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Are you a family that believes in “right to life”? If so, that fertilized egg absolutely should NOT be eaten and the best way to avoid fertilization is abstinence, which means NO ROOSTER. If you are not, then no problem - that egg is not viable until it breathes the breath of life. Happy...

Hi, we live in Montrose and have 6 hens and a rooster, and a predator-safe coop. Do you still have your chickens to give away?

I have used a squirt bottle with half water half vinegar on my aggressive rooster. I now have him eating out of my hand.

🦅🐦 We have a big problem every winter here in Western Colorado with wild birds trying to over winter in our barn. Our chickens sleep in the barn in their coop and go out to their fenced in run through their electronic door that opens automatically in the morning. The barn is big, and the coop...

Thank you for your response. But to clarify: he does not have diarrhea. Thanks, though.

I did not treat this rooster before with anything. I'm going to find out tomorrow what he was treated with in the past. I had Tylosin from a previous chicken with a respiratory illness. Above, I wrote: "I was considering coccidiosis as a possible problem, because the woman who gave me Miles...

The antibiotic is Tylan 50 (Tylosin 50 mg per mL). Tylosine is a macrolide antibiotic that is active against certain Gram positive and negative bacteria, esp. different members of the mycoplasma group. http://www.poultrymed.com/Macrolides. I don't know the name of the treatment used before but...

Thank you for your response. Unfortunately I do not have the budget for a vet visit. Would it be worthwhile to treat him prophylactically for worms? I can start giving him probiotics right away; his appetite seems normal. His crop is not swollen but I will check first thing in the morning. I was...

The abscess was beneath the eyelid, not within the eyelid. I felt that if I had lanced the eyelid, it would have been unnecessary and may have induced infection because the abscess was accessible by pulling up the lid.

Miles the Rooster seems to have a prolapsed rectum- or at least that is what it looks like. His vent (what I would consider his rectum where he exudes fecal matter) is red and raw. The fecal matter seems to get hard and compacted. I’ve cleaned it out several times by gently removing the crusted...

No can’t afford it but in the spring I’m going to disinfect the coop with Oxine, disinfect the yard with Lyme, and possibly cull the hens that were in contact. Then let it sit for a few months.

Thank you for this suggestion. When you say it is added to water, are you including the hen’s drinking water?

I finally had to euthanize he. Broke my heart.

I would also like to know the answer to this and the question about how cold temps have to be to kill Marek’s. My other question is this: one chicken showed symptoms of Marek’s and became totally paralyzed. I had her euthanized but she had been with my six other hens for a day. Do I need to...

Hello, what happened finally with your little hen? I have one in identical situation.

I think she does have Marik’s Disease. Very very sad for her and discouraged.

Over the past three days my little pullett Maren hen has basically started to lose strength and become listless. She’s about four months old, and at two months I had to treat her for coryza (antibiotics, removal of hard exudate in eye socket; see my December posts about this) and since then she...

This is so timely because over the past three days my little pullett Maren hen has basically started to do the exact same thing. She’s about four months old, and at two months I had to treat her for coryza (antibiotics, removal of hard exudate in eye socket; see my December posts about this) and...

I sent a video of her eye and the exudate I removed to a small animal veterinarian. She said it is almost for sure coryza. What I removed wasn’t pus; it was solidified exudate. Additionally, she had no cough, rales or other lung symptom that are common in MG. Thanks for your feedback.

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