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    Is this poop abnormal?

    I've come to the conclusion that it could be coccidiosis worms or normal shedding of the intestinal lining or urates but I have no clue... I have a group older pullets that should be laying soon they are 21 weeks and this is what I found from last nights roost. These girls are fed food grade...
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    Healthy hen wont stand

    We've decided to put her down. I don't want her to suffer. I have 22 other that were purchased from a friend that has home grown. 100 others are vaccinated so they should be fine. All my girls are free range so maybe they will live longer...
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    Healthy hen wont stand

    She is a young pullet a few weeks from laying and it looks like she is not lost movement in her right leg including her toes. I'm not seeing any change in her skin as far as bumps one of her eye's is closed but I'm pretty sure that's from an injury from another hen she eats just fine but refuses...
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    Healthy hen wont stand

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    Healthy hen wont stand

    I have an Andalusian cross who I think broke something up in her hip or dislocated her right leg. Both of her feet have full use but she has trouble keeping her right leg under her and protests when I put it under her. Her left leg works just fine. I don't think it's Marek's disease she also...
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    How Much DE (Diatomaceous Earth) Should I Feed My Chickens

    They make special food grade DE
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    Chicks piling on top of each other. Cold?

    Normally they lay flat in a pancake formation. Most of the time when I go out there when they're piling they're usually panting. I believe piling is some sort of survival habit, but I don't know I could be wrong.
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    Chicks piling on top of each other. Cold?

    Unfortunately chicks really aren't that smart. I just lost 7 in two nights and they will be 7 weeks in 4 days. I've gone out there at night when it's roughly 80 degrees and the chicks are piled on top of each other. Unfortunately, at night chicks cannot see and they're kind of of in a vegetable...
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    2 month old hen caught her foot under the chicken tractor

    We did give it to her in bread and splinted it below the elbow. Thankfully she hasn't lost her appetite and she drinks just fine.
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    2 month old hen caught her foot under the chicken tractor

    I don't think it's broken she paws at the sky without bending her toes like she wants to set it down I was thinking of trying meloxicam since she isn't laying yet. I'll try posting a picture.
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    2 month old hen caught her foot under the chicken tractor

    My 2 month old Australorp got her foot sucked under a wood beam of a chicken tractor yesterday when I was moving it and most of the leg is slightly swollen. I can't see any broken bone but she can't walk at all. She either flops around using her wing to balance or jumps on one foot to eat and...
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