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    Black spots, paralyzed, lethargy, you name it.

    So what are the black legions on my GLW? She has a huge one on her comb and a nasty spot that cannot be taken off in her wattle. It's about the size of a dime now and almost like it's in the wattle. How do I treat it? Is it just iodine? I think my EE has the same legions on her neck and no...
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    Black spots, paralyzed, lethargy, you name it.

    Okay, so from start to finish, within 3 hours the RIR has just seized and died:( :(. I am so sad. There were no symptoms this morning when I was doing their water. I have no idea what could have taken her so quickly. There is or has been anything similar in any of the other birds who have...
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    Broody hen, but no eggs!

    :) Well, I will just hope and pray that broodiness is in fact all it is! Now, all of you wise people check out my new post. I am in tears trying to do the best I can and feeling completely defeated!!!! Now that egg production is up, so are my problems!!! I feel so helpless!!! These...
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    Black spots, paralyzed, lethargy, you name it.

    I have another issue, well several really. This has been the worse month ever, and may change my mind on raising chickens. I have had them for over a year with not one problem. Now I feel like I am under attack and have no idea where to start!!! 1) My hefty RIR went limp today. She is now...
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    Broody hen, but no eggs!

    I have a one year old Martha the Maran. Over the past couple months I have had so many bizarre issues with several of my hens, which have included death from coccidiosis (we think), paralyzed wings (don't know why), and sore foot (which got better yesterday), and now Martha will not get out of...
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    18 hens and one egg!

    I have: 1 speckled sussex. 5 EE's, 2 red stars. 3 black stars, 1 RIR, 1 buff orpington, 3 barred rocks, and 2 gold laced wyandottes. They are all hefty, thick and strong! My most petite hen is Henrietta who is a red star, but is mostly creamy white. She started laying the day we found out our...
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    18 hens and one egg!

    Here is the link for the mealworms. Please note, they are dried, not alive...if that matters to you, but you can always hydrate them...however they will not ever crawl again!!! I also just noticed that you can now get 22 lbs for $210.00. I know that's just 2 containers of 11 lbs, but it's...
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    18 hens and one egg!

    HA! I cannot take another few months of "that time of year"! Ours is the summer...when everything shuts down and hibernates. It's just too stinkin' hot to do anything, let alone lay an egg! I really just attributed the lack of laying due to the heat. However, I am pretty convinced that I...
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    18 hens and one egg!

    Chicken Canoe: I am fine! I won't lost sleep...it just really stinks when ya' do everything you think is right, and then it's not!! YES!- to companies making food the cheapest! I am glad you understand my take on processed as well as "organic" does not = "non- GMO"! I don't even care about...
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    18 hens and one egg!

    Thanks. Yes, I have dried peas and quinoa in their mix as well. I do not have a luxurious pasture, and I know protein is a must! I do supplement with raw milk, organic yogurt, some tuna and meal worms occasionally. Do you have a source on the wild chicken production? I have searched, but...
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    18 hens and one egg!

    I am still really stumped as to why, out of my 18 hens, I get maybe ONE egg a day. Not always from the same hen and not every day! I have had 6 of them for 4 months (these are about 26 weeks old) and the rest of them for 2.5 months and they range from 18 weeks to about 2 years. I expected...
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    garlic for gape worm

    No I have not done the Q-tip. That is wow...so grown up and I don't know if I can do that! Do I just have my husband help me hold the beak open and I do a quick swab-like strep? Is there any other way to find out if they do in fact even have worms? Have not found any in their poop, that I...
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    garlic for gape worm

    Thanks for that, though not what I wanted to hear! But you think that sort of activity or action is related to gape worms, or is there something else it could be?! Thanks again...will get to the farm store later today per your next response!
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    garlic for gape worm

    I thought I read this on here before, but now can't find it. How much garlic concentrate do I put in the hen's water in case they have worms...which I think they do?! About 6 of my hens are still doing the shaking first then stretching of the neck like a yawn. I have been dealing with it...
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    liquid coming out of hens mouth

    Thanks guys! I do offer free choice oyster shells as well as their egg shells dried and crushed for their dry food mix. Plus all of the other dark leafy greens add calcium, but yes, thanks for that! Also, glad they are just resting:), they are so funny! Today, I found another shell-less egg...
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