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  1. Sparrow-Song

    Eggbound Hen Trying to Lay Huge Egg, 30 Min So Far, How Can I Help Her Move It?

    My 3 year old Olive Egger, Oliver, (hen) has been isolated trying to lay what must be a giant egg (I’m praying it’s not a lash egg!) and finally today when I thought she might be dying she is giving it her all and I am seeing her vent expand. However the egg looks to be sitting way down below...
  2. C

    Vent gleet, yeast infection, hard swollen abdomen, straining, lethargic

    History My two year old ISA Brown hen, Candy, has had persistent vent gleet for a few months. Other than a messy bum and slightly thin egg shells, she was acting normal. I added acidified copper sulfate to her water, bathed her, and gave probiotics last month, but the vent gleet continued...
  3. Papaye

    Female duck can not walk anymore

    Hello. One of my one-year-old female Indian Runner duck has not been able to walk anymore since this morning at least. Here she is : (Her name is Daphnée.) What happened is... ...3-days-ago, I noticed Daphnée had very slightly ruffled feathers. I found it to be weird and tought she was...
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    • epsom salt indian runner paralysed
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    • Forum: Ducks
  4. Elspeth Dinsmore

    Caring for Salmon Faverolles with Chronic Bumblefoot | A Journal with Pictures

    ┈┉━⊰ Faverolles with Bumblefoot ⊱━┉┈ For those of you that are looking through this thread and would like to read the updates quickly, here is a list: • Update #1 • Update #2 • Update #3 • Update #4 • Update #5 • Update #6 • Update #7 • Update #8 • Update #9 • Update #10 • Update #11 ⊰∘...
  5. buffy-the-eggpile-layer

    Never-ending Battle with Low-grade Bumblefoot

    My almost 2 y/o GLW is prone to annual bouts of bumblefoot, usually beginning in the winter of each year. Last winter we didn't catch it until it had severely progressed (we were new to chicken-keeping and didn't even know what bumblefoot was at the time). Luckily, a vet ended up performing...
  6. C

    Bumble foot that won't go away

    My polish hen is about three years old and has bumble foot. She weighs around 5 pounds maybe even less and we've been treating her with oral amoxicillin, epsom salt soak, betadine soak, and antibiotic creams. She does not have a black scab anymore and we've popped some of the infection out. It's...
  7. Hentooth

    Mystery hen..

    So yesterday my neighbour turns up at my door with an injured, skinny, sorry looking hen.. she’d been for a walk in the forest and found her (it’s England and raining and 11 degrees in the day) so she was pretty beat up.. she looked like she’d been out there a while, boney and flat crop.. and...
  8. lazy gardener

    Can pre-treatment improve germination and early plant growth?

    In the wee hours this morning when I should have been sleeping, I decided to do an experiment with my next seeding: I will plant several different types of seeds, using 4 different methods. Control group: planted in the typical fashion. Pre moistened Pro-mix, seeds planted dry, and tended...
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    • epsom salt gardening germination hydrogen peroxide pre-soak scarify seeds
    • Replies: 6
    • Forum: Gardening
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