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Hi all, I have a small flock of 14 hens and 1 rooster.
They are all coming 2 years old this spring.
They live in a large run (15x40) and free range about an hour in the evening when I can watch them. (We have so many predators).
One of my hens, a green queen, had egg yolk peritonitis 2 weeks ago.
I soaked her in Epsom salt baths every night, flushed her vent with Epsom salt water and gave her Amoxicillin 2x a day.
After 2 weeks she was totally back to normal except she started crowing in the morning.
I put her in a quarantine area in the run so she can get re-acclimated to the flock.
While I was setting her up in the run I noticed my white leghorn didn't look good.
So I brought her inside and it looks like she has the same thing.
I switched the flock to nature wise all flock 20 percent pellets and purina all flock 20 percent crumbles back in the fall when they were molting.
I alternate supplements in their water, one day they get acv and the next day they get the rooster booster vitamin electrolyte.
I've noticed my little white leghorn is laying huge eggs now and I feel bad for her.
Can this higher protein feed be causing the egg yolk peritonitis?
Any other idea what could be causing this?
Sorry for the long post
They are all coming 2 years old this spring.
They live in a large run (15x40) and free range about an hour in the evening when I can watch them. (We have so many predators).
One of my hens, a green queen, had egg yolk peritonitis 2 weeks ago.
I soaked her in Epsom salt baths every night, flushed her vent with Epsom salt water and gave her Amoxicillin 2x a day.
After 2 weeks she was totally back to normal except she started crowing in the morning.
I put her in a quarantine area in the run so she can get re-acclimated to the flock.
While I was setting her up in the run I noticed my white leghorn didn't look good.
So I brought her inside and it looks like she has the same thing.
I switched the flock to nature wise all flock 20 percent pellets and purina all flock 20 percent crumbles back in the fall when they were molting.
I alternate supplements in their water, one day they get acv and the next day they get the rooster booster vitamin electrolyte.
I've noticed my little white leghorn is laying huge eggs now and I feel bad for her.
Can this higher protein feed be causing the egg yolk peritonitis?
Any other idea what could be causing this?
Sorry for the long post
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