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Thank you so much for your reply! It truly means so much! I try telling myself that IVF brings a lot of anxiety, so maybe my brain is just overestimating the risk of this situation. I didn't have any over those symptoms that I can recall. I did do a big clean out on Sunday. It was so dusty! I...

Hi all! Has anyone here gotten LCMV from mice in the chicken coop? We've been dealing with mice around our coop for the past year or so. We are trying to trap the mice, but in the meantime we've had droppings that I've cleaned up periodically. I have since learned about LCMV and am so scared...

Hi! I'm so sorry to hear about your chicken. I gave Tylan in all of our chicken's water rather than orally. I did it for 7 days. I just finished the seventh dose on Tuesday and she seems to be doing better. She is breathing normally, but I've noticed that sometimes after she eats she sneezes...

Thank you! I'll keep a close eye on her and hopefully she keeps improving. Her crop felt empty this morning and she seems to be doing well today. It is cooler again today. I will check her for lice/mites tonight. We did treat with Elector PSP about a month ago when we thought we saw a mite. I...

Thank you so much for your reply! She is so sweet and I feel so bad for her! Those are great questions. I checked this morning and I think her crop is emptying. I didn't feel it last night before bed, but it felt pretty empty this morning. She had already been up for two hours when I checked...

Hi everyone! We have a 2.5 year old cochin. She started sneezing from time to time a few weeks ago and lately it has gotten more severe. Yesterday I noticed her open mouth breathing/gasping. I posted a video link that will hopefully show up. I started to give her tylosin in her water. Does...

Thank you! That is very helpful! We will keep a close eye on her and try all of these things. We so appreciate it!

Our two-and-a-half-year-old lavender Orpington has been acting funny and we are concerned about egg yolk peritonitis. Can chickens still lay when they have this condition? She has been laying some soft-shelled eggs the past few weeks and some normal ones. She also has been laying sometimes in...

Thank you all so very much! I am so grateful for this community and for all of your kindness! I went over and looked some more with your comments and EggSighted4Life's great questions in mind. She has three flock mates and they are all super docile (a silkie, cochin, and an orpington). We...

Hi everyone! My two year old Salmon Faverolles has a large portion of her comb that is black. I went out of town a week ago and she seemed normal. It's been hot here, but I had a friend make sure she had fresh water. When I returned, I noticed that her comb is black. I just returned so I...

Thank you so much! I look forward to the what if's stopping some!

Thank you so much! It's such a relief to hear the opinions of other more experienced owners. I will keep trying to hold this in my mind and remind myself that we did the right thing. I keep thinking, maybe I could have given her a molasses flush or other things, but maybe that would have been...

We had five sweet chickens in a mixed breed flock. They are our first chickens are somewhat pet-like for us. Today we put our sweetest one, a porcelain d'uccle, down. She is our first chicken who has died and I just feel awful and guilty for taking her to the vet for euthanasia. Has anyone else...

Do you have any suggestions if I found a bit of blood in Sweet PDZ on the roosting dropping board? Should I treat for cocci? I have several chickens who just started laying this week for the first time. When cleaning their coop today, I noticed a 1/2 dime-sized red sweet PDZ on their dropping...

I have a four-month-old white cochin and a mixed flock of 7 chickens aged 4-6 months. I noticed some of them sneezing from time to time and noticed some gray congestion in the cochin and a 6 month old salmon faverolles. I took the cochin and the salmon faverolles to the vet today. They'd never...