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Despite our efforts, Tippy passed away this morning. At least her suffering is over.

Well, "Tippy" has been getting the royal treatment. She's been given dissolved b-complex, vitamin E, and Selenium. Her symptoms "come and go." We even had her standing in the kitchen, looking out the patio doors looking almost normal. She seemed to "sleep" a lot with her head upside down/chin up...

Thanks for all the support - that's what I like about this site She's a tough girl, I'll give her that. Found her struggling on the coop floor again this morning. She had sand pasting her eyes shut. Brought her in the house (she talked to me the whole way) and used a warm wet washcloth to...

Another egg today lying on the coop floor from her...even though she looks more pathetic today. I don't get it. DH had her out on the grass when I got home. She just laid there on her side most of the time, then she'd "snap out of it" and start eating grass and looking somewhat "with it." She...

Morning update - Just got in from tending the coop this morning & I can tell she didn't fly up to roost last night. She was laying on her side with her head flipped upside down (chin up)...thought she bit the bullet. But when all the other girls came running to greet me, she flopped up and tried...

Thanks kittymomma. I searched botulism in poultry and the symptoms sure are a close match. I keep my coop clean - with a sand floor that's sifted every day, stall dry, and wood shavings in nestboxes. The girls have been spending a lot of time in the woods - Lord knows what they are finding in...

I'm trying this here in hopes of getting some advice...tried the emergencies thread and am getting nowhere. ONe of my 6 month old RIR girls has been falling over, off balance, and literally acting drunk since yesterday afternoon. She's eating, drinking, roosting, pooing normal, but is not able...