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    Help! My baby chicks have crusty eyes....

    Hey everyone......I need help! I have about 40 chickens, mostly bantams but a few Rhode Island Reds (very old ladies). I have a couple of really good brooder bantams that have hatched out multiple batches of chicks this spring and summer. The very last batch, however, has something that I...
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    Hen acting strange

    Just an update.....the hen is much better. Still a little hunched up, but standing straighter and stretching out like normal. Walking around more in their yard and seems to be interested in what is going on. I do not see her by the food much so I don't think she is overeating. Doesn't seem...
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    Hen acting strange

    She was gone about a week and a half! Even tho she is old she was very healthy like the rest. I agree with you....maybe just dehydration and a loss of nutrients for that time. I just don't think she has a disease or something. I have watched her today and have not separated her. She has...
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    Hen acting strange

    Hello everyone....just found this place...what a gem! We have 10 hens, mixed breeds (2 Buffs, 5 RI Reds, 3 Doms and 1 Roo, Aracauna mix) of different ages. I let them out of their pen every afternoon a couple of hours before dark to graze. A week ago, the oldest Dom hen (and she looks old)...
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