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yes, i am planning on sending her to the uc davis lab. im a biology major so i've dissected other birds before, but i just dont think i could do it to my own chicken! she had always gotten sick more easily than the other chickens so i think it was likely some kind of long term issue. but...

she has been laying eggs recently although i am not sure when she laid her most recent one. all the shells have been normal though. there didnt seem to be any swelling in her vent area. her crop was completely empty yesterday and she hasn't eaten or drank anything today. it does seem like she is...

she lasted through the night and is breathing fairly normally but she is still sleeping and won't get up. is there anything else i can do at this point besides take her to the vet? im very confused as to what might be the problem

the heat lamp temp isn’t too hot. i just want her to dry out, but will turn off overnight. she has been drinking a couple spoonfuls of electrolytes but is not interested in food. any recommendations of things i could feed her?

thanks for your response. i know bathing chickens isn’t always the best but the poop covering her vent seemed like it was maybe what was causing her to act strange and i wanted to get it off immediately. she’s under a heat lamp inside now drying off. i do not know when the last time she has laid...

my 4 year old beatrice, female easter egger was acting lethargic today and yesterday, but still fairly active around the coop. today i found she had poop stuck to her vent, so i gave her a bath with epsom salts and cut away the feathers. now she is extremely lethargic, keeps falling asleep, and...

I have a hen with bumblefoot on both feet. She’s had it for quite a while now, and no matter what i try it just will not heal. First my parents took her to the vet, where they debrided both feet and gave us antibiotics and painkillers. My mom and i fed her the medicine twice a day for two weeks...

thank you for the recommendation! I will get some vetricyn and try that out soon.

The vet wrapped her feet and the bandages stayed on for a week, but she did not specify for us to re-wrap them once they fell off.

Thank you so much for your response! I had heard about the tri-cide neo before, but I was hoping that if we took her to the vet the process would be a lot quicker and less work for us, however I will keep that in mind if she does not heal. Here are some pictures of what her feet look like...

I noticed one of my easter eggers had bumblefoot on both feet, so we took her to the vet (yes I know we could have treated her at home but we're all inexperienced, squeamish city people). The vet debrided her feet and gave us some antibiotics and pain killers. We've been giving her the medicine...

I have one cochin- should I treat her the same way as I treat the other chickens?

Thank you for the advice! When I'm treating the chickens for scaly leg mites should I clean out the coop after all of the chickens are treated, or will the mites take a while to go away?

I noticed one of my girls' feet looked puffier than the other hens, and I'm wondering if she could have bumble foot/ scaly leg mites. I have never had any health problems with my flock of 5 years, so I'm not great at identifying problems. She's not having any trouble walking. Could anyone offer...

that's a good idea, thanks! I'll try that out tomorrow.