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It was possibly an ovarian tumor as chickens, not being mammals, don't have mammaries. Mareks will cause tumors throughout the body. Sometimes they localize around the reproductive system. I would suspect normal cancer had the bird not experienced blindness and difficulty walking yesterday...

Ahhh then it was Mareks. I'm so very sorry, but I'm glad that you have a definite answer. Note that it spreads through feather dander so, again, you'll want to vaccinate against it if you have your own chicks, and buy vaccinated birds. that doesn't mean a Marek's infection won't happen, but...

Quote: You'll want to check her pupils using light to see if her pupils dilate and contract normally. Cover one eye, cover it for quite a few seconds, then uncover it watching the pupil carefully. The pupil should be large and then shrink. If it doesn't do that after a couple of times...

Quote: It depends on how you give it. If you force feed it into the mouth opening, yes - aspiration is a risk. If you put it into/onto the side of their beak opening and they can tongue it back, then they swallow it themselves. The key is feel - how fast you do it, as well as moisture. If...

OK trying to add information in spots here. First, bird digestive tracts are quite different from the design of a human one. You do want to let it rest via no big diet changes, easily digested and dissolved foods (i.e. her pellets, crumbled in the blender for the mean time), and because bird...

Quote: You can drown her yes. I'll post more in a sec after i read more, but wanted to post this asap.