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    chick walking on hocks

    Did you give it vitamins?
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    Bumblefoot and...diarrhea?

    If she's very stressed you could put electrolites in the water for half the day, and plain fresh water the rest of the day. I have found that a curette like the one pictured below can help when cleaning out bumblefoot (I got one on amazon), it's like a tiny spoon and not sharp like a blade...
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    Bumblefoot and...diarrhea?

    It's possible it's stress. It does appear that there is more that needs to be cleaned out, in your pictures. What you are calling hard, dry matter, is probably pus. Chicken pus is more firm, kind of like cheese, and creamy pale yellow colored. The pus often will adhere to the tissue, so it...
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    Stinky Chicken

    Does she have any respiratory symptoms, sneezing, wheezing, coughing, any discharge from nares, eyes, beak? Look inside her beak for any plaques or lesions there. Some respiratory diseases can make them smell bad around the head/face. Are droppings normal, any sticking to feathers around the...
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    Splay Leg or Curled Toes in a 3 month old hen?

    I would try the vitamins. You can also use a chicken sling for periods, to help her stay upright, make it easier to eat, drink and poop, and let the legs rest. I'll post some examples below. Vitamin deficiencies can happen, and are reversible if treated soon enough. Leg paralysis can also...
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    Comb 12 week old pullet

    I agree, perfectly normal. Just looks like feather tufts on her ears, and the comb will brighten and redden as she sexually matures. Some birds have darker pigment in their skin that makes them darker as well, I have a couple that have dark gray combs due to breed.
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    Limping Rooster-foot looks fine

    You are correct, it's highly likely that it's a sprain or strain. It can sometimes take weeks to heal. I have a young hen right now in a separate run because of a young cockerel that sprained one of her legs. She's on her second week of separation and is improving, but still limping. Young...
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    chick walking on hocks

    These are baby chicks? How old? They should be in a brooder with a heat source, not with adult birds. They need a heat source for the first 5 weeks, they cannot regulate their body temperature. They also may be getting kept from feed by the adult birds. Maybe from water as well. I can't...
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    Dose question

    I wonder if she's been roosting with that resting on the shelf and it's from rubbing or pressure. If you don't see improvement with the Schrieners then I would switch to a plain triple antibiotic ointment (any pharmacy in the first aid section). The amoxicillin will hopefully get it cleared...
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    Chickens and turkey attacked

    General wound care is to flush wounds (except eyes) with chlorhexidine (hibiclens), sterile saline, or plain, mild soapy water. Then apply plain triple antibiotic ointment to wounds to keep them covered in it and moist. Usually no bandages or dressings are used, it's better to leave them open...
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    One swollen eyelid

    You popped this before? How, and what came out of it?
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    What am I doing wrong? What do I need to change?

    Roosters do not always solve all problems. Depends on the rooster, depends on the flock. And bringing a new one in now, that none of them know, is likely (more like guaranteed) to just cause more upheaval. It can take a flock a while to accept any new bird, and a rooster that is chasing them...
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    Splay Leg or Curled Toes in a 3 month old hen?

    Do you know what she was vaccinated for specifically? I would get her on some vitamins to start with, a B complex or Super B complex daily, human ones from any pharmacy are fine. Just put in her beak and push it back, she will swallow it. She may have internal issues causing absorption issues...
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    Brought her in to treat a wound and realized she can’t stand

    Was she sitting on eggs to hatch? I would do as you said and get her hydrated and start her on the vitamins. Try to get her eating. See what her droppings are looking like. Hopefully it's all nutritional and you can get her feeling better. I don't let mine sit in the hottest part of the...
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    Swollen foot

    Pictures would be very helpful.
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