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I have a small breed chicken named "Petunia" that has had a lump for a long time that appears to be in an air sac on the side, below the crop. I did some calculations and the volume is approximately ≈25cm³/≈1.5in³ or a little less. But I'm not sure what really is, although it...
Hi all, I am a new chicken keeper and one of my silkie hens got sick. We had two from our original flock killed by hawks, and so we ended up getting better security and got 2 fully feathered young chickens to add to our 2 remaining silkies. About 2 weeks after adding them, I think the stress of...
I have a silkie rooster who has a respiratory illness. He is very crackly and congested. I tried Baytril Injections 2.27 at 0.3 ml once a day. After 4 or 5 days I tried .5 ml twice a day for 3 days. Nothing changed in his condition at all. I gave him some probiotics for a few days and then...
I have noticed one of my RI Reds has been not acting herself lately, maybe for a little over a week. She stays in a nest box in the coop all day, and when I open the top to check on her she puffs up at me almost like she is broody (but she doesn’t ever sit on eggs). But instead of a clear...