Hi. My chicken is a 4 month old Colombian rock cross. She was fine yesterday but today I found her hiding and lethargic. In this kind of a scenario I would assume is coccidious and treat with Corid. However when I picked her up, I accidentally tipped her and yellow drool dribbled out. That made...
Hi everyone I am new here and this is my first batch of chicks that are hatching. This one did take a while to hatch and now it appears to have herniated intestines? Anyone have any luck with this or is it better to euthanize? Any suggestions would be helpful. I don’t want this baby to suffer...
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As a fairly new chicken mom I’ve come across various bumps along the road. As these bump come along I’ve acquired a small kit of remedies (tylan, metronidazole, Vetrx) but I’m wondering what are your must haves to keep on hand at all times in case of an emergency?
I’m trying to...
I noticed my 18-week pullet standing fluffed up in the corner about 30 minutes ago in the typical "sick chicken" stance and shaking a little with her breaths. I brought her inside for a good once over -- no crop abnormalities, nothing around her vent, no signs of foot issues or visible wounds...
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I have a five-year-old hen who I just noticed at the beginning of this week was extremely thin and seemed to have an impacted crop. I treated the crop with olive oil and massages and the impaction seemed to clear. However, today when I was giving her a bath, I felt a hard, fist sized lump...
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My family is currently taking care of a chicken that lives with a friend of ours with about 6 other chickens. We are chicken sitting while they are away. The other day we found a really cute polish who was very limp and lethargic. I wasn't home at the time and I assumed my brother...
Can anyone please provide a list of essential items to have on hand for both general Muscovy health maintenance and emergency intervention such as vitamins, apple cider vinegar, calcium for egg-laying females, dewormer, charcoal, correct size tubing, etc. with appropriate dosing and anything...
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