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    Mange

    Thank you! That’s a relief! No other livestock but we do have an apiary. It must have died today because it hadn’t stiffened up yet when we found it, so hopefully rodents didn’t have the chance to get to it yet. I did use a propane flame weeder around the area, the perimeter of the coop as...
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    Mange

    Yesterday 2 of my chickens freaked out and wouldn’t go in the coop at bed time. I thought it strange but put them to bed and moved on. Tonight the 2 did the same thing and luckily my husband decided to investigate and found a dead fox under the bridge from the coop to the run and it has mange! I...
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    Vent gleet?

    Hi all, Does this look like vent gleet? She’s eating/drinking/laying normal. I haven’t fed anything high in moisture in a week. I have them watermelon last week because of the heat. I already washed her bum once but it’s soiled again. At one point I thought I saw liquid drip out of her vent-...
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    Needle advise- Water belly

    I used 18g 1/2 inch. And no it doesn’t need pinched. Make sure to insert the needle on her right side. Go down from the vent and over a little. It should draw easily (if it doesn’t and resists, I would advise to wait to try again with a new needle in a few days. You want to avoid reinserting the...
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    Needle advise- Water belly

    Aw I’m sorry to hear your duck has it as well. She ended up getting worse- wouldn’t leave the roost bar, wasn’t eating and drinking minimally. She started standing in the corner all day. I started her on antibiotics I had from previous visits as a Hail Mary but I knew she was on her way out...
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    Needle advise- Water belly

    Update: It’s been a few years and I’ve successful drained this hen several times. 10 days ago I drained her and removed 60ml of fluid. I waited 2 days before draining another 60ml as not to shock her by removing too much at once.the fluid was much more yellow than ever- almost the color of...
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    Hatching chicks with a broody hen.

    I was considering letting my broody hatch eggs as well which would be a first for both of us. My nest boxes are roughly 2 feet off the ground. Would that be too risky to let broody raise them there? Also, once the eggs hatch- do I let the babies roam around with my other adult hens? Or do they...
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    Bloody droppings- help

    Thank you! I’ll try to identify who it is. Oddly enough, there’s no bloody droppings in the run
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    Bloody droppings- help

    These chickens keep me on my toes! I found some blood spatter on the lower roost bar a few nights ago but thought maybe a pin feather was pecked. I’m not certain which bird it came from but believe it’s one of my 1.5 year olds. Today I found bloody droppings. Everyone seems fine (everyone...
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    Building a coop/run for blind chicken

    I know this thread is a bit older, but I was wondering what happened after the chickens pecked her in the eye... Did her eye(s) happen to shrivel up? I have one that was blind and pecked in the eye. It turned completely black and now it's shriveling up. I don't know if I should take her to the...
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    Blind chicken- can eyes rot away?

    @Wyorp Rock thoughts?
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    Blind chicken- can eyes rot away?

    Does a ruptured eye typically need to be removed?
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    Blind chicken- can eyes rot away?

    Here are progressive photos of her eye. It was all black and seemed “fine” until recently where it’s now shriveling up
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    Blind chicken- can eyes rot away?

    Yes I rinsed it and used an eye ointment while it was injured (I can’t remember the name of it but it was prescribed by the vet.) Since it dries up, I assume I don’t need to take her to the vet to have it removed?
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    Blind chicken- can eyes rot away?

    Hello! My 4.5 year old Maran has had an ongoing eye issue. It started with a slight change in shape of her eyeball and her iris got bigger. She is clearly blind in that eye. She also has waterbelly and we drain as needed. Vet said it’s probably a tumor or cancer pressing on her eye. A few days...
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