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    Hen sat on eggs for 4-5 days before abandoning. Would you still eat the eggs?

    I made a space for my chickens above their coops in a house that I made several coops in. One of my ladies sat on eggs there. She sat all the way through. No chicks appeared because it was too cold from underneath. I bought her some chicks and took the eggs away. She is an awesome mum! Before...
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    My chickens won't eat grains ! need help..

    I have watched them meticulously. I know that most reject wheat and barley, eat some of the crushed corn pieces reject others, leave some of the seeds. For lack of the right mill, i wasn't able to make the food myself. I think what applies to everybody else's chickens (which is not the same...
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    My chickens won't eat grains ! need help..

    "that suggests that they need something currently not adequately supplied in their diet" That's the big issue, how do I know what that is? That's the issue. What you can get as chickenfood in Sweden is very limited.either pellets or always the same kind of mix of which they dont eat half if...
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    Cream Legbar (1 yr) Has Odd, Non-Contagious Symptoms

    My 8 months old hen was a bit like that. Turned out she had peritonitis. I had to have her put down. She had lost a lot of weight, ate but only water came out at the end. You could feel the grains in her body but.age didn't poop them out. She started being lethargic too but then came back...
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    My chickens won't eat grains ! need help..

    Mine have just started being very picky too. I give them bowls with proper grains like wheat and barley and also layers pellets all that is a ready mix with crushed peas and corn and unfortunately lupin seeds which they don't eat either. I grate carrots for them too and boil yellow peas as they...
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    It's Marek's. How long does she have?

    You are lucky to have a husband who doesn't see your beloved animals as "just barnyard animals" that don't belong into the house. I have issues with my chickens and quails and it might well be marek's...
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    Sick quail chick

    Thank you Sean, even though the OP had not been here since April 2017 there will be other people reading this and might find it useful.
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    Sick quail chick

    During the first week I usually use puppy pads with hay on top. That keeps them dry and warm. Depending on how many you have yiu can change it daily. I feed mine a mixture of chick starter and turkey starter. That gives them energy and a good amount of aminoacids and by week 3 they are nearly...
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    Can chickens eat butter?

    Blood in feces could be coccidosis. I would separate those two if you can and treat them with amprolium orr something better that doesn't make the eggs unusable. Put acv in the water for the others as it stops the oocytes of the coccidia from hatching in the gut. Also, Cinnamon in the food...
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    Grit for chicks with impacted crop?

    I have a rooster who always looked like he had an impacted crop when he was a chick. One day their water wasn't standing straight and ran out into the brooder. When I got back into the room his crop was massive. I was afraid he had done himself damage, but the next day he was fine again. He has...
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    Duck limping.

    Mine has been limping twice in his short life of 4 months. I give him and his two brothers collagen powder into his food when that happens and within 3 days he is usually OK again. Could he be lacking Vitamin C? It is a factor in the maintenance and production of collagen in the body, such as in...
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    Help...my polish having respiratory issues

    20mg/kg bodyweight serrapeptase makes the phlegm more liquid and eats bacteria and viruses. It's not easy to apply even with a syringe as it doesn't dissolve when diluted in water. It might just be the carrier material that doesn't dissolve. I wrapped my chicken in a towel so.she wouldn't...
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    Not sure what respiratory issue is going on with my chick.

    Is she still ill? I know it's a month later. For the breathing issues give her serrapeptase, 20mg/kg bodyweight. Works really well.
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    Chicken Respiratory issue

    Is she still alive at this point? Did you ever cut her beak so that she could eat better? I have given my chickens with respiratory issues (they had lots of phleghm on their chest, rattling when breathing) serrapeptase 20mg/kg bodyweight. Worked a treat! 2 hours or so later they were breathing...
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    Colloidal Silver with propolis honey in drinking water for respiratory infection

    Thank you! I couldn't Google for it while writing. :-)
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