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    what was hanging out my chickens bum?

    One of my hens was walking around and I noticed she had quite abit of poo on her rear. I thought I better take a look. I was shocked to see a white thing with some poo on the end hanging out. I gently gave it a little pull which kicked in her reaction to poop. The poo slid over the white...
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    Wyoming Chicken Mama

    Good luck with your chickens. We just started our lil chicken farm last march. I have a total of 26, 22 hens and 4 bantam roos. I was pretty worried about keeping chickens through the winter but we have so far not had one death due to temperatures. Thank Goodness. The neighbors dogs seem to be...
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    pretty new to chickens. Lethargic adult hen. Pretty sure its not respitory.

    Well poop. She just died. I heard a thrash in the bathroom ran in and she was already dead a bunch of fluid expelled from her mouth. Way more then before. It was still like murky water with a brownish redish tint. Another strange question after she passed she pooped. I wiped it and put some...
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    pretty new to chickens. Lethargic adult hen. Pretty sure its not respitory.

    Would any of you know how much antibiotic tetracycline hydrochloride to mix with water.
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    pretty new to chickens. Lethargic adult hen. Pretty sure its not respitory.

    I was not able to get the supplies this evening but will be able to in the morning.
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    pretty new to chickens. Lethargic adult hen. Pretty sure its not respitory.

    Kathy is just feeding the water into her beak with a syrenge slowly bad? Is that why she keeps losing it when tipped? Let me call some vets and find out.
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    pretty new to chickens. Lethargic adult hen. Pretty sure its not respitory.

    I did forget to mention that yesterday while inspecting her her notrils were plugged with what looked like dirt. I didn't want to dig in to far just got the stuff off of the outside. As of right now she looks about the same. I keep thinking maybe she is getting a little better but then something...
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    pretty new to chickens. Lethargic adult hen. Pretty sure its not respitory.

    Background Just recieved this chicken along with 10 others from a lady 10 days ago. Didn't know to quarentine them before mixing with my OG chickens. The chickens did look a little ragged compared to my OG chickens but they are different breeds...
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    One of my Hens is determined to leave the yard!

    I was late getting my nesting boxes built so my girls were laying all over the yard. For my kids it was an easter egg hunt everyday. They love it. I on the other hand dont want a bunch of random egg bombs in my yard. So this had worked for most of my chickens. I knew that the girls were...
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    pullet or bantam egg ?

    The first week of March I bought 10 sex links black and red, 4 barred cochin bantam 2 which ended up being roos, 2 black silkies, and 2 silver laced Wyandottes. A couple weeks later I got 2 white silkies a guinea fowl and 2 gold laced Wyandottes. We have been getting an avg. Of 6 brown to...
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    To big for a brooder to small for the coop. Help!

    I have 21 Chicks that are between 3-4 weeks old. I have been keeping them in a 75 gallon stock tank with light for there brooder. 10 of the chicks are Sex Links and have grown really really fast. The others are Wyondottes they are getting bigger but not as big as the sex links. Then we have some...
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    To big for a brooder to small for the coop. Help!

    I have 21 Chicks that are between 3-4 weeks old. I have been keeping them in a 75 gallon stock tank with light for there brooder. 10 of the chicks are Sex Links and have grown really really fast. The others are Wyondottes they are getting bigger but not as big as the sex links. Then we have some...
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    help ! Sick week old silkie chick

    Thank You! Unfortunately I put him down so I could eat my dinner and when I went back he had choked on the slime and died. :( I knew I shouldn't leave him alone even to eat. Enjoy your babies they are so much fun.
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    help ! Sick week old silkie chick

    This morning around 10 when I left all my chicks looked and acted fine. Tonight when I got home at 5 I went to wipe chicky butts and one of my black silkies was very lethargic. I picked it up and it did have some dried poo. I clean them every night and usually 1 or 2 of the silkies needs to be...
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