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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?

    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

    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

    hello. one of our chickens will occasionally (every 20-60 minutes) seem unbalanced on her feet. any other time she acts relatively normal, eating and drinking, but not really preening much and seems a bit lethargic. she also had incredibly watery poops yesterday (basically just pure water with a...
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    10 day old chick with soft bumps on head - Help!

    Short backstory: one of my mixed bantam hens hatched 4 chicks on 12/04, and one of them developed what look like little bubbles on its head. This chick's left wing also hasn't grown since it hatched, but I'm not as concerned about that since it acts like any other chick. The bumps are clear-ish...
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    Hi, I'm the mixedchickenguy

    I've had chickens my entire life; I grew up with them and they've been my companions and friends. I love the little creatures and I always want to learn more about them. I currently have around 22 chickens, my oldest being an ameraucana who is 13 years old. I also have 6 younger chickens who are...
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