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I've been treating a broken leg for the last 2 weeks and have now come to believe the hen has Marek's (the 'limp' that caused her to break her leg in the first place). The break healed and I thought we were mending nicely, but her depression has worsened, I haven't been able to get her eating...

Old thread, but leaving this here because I just had to dose a single bird that is not eating/drinking on her own. The dose is 10mg/lb daily in divided doses (twice a day is fine). My 5-lb bird needs 50 mg daily. 1/4 tsp. powder is approx 66 mg tetracycline. I mixed 6 ml warm water to 1/4 tsp...

Sorry--had another emergency come up but this time with a family member. After further investigation this morning I believe it did drop into the abdomen :( I don't worm with metronidizole. But in cases of anorexic birds with diarrhea, previous fecals have revealed giardia or other micro bugs...

I beg to differ: my first internal layer/egg peritonitis was diagnosed at my avian vet, who showed me exactly what to feel for: a hard, 'shelf' that extends for several inches as if many eggs were all slammed together into a tube. What you are describing is also internal laying, but where the...

yes, I really felt an egg. By side eggs, I mean how they feel with internal layers---hard shell along the side of the abdomen.

Hi! Treated my second eggbound hen yesterday. She was droopy, penguin walking, not interested much in food or water, hiding, hanging back from flock. Found her at first sitting in bottom of coop. When I could get back to her a few hours later, brought her in for an exam. Nothing abnormal...

Yes, I read that post while looking for info on clearing her crop. She does not have trichomoniasis (canker) which is likely what was being treated with the monistat. I alternated between using olive oil and coconut oil (coconut is antifungal and antibacterial) for the crop massage.. Her crop...

Well, this is new so I thought I'd share with you all. Violet is an 18 month old hen who has had watery diarrhea for about 5-6 weeks. The first fecal showed no parasites, no protozoa. But the vet said to treat as a bacterial infection because of the extreme watery droppings and the fact her...

I had a bird that did this leg lift on and off for years. She came to me with a huge bumblefoot. Even after the bumble was gone she still did the leg lift bit at times.

wow, that article is amazing. I changed how I was tending the wound a few days ago--from keeping it tightly covered and full of neosporin to keeping an airy shirt over honey mixed with wound wash. Now she is forming scabs and it is looking better. The other way (really wet) was scary because of...

Giving this a bump~

lol-- meant 'broody' not 'busy'

This time of the year most hens are stopping laying in preparation for molting. Your broody hens will not lay, not sure when she will resume laying since I've never let a busy raise chicks before myself. Your new hens may take a couple weeks before they settle in and start laying for you. You...

Bought some cuticle scissors, tweezers, a cuticle clipper, a child sized t-shirt, small facial brush. Made some saline solution, added chlorhexidine gel wound wash and started to work. Got most of all the gauze out that had embedded, as well as any feathers that started growing in. The couple...

no ideas yet? got some bone scrapping to do. The only thing I've come up with is using a dental pick.

**WARNING! GRAPHIC PIC** I'm tending a wound from a hawk attack last week, flesh and bone was exposed. I followed the wonderful directions located here by Threehorses. I think the top of her oil glad was sheared off. The skin is trying to scab over the gland (I think) as the oily secretions...

Watch for flies, because there are different species of flies and some do eat healthy flesh. You want to get her in a dimly lite room to force her to stop egg production, so she can channel energy into healing. Keep her quiet tonight, and warm. She's likely in shock and too much interaction...

oh, bless you for this! I was coming up empty on youtube!

My 5 year old FAT black sex link's comb flopped over 2 days ago and her abdomen is more swollen than normal (a year ago I took her to the vet and he did not find fluid--he said she was just fat). It doesn't feel as soft as a water balloon, but it is very bloated and squishy. I do not feel an...

Delmar, Thanks--going to give this idea a try--I've had water for them in the shade but not any layer crumbles. Sounds like a good idea, since they aren't doing much ranging in this heat.