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I’ve recently gained 3 chicks, they are around 4 weeks old. One of the chicks has begun to exhibit similar symptoms to my hen that I lost several weeks ago. The chick had a swollen crop, swollen abdomen and has raspy rythmic breathing all exactly the same as my hen that passed. Could anyone...

I do however have another issue, my three remaining chickens (1 rooster and 2 hens) while seemingly they look healthy I noticed one of them has left stool which doesn’t look healthy. Any idea what this could possibly be?

Unfortunately she passed. I had her on e-coli, coccidiosis, salmonella and cholera treatment but she never perked up.

Her crop I think does appear to be full and as for worming I’ve had her about 8 months and never put her through worming treatment myself.

This is one of my Maran/Silkie cross hens of my flock that appears to be in poor health however I am unsure as how to diagnose or treat her. Initially I noticed faeces beginning to accumulate around her vent and runny stool in the run over a week ago which I assumed was coccidiosis. I began a...