger next time
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    Looking for help diagnosing chicken ailment. Was not ascites

    I'm vaguely familiar but I will do more research on this, thank you. I've seen salpingitis and ascites from liver failure in necropsies I've done, but egg peritonitis is something new for me
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    Looking for help diagnosing chicken ailment. Was not ascites

    Like salpingitis?
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    Looking for help diagnosing chicken ailment. Was not ascites

    I made a post here last week about my hen having a swollen abdomen and seeking help on how to drain her. Well I bought the syringe and I was ready to drain her but it didn't work. I was on her right side, three inches down from vent and two inches to her right and I went to put the needle in and...
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    Ascites, need information on where to put the needle to drain

    thank you
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    Ascites, need information on where to put the needle to drain

    Hello, I have a hen with a swollen abdomen. She is not egg bound, I have checked. She is obviously feeling very bad, tail down and will not eat. It seems like she is breathing a little heavy like the fluid is pressing on her lungs. I have previously just put chickens down when I see this but I...
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    Wanting to know dosage for oxytetracycline for a hen

    I didn't take a photo : ( I probably should have. Here is a drawing I did of what it looked like. It was all white. At first I thought it was just some doo doo in the nest till I looked closer. I really wish I had access to other antibiotics but the government has made life hard. The only...
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    Wanting to know dosage for oxytetracycline for a hen

    Hello! A few days ago I found an odd, oblong shaped mass in my chicken nesting boxes. It didn't look like a lash egg like I've seen before (during necropsy) but it was very suspicious, white, had little lumps, and was firm. I have tried to guess which hen it might have been (which is a little...
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    Hen acting constipated? Maybe?

    She's got the little chicks, so she won't be laying till a month from now, at least. So I don't think it has anything to do with eggs, her body isn't making eggs rn. I am thinking of de-worming her tho, just because I can. Maybe I will do the calcium as well, just because I can.
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    Hen acting constipated? Maybe?

    I noticed a few months ago that my hen, Noogie, was doing a weird little dance at times. She will squat, with neck outstretched and then turn furiously in a circle. It happens very quickly and then it's over, which makes it hard for me to catch a photo. She is an older hen, over 6 years old now...
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    Checking-In On Peeps - Post Here To Say Hello!

    Hi! Right now I'm glad to say that the ladies are doing really well!! I gave one of my oldest ladies (6 years old now!!) Some eggs from a neighbor to set on and she hatched them and is bobbing around with her little chicks. The chicks are Golden Comet and New Hampshire mix which is a new breed...
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    Thinking about heating my chicken house

    thanks for sharing your experience!
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    Thinking about heating my chicken house

    Thank you for sharing your thoughts. From what everyone is saying, looks like I need to open their ceiling vents above the roosts. So I will do that now. I hear what people are saying about how the birds will survive...but I don't like them to be stressed out under the cold weather. I'm not...
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    Thinking about heating my chicken house

    A bunch of different ladies. Bantam, RIR, Australorp, Orpington, Ameraucana, Wyandotte
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    Thinking about heating my chicken house

    thanks for that info and link!
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    Thinking about heating my chicken house

    Right now yeah, because they're only in there at night when they sleep. Last year I didn't have the window insulated and closed with foam so this year when it does get real cold and snowy enough that they have to stay in their house during the day I will probably have to crack open one of their...
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    Thinking about heating my chicken house

    I know a lot of people are against heating a chicken house or coop and say they don't need it, it's too dangerous ect. But I live in Northern Arkansas US and last year it got down to -3 F. I'm not comfortable with having my chickens go through that again. Previous years I've hauled hot rocks...
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