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    Sneezing, mouth open, sniffly chicken

    It's good to hear she still has her appetite! And with fresh I meant energic, awake and/or aware of her surroundings :). I'll say that I don't know much about sicknesses in hens.. You have to consider the possibility of a worse disease or an object stuck in her neck. How's her egg production...
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    SOLVED. Mourning, dark comb, dehydrated, no appetite

    Thanks - you did what you could. It is possible to buy a treatment against it - but it's quite expensive (~$180 for 1L). Frigg was too weak and the risk of infecting the others was too great. At least now we know how to react, if we ever see similar symptoms. But now, we'll clean and sterilize...
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    SOLVED. Mourning, dark comb, dehydrated, no appetite

    Update.. We went to the vet with her. She had a gut disease, not uncommon amongst hens, said the vet. The disease is highly contagious, and in her condition, we had to put her down, to avoid her infecting out small chicks :(
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    SOLVED. Mourning, dark comb, dehydrated, no appetite

    Thank you for your answer! The climate here is pretty cool, so the temperature hopefully suits her just fine (atm 22c day and 14c night). I tried giving her rice, which she loves. She pecked at it, dropped it, threw up some water when trying to pick up the rice.. :( Also her poop is almost...
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    Sneezing, mouth open, sniffly chicken

    Sounds like a cold to me. In that case, yes, she's contagious. Although I'd consider moving at least one hen into her enclosure. Stress won't help her get well. I don't know if she's allergic. I think it's a possibility. But yes, put ACV in the water! And humans with a cold should avoid milk...
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    SOLVED. Mourning, dark comb, dehydrated, no appetite

    We came home from holiday to find one of our hens very ill :( she died the next day.. Now the other hen in her enclosure has suddenly lost appetite, her comb has fallen to the side - a sign of dehydration I'm told; she drinks water, but she throws it up, if she doesn't keep her head up. Her comb...
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    Official BYC Poll: How Many Chickens Do You Have + How Many Chickens On BYC?

    4 chickens here! 2 Isa Brown and 2 dwarf wyandottes 8704 + 4 = 8708 EDIT: The poster above me seem to have miscalculated. I'll include his/her hens in my own calculation :). 8708 + 11 = 8719
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    How many bantam hens? Can they go together with large hens? Buying a hen with fertilized eggs?

    Thank you so much for your fast and helpful answer! And that sounds like a great suggestion! Oh my, I'm getting all excited! Not a good idea right before bed, haha
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    How many bantam hens? Can they go together with large hens? Buying a hen with fertilized eggs?

    How many bantam hens? Can they go together with large hens?: So, we currently have three ISA brown hens, 2 years and 3 months old. The amount of eggs they produce has recently dropped to 1-2 per day, which isn't quite enough for my parents liking. I don't care how many eggs they lay, I just love...
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    Ended 9 Million Posts? Guess the DAY & HOUR & Win!!

    Can people outside the US participate in this contest? If so, my guess is: 8/2/2012 21:00
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    Ended 130,000 BYC Members? Guess the DAY & HOUR & Win!

    4/24/2012 20:00:00
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