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  1. Eggcessive

    Prolapsed vent on chick? Help!

    I would not try to push the prolapse back, since it should go back in on it’s own once the chick is pooping okay. I would offer some chilled coconut oil 1 tsp cut into small pieces to peck. Mineral oil or olive oil added ro a little moisted chick feed or egg is a good substitute. Pasty butt is...
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    New Ckn mom, help

    It doesn’t look like fowl pox to me, but maybe healing peck wounds which can turn from black to tan to white as they heal.
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    Egg - pimple and fading colour Isa Brown hen - Is this a sign of reproductive issues to come?

    She may have a defective shell gland in her oviduct, but stress and infectious bronchitis in the past can affect egg shells. Here is some reading about the reasons for many egg shell problems in chickens: https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/common-egg-quality-problems.65923/ You could...
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    Hen sitting/walking on hocks

    I would give her the super B complex for a few weeks, and I hope that it helps. It could be riboflavin deficiency, or an injury, and Mareks can sometimes cause this at her age. Make sure that she can reach her food. Sometimes the other birds will pick on a hen with leg problems, so keep an eye...
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    Help

    With lameness and a drooping wing, Mareks disease is something we would worry about, but in the meantime, make sure that she is drinking some fluids, especially some electrolytes for a couple of days. Offer some mushy water chicken feed and a little cooked egg with it. Poultry NutriDrench 2 ml...
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    Hen injured in fox(?) attack - can't move properly

    I am very sorry for your loss.
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    Silkie chicken head twisting back and fourth

    That is neurological in origin, maybe a tick of some sort or seizure. It maybe from something that has affected her brain. I wouldn’t worry about it too much. Sometimes vitamin E 400 IU and a small amount of egg yolk daily can be used to treat neurological symptoms, especially wry neck, if you...
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    1 month old chick with swollen eye

    Are they only with other chicks their age or could an older chicken have pecked them? Can you open the eyes and look for any bubbles or foam in the eyes? Do you have any pictures? It could be from a respiratory infection or disease, such as mycoplasma gallisepticum (MG.) Have you ever dealt with...
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    Gas, So Much Gas & Slow Emptying Crop

    What is your location? Can you get Panacur or SafeGuard, or Albendazole where you live? Levamisole may be a little harder on the system. Do you have the product label and ingredients to post a picture here? If you use fenbendazole 10% SafeGuard or Panacur 1/4 ml per pound of weight or...
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    Guidance needed: black color in wound

    I don’t know if it is getting necrotic but I would gently clean it twice a day with saline, and keep it from drying out by applying the Neosporin which should promote healing. Sometimes certain things can prevent healing if used too long. Initially, I recomend using a disinfectant such as...
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    Whats toxic worm overload??

    Yellow or cream colored urates in poop can be a sign of egg yolk peritonitis and water belly. I had recommended worming your older hen with fenbendazole or even albendazole just to rule out worms. It sounds like the hen in this thread below is having digestive and crop issues related to her...
  12. Eggcessive

    Digestive Enzymes Ingredients Advice - HELP PLEASE! GENTIAN, BENZOATES...

    I don’t know anything about that product or if it is safe.
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    Canker or Fowl Pox???

    Do you smell a bad odor from her beak? Have you seen any dry fowl pox scabs on her or your other chickens? It may be canker (trichomoniasis protozoan infection) if it smells bad. That can invade the tongue, cheeks, throat, esophagus, and crop wall, and block the airway. Wet fowl pox may look...
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    Chickens attacked , killed and mauled by neighbors dog-

    I have worked in hospitals in the past and used a lot of silvadene cream on burns in children who underwent burn treatment for weeks and months. Most any medication or cream/ointment may have detrimental side effects if a huge amount is used over a long period. That includes Betadine, Neosporin/...
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    Guidance needed: black color in wound

    I think that using saline or a wound spray would be more gentle on a wound. The Dawn water may be irritating the tissue. If there is any sign of infection, I would use Hibiclens/chlorhexidene and a little water or weak Betadine/EquateFirst Aid Solution at Walmart, but saline works well for...
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    Treating a 5-wk chick for Coccidiosis

    A lot of people report that chickens can have a slow squishy crop when they are suffering from coccidiosis because the intestines are not working well and digestion is slowed. I also have found that true In broody hens.
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    Help with Eye Ailment

    When my hen got pecked in the eye, I used plain Neosporin/triple antibiotic ointment in the eye twice a day to help prevent infection. You can buy that or Polysporin eye drops without a prescription. Since Terramycin is now prescription in many places, that is a good replacement.
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    pink belly? no feathers on the abdomen of 5yo hen

    Make sure they are drinking well, since a droopy comb can be from dehydration. DE is not a wormer. Once it gets wet when eaten it is worthless. You would have better results worming with something like fenbendazole 10% (safeguard or panacur) 1.25 ml orally and repeat in 10 days.
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    Treating a 5-wk chick for Coccidiosis

    Oh yes, and do not massage a crop if it is squishy, since that can force liquid back up into the airway and could cause choking. It is okay to massage an impacted firm crop.
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    Treating a 5-wk chick for Coccidiosis

    You can give the Corid at that dose for 5-7 days and also give another 5 days at 1/4 th of that dose. Recovery and normal droppings probably depends on how sick she is and how much damage may have been done to her intestines. Drench dosage is 0.1 ml per pound of the undiluted Corid given once a...
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