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    Limping and pain med dosages

    Hi. My name is Nan. I have a 12 yr old hen named Lily that I've had since she was a day old. Recently her coop mate passed. I brought in three pullets to keep her company. One of the pullets we noticed is limping. I've isolated her (she can still see everyone, they just can't chase her). She is...
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    Will RIR and Production Reds get along well with my hens?

    I have Barred Rocks (2); Black Austrlorps (2); a Silver Laced Wyndotte (1); and a Easter Egger (1). One is broody and a friend has RIR and Production Red eggs to give me. Thoughts?
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    Broody or Sick?

    Thank you. That was very helpful. I'm no longer concerned that she is sick. Hoping I can stop this behavior by continuing to pull her out of the nest box. I can't close it off because the other girls need to use it.
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    Broody or Sick?

    My hen (3 years old) is sitting on the nest in the hot roosting box, nonstop. We are in AZ so it's worrying me. We don't have a rooster and do not want one. She will not be hatching anything so I remove all of the eggs periodically throughout the day and coax her out of there. She returns...
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    Drunk wobbly and low hanging crop. Marek's or pendolous crop or both?

    I have no idea if any of this will help. I've collected bits and pieces of things for these times when we are helpless to help them. Seems like you know a lot more than I do but here is what I have collected. CROP ISSUES: When a chicken eats, all food makes it's way from the beak, down the...
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    Drunk wobbly and low hanging crop. Marek's or pendolous crop or both?

    I am sorry about your sick girl. The one I eventually lost was having the gurgling sound as well and I had her in the house for some time. I got her to take some TUMs ground up and sprinkled on yogurt, and it seemed to help. But eventually she refused all food and water. Feel so helpless when I...
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    Drunk wobbly and low hanging crop. Marek's or pendolous crop or both?

    So you said nothing can be done for a Mareks chicken. It's not treatable?
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    Drunk wobbly and low hanging crop. Marek's or pendolous crop or both?

    The girls will be 2 next month (Oct 2). I haven't noticed any laying problems. But I can't always tell who is doing what. Bernadette ladi a weird soft shelled egg with a long bloody umbilical cord attached. She didn't lay again for about a week. Then seemed fine. Then she got withdrawn and...
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    Drunk wobbly and low hanging crop. Marek's or pendolous crop or both?

    So how do we determine if it is Mareks? I am dealing with this too. My bird stopped having interest in food, after months of vets, hand feeding, etc, she died. Now I have another one starting to exhibit the same detachment to the group and no interest in snacks.
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    Drunk wobbly and low hanging crop. Marek's or pendolous crop or both?

    What happened with this chicken?
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    vent picking

    its not red, in fact they are so fluffy you can't even see it... so you think she is just being a "little sister"? She is the runt.
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    vent picking

    I saw one of my chickens picking at the vent of another... then when she turned around and shoo'ed her away with a peck, she went over to another chicken and pecked or pulled at her vent. I checked both of them and do not see any signs of critters. What is the cause of this?
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    Two chickens now balding

    Oh and, no visible bugs... but I dusted her with DE just in case.
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    Two chickens now balding

    Thank you both. I definitely have enough space. Ample room in multiple rooms to get away from each other, and they also free range at the end of the day. They always have a container of oyster shells at their disposal and I see them eat it occassionally. I give them veggies every morning to...
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    Two chickens now balding

    No I don't have a rooster so it's not over-mating. I also put a saddle on her for about 6 months and the feathers still didn't grow back. That is Gracie.She is also missing rear feathers. Now Pearl is starting to lose her rear fluff feathers on the left and ride side up to the leg. With some...
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