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    vet thinks our house chicken has merek's. but how would she have gotten it?

    thank you. I've had one visitor who used to have chickens but they never came inside the house. the closest neighbor with chickens is probably at least half a mile away. they come over and chat in the driveway sometimes but that's it.
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    vet thinks our house chicken has merek's. but how would she have gotten it?

    well that's depressing. thank you for your input though.
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    vet thinks our house chicken has merek's. but how would she have gotten it?

    our house chicken has been declining in health recently and i contacted our vet who said that his main suspect is merek's. our chicken shows most of the neurological symptoms. she's a bit over a year and a half old. her hatchday is june 10th of 2023. my main question/confusion is how would she...
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    eating eggs from a chicken being treated with meloxicam indefinitely?

    yeah that thought crossed my mind, only problem is she has a habit of eating her eggs and i don't want to encourage that. we used to give her a tiny portion of scrambled egg daily, and at that time she would try to eat her egg the second it hit the hay. a couple weeks after we stopped giving her...
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    eating eggs from a chicken being treated with meloxicam indefinitely?

    I'm the guy who has the hen with the swollen oviduct. our vet says she may need to be on the meloxicam indefinitely and of course, i didn't think to ask about eating her eggs. she still lays every two days or so. she's doing so much better after taking the enrofloxacin and being on the...
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    my hen has a swollen oviduct

    thank you for this information. she's still young, only 1.5 years old, so i think i feel comfortable just waiting about a month before eating her eggs again. she's our best producer and everyone's favorite hen. i might have to look into hormone implants some more. our vet did mention it as an...
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    my hen has a swollen oviduct

    yes i am
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    my hen has a swollen oviduct

    alright thank you. sorry i might've misunderstood the vet. when he said "buildup of egg material" i took that as basically egg white and yolk just sitting in her oviduct. he didn't mention anything about an infection/lash material. could he have meant lash material instead? sorry I'm not good at...
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    my hen has a swollen oviduct

    thank you. I don't think it's lash egg material as she lays normal eggs every few days. and after the x-ray, the vet said it's most likely buildup of egg material without the shell. so basically just shelless eggs being formed but not expelled. i will wait at least a month then to eat any...
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    my hen has a swollen oviduct

    thank you for this information, i appreciate it. I'll call my vet to see what they say about the enrofloxacin withdrawal period. it's just strange because she isn't a high production breed, she's a mutt so i just call her an easter egger as she lays bluish/greenish eggs and has fluffy cheeks...
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    my hen has a swollen oviduct

    we went to the vet yesterday where they did x-rays and determined that her oviduct is swollen and pushing on some of her other organs, causing all the symptoms we were seeing. she's been prescribed an antibiotic and an anti-inflammatory, but it might not resolve itself without surgery or...
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    chicken occasionally unsteady on her feet. 1.5 years old

    update: after giving her two nights on the poultry cell, setting up a humidifier and small, gentle fan, feeding her pellets mixed with water, and giving her lots of love, she seems to be feeling a bit better. she laid another egg today and has been more interested in food than she's been in the...
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    chicken occasionally unsteady on her feet. 1.5 years old

    thank you. her ears look good to me. no swelling, no redness, no crustiness, oozing, or pus. we're on well water and it's been tested. we have a whole house filter but I can't remember exactly what it targets. we use regular tap water. i believe the well is around 30-35 years old. sorry if I'm...
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    chicken occasionally unsteady on her feet. 1.5 years old

    she hasn't shown any signs of molting. sure she'll lose a small feather every couple of weeks but nothing catastrophic. i appreciate your input though.
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    chicken occasionally unsteady on her feet. 1.5 years old

    I'm sorry I forgot to mention. she's an indoor chicken so she lives in the house. we keep her space as clean as possible, usually changing out her hay multiple times a week. if it matters, i live in Maine, in the US. it's been very cold (-10 or so fahrenheit) at night and usually getting just to...
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