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    Brahma barely walking, help needed

    Hens that are no longer laying should eat an all flock feed. When their calcium needs are greatly reduced due to no longer laying, the added calcium in layer feed can start to be hard on their kidneys. Kidney stones can result. The quivering symptoms may be the beginnings of wry neck. It won't...
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    New chicken mom - please help

    Epsom salts help neutralize yeast. I use a small plastic wash basin and put a few inches of warm water, a dash of dish soap and a half cup of Epsom salts in it. Then I back the chicken up to the wash tub and splash the water onto her butt. I keep splashing the water until the crud softens. Then...
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    Crop not completey empty in the morning

    What are the ages of these chickens? While young chickens should empty their crops completely overnight, older chickens often retain a small,hard lump of grit. This isn't yet a sign of a crop disorder, though. A chicken with a crop disorder will often feel lousy and behave unwell. They often...
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    New chicken mom - please help

    A yeasty crop is very uncomfortable. It's normal to see a chicken with this crop disorder move their head and neck in weird ways. Chickens that do not feel well will nap standing up during the day.
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    New chicken mom - please help

    Yes, absolutely give her the yogurt. But it will install good microbes in her gut, not cure the yeast. You will still need to treat with miconazole.
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    New chicken mom - please help

    Two symptoms you mentioned, the white poop and regurgitation from the crop, point to a yeast infection. It's not that simple, though. There is almost always something else going on when you run into a yeast infection in chickens. The fact that she's smaller tells us she is likely a failure to...
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    Scalped chicken/bloody vent

    Honestly, I have trouble judging two dimensional photos, and part of it is my eyes are aging far faster than the rest of me. Scrubbing the wounds each day will hasten the healing. When those wounds finally heal over with new skin, you will feel like you've won the Olympics. Do not give up. This...
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    6 day old chick

    She is likely very constipated from her crop down to the end. First check for pasty butt. This is a condition where a plug of poop forms at the anus, blocking the ability to expel poop. You need to clean the opening. Do it without rubbing too harshly as this tissue is extremely fragile. Then...
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    Quick question about miconazole dosage

    Don't fret about precise dosing. This is a safe med that has little risk of overdose. I dispense with measuring and simply pry open the beak and squirt in a mouth full like whipped cream. Or you can squirt about half an inch of cream onto your finger, pry open the beak, and wipe the cream off...
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    Scalped chicken/bloody vent

    Yes. Do this daily until she heals.
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    Scalped chicken/bloody vent

    If the scab has dissolved into a sort of jelly, then the Dawn has done its job. All that's left to do is to scrub it off of her butt.
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    Scalped chicken/bloody vent

    Coat the entire wound with the Dawn right out of the bottle. It will dissolve the scab into a gooey substance after about ten or fifteen minutes. Then pop her into the bath to soak for another ten minutes or so. The scab should be good and soft and easily scrubbed away. Do not worry if there's...
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    Sour crop causes a slow crop?

    The flush should be done before she eats so the crop is as empty as possible.
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    Scalped chicken/bloody vent

    The black stuff appears to be premature scabbing. It can harbor bacteria. It should come off. Here's what you can do to soften it so it will pull away easily. Take Dawn dish soap and use it full strength to cover the entire wound. Let it sit for ten or fifteen minutes, then give her another...
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    Sour crop causes a slow crop?

    Tube feeding a chicken is about the safest most fool-proof things a chicken keeper can do. There is pretty nearly nothing that can go wrong. Even a child can do it, and this past spring, two kids on this forum successfully saved the lives of several hens in their flock by tubing a life-saving...
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    Scalped chicken/bloody vent

    Straw? Hay is food. Straw is usually clean unless it's old and filthy. The purpose of daily wound cleansing is to reduce the bacteria load in and around the wound so it can heal. You will never achieve a perfectly clean wound in chicken world. It's a balancing act. By cleaning the wound every...
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    Sour crop causes a slow crop?

    The three-day Epsom salt flush can neutralize any remaining yeast in her system and flush it completely out. It requires tubing, but it's very easy to do. If you need tubing instructions, I'll provide them. Then probiotics every day for three or four days will restore the good microbes in the...
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    Scalped chicken/bloody vent

    Proper wound care often involves removing infected or dead tissue. The term for it is "debriding". You debride by using soap and water or disinfectant solution and a rough wash cloth or soft scrub brush. Bacteria lives and grows in this sort of tissue, and by removing all this loose decaying...
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    Scalped chicken/bloody vent

    You will be able to tell if the wound is healing if you see a raised ridge around the outer edge. New tissue grows from the edges inward toward the center, which will be the last to close up.
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    Sour crop causes a slow crop?

    People assume that once a crop disorder is treated, they're good to go. Many times the yeast is growing all the way through the digestive tract and more treatment is required. In addition to that, crop disorders most often have an underlying cause, and if that isn't also treated (if possible)...
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