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    Red Mites???

    if you have red mite they will be in the coop, they come out at night to feed then hide in cracks and crevices in the coop usually not on the chicken. Try checking in cracks and at the end of perches etc when its dark run a piece of tissue under roosts if you get red spots on it its red mite. i...
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    swollen shut eyes, and foul smelling, running nose. Update post *50

    That's so sad:hit Good luck with rebuilding your flock xx
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    Oh Lordy No!!! Our flock is sick - with WHAT?!?

    Quote: i lost 3 chickens and a duck to E coli last week,killed them within 12 hours all on a 7 day course of oral septrin, no more deaths and everyone seems happy Did the vet diagnose it? I SLEEP with my fingers crossed. I've lost 4 or 5 to it the past few months. The vet told me the...
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    Necropsy experience?

    It just cost me about £160 to have one done in the UK and we can't buy over medication over the counter
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    Oh Lordy No!!! Our flock is sick - with WHAT?!?

    Quote: i lost 3 chickens and a duck to E coli last week,killed them within 12 hours all on a 7 day course of oral septrin, no more deaths and everyone seems happy
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    Egg withdraw for Septrin

    Thanks everyone no eggs for a few weeks then:( The symptoms came on really fast ; in a few hours; swollen eyes, trouble breathing, diarrhea (white), it just seemed to attack everything at once or cause lots of symptoms the one died within 12 hours, Looked like a respiratory illness to be fair...
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    Egg withdraw for Septrin

    My chickens are on a 7 day course of Septrin, as we had a a 3 chickens and one duck die. They were on a 5 day course of Baytril and Panacur immediatley before this as the vet didn't know what was wrong before tests came back so was covering all bases. (we had gape worm too caught from earth...
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    help 3 chickens dead in the last 4 days !!

    No , no new chickens. Vet phoned and is sending off samples today. Said it's some sort of bacterial infection but won't commit to anything till the results are back. She says what ever it is it's acute and the hen had no white blood cells which apparently means she had no way of fighting it off...
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    sudden death to much loved pet.

    I know what your going through i've lost 3 chickens this week, who were seemed fine before. And one of my ducks i raised from 4 weeks died in the night. The remaining one has done nothing but caal for it all day. It's heartbreaking to watch and hear.
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    help 3 chickens dead in the last 4 days !!

    Sorry your're going through the same thing:hugs The vets prescibed panacur for all chickens. Had one of my two ducks start wheezing on Saturday vet prescibed panacur , it died in the night:( I just hope i don't lose any more as i don't think i can cope with any more upset.
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    Sick, coughing, squishy cropped hen. Please advise.

    sounds like mine this week have lost 3 birds this week all seemed fine one day next day bloody mucus from nose gasping for air. Autosy back today Gape Worm apparently had got into trachea and they suffocated. Wormer i was using Vermex doesn't kill it. Just a thought, hope everything works out.
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    help 3 chickens dead in the last 4 days !!

    So far we got Gape Worm, blood in lungs and a worm that turkeys carry ,cecal worm ( Odd we have no turkeys and she was hatched by us and never left the premises) vet thinks earth worms may be main source of infection. Or a hen we rescued over the summer. She prescibed panacur wormer and advised...
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    Respiratory infection?

    might be gape worm , if left untreated it can be fatal.
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    sick hen

    i know how you feel lost 3 chickens in the last 4 days:( it's really hard when you try your best and they don't seem to respond. but you could try some tonic in her water or poultry spice might perk her up a bit. There are some good ideas on the net for different diets for chickens if poorly...
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    help 3 chickens dead in the last 4 days !!

    Thanks , vet is doing autopsy in the morning. it's a bit expensive but i thought it was worth it to find out exactly whats going on.
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    help 3 chickens dead in the last 4 days !!

    hi i have 3 seperate group layers, growers and 1 hen and chick. 1st hen and chick breathing difficulties/mucus nose last sat hen died suddenly sunday morn chick 10 weeks gave baytril 2nd hen 28 weeks ( hatched by me in incubator this easter) same symptoms but with swollen face. Took her to vet...
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    what age is a cockerel fertile?

    Hi all at what age is a cockerel fertile? my black orpington boys are 6 months and are really interrested in the older ladies. Would any eggs be fertile?
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