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    Unbalanced Hen, trouble standing, Toe curling

    If it's not Marek's and she seems to be responding to the meds you gave her, perhaps give her a good blast of B vitamins to boot? They help with neuro issues as well. That could be a sciatic if it's just one leg curled. The massaging you are doing should do wonders. I'm glad to hear she's...
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    Hoping to save my hen💕

    If you cannot find a vet to prescribe baytril or amoxicillin over the phone, ask your primary care physician to get you some amoxicillin. It's the same stuff the vets prescribe. Baytril works the best for me, or Tylosin, but Amoxicillin is a broad spectrum bacterial anti-biotic used for...
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    Unbalanced Hen, trouble standing, Toe curling

    Do you happen to know if she was vaccined for Marek's disease? That definitely looks neurological which could be brought on by a few different viruses, Marek's being the one that first comes to mind seeing her on her side like that. I had a nasty spell of that from some rescue chix I brought in...
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    Hoping to save my hen💕

    Try Valley Vet out of Kansas, they have online store supplies for meds, or just Google the ones suggested and they'll pop up. In the meantime, get some apple cider vinegar and give her a couple of drops to clear out what sounds like major bacterial imbalance in her GI system. Stores like Chewy...
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    Hoping to save my hen💕

    Assume you're coming to this forum because you don't want the expense of taking your Chick to an avian vet? That said, being just a plain ol' chicken keeper for a few decades (not a doctor!), my observations from what you've said with gurgly crop, bubbly watery stool, lack of urates and feces...
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    Comment by 'ChickenBFF' in article 'Raising Chickens Within City Limits'

    Debbie292D We keep a couple dozen minimum chickens at our ranch and have done so for decades. Their coop is cleaned daily, if they stay in due to bad weather, it's cleaned twice a day. All shavings fully swept out & changed weekly, waterers and feeders scrubbed clean as needed if some chick...
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    Official BYC Poll: Do You Wear a Mask or Respirator When Cleaning Your Coop?

    The only time I wear a mask is when I tear down the coop.and nesting boxes for deep clean, spray for mites, or do a major shaving clean out to keep the dust out of my nose. My coop is cleaner than most people's homes. As far as handling my chickens,.no I don't wear a mask. I figure if I were...
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    Favus

    I have a hen who had this🖐. She responded to fluconazole, oral application. I ordered from All Bird Products. Check re weight and dosage. The over grown beak literally fell away and her face cleared up, feather regrowth etc., but she did have a small reoccurence. I also made a concoction of...
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