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    Gasping Chicken - PLEASE HELP

    Thank you - can you identify the potential illness? Or are the symptoms too vague? Additional notes: I just offered her some sunflower seeds and cantaloupe, two of her favorite foods, and she ignored them both..
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    Gasping Chicken - PLEASE HELP

    Hello - thank you for taking the time to help me, I have a 4 year old BO that was super healthy a week ago. Yesterday I noticed that her tail was down and drooping. Today when I checked on her, her comb had fallen over, it had lost much of its color and she is now making small gasping noises...
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    Depressed chicken please help!

    Thank you so much for all of you time and advice. I really appreciate it!!! I will try these ideas
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    Depressed chicken please help!

    i have seen her with her tail down sometimes but only like 30% of the time. She doesn't walk that weird, just a little slow. will the abdomen have a specific look or feel a certain way if she is egg bound? thank you for your time scratch all that i just threw some seed down here and there and...
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    Depressed chicken please help!

    I've checked her over everywhere and then i check the same places, everywhere on my healthiest chicken. the only different is that the sick chicken's comb is fallen over to one side, she is somewhat skinny near the chest area, i could find no bugs, her beak has some dirt on it but i think that...
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    Depressed chicken please help!

    she doesn't have access to that all the time, she has sunlight all the time but can only get grass when she is let out of the run into the backyard (which happens about four times a week for the whole day).
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    Depressed chicken please help!

    Hi my BO that is three years old has recently started acting depressed. she has lost a little weight and her comb has fallen to one side. her tail feathers are down and her rear end was pretty messy so i clean it up a bit with a damp cloth. i also have her some multi-vitamins with water with a...
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    not urgent but just want to make sure...

    Thanks so much for the help!
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    not urgent but just want to make sure...

    Hi my two year old BO has recently been low in energy. We live in a very mild climate in northern california where it rarely drops below 32 degrees. she has four other healthy friends in the coop which is twice the size it needs to be for the amount of chickens i have. Her feet have also been...
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    Birdseed

    Is Canary/finch seed ok to feed chickens?
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    im not sure what to do

    thank you so much!
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    im not sure what to do

    i live in marin county, CA and was wondering what is happening to one of my hens. I have four: two BO's and two silver laced wyndottes. This one is the most shy and is a silverlaced whyndotte. recently i have notice lots of feathers in the coop of different colors. i thought maybe they were just...
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    I have no idea.

    i picked her up from the nest an gently set her down on the coop floor. she stayed in the same position and i found two eggs under her. Do you think the eggs are still good? andyway, just a few moments after that she got up, ran outside and went stright to the water bowl. she is now standing in...
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    I have no idea.

    thank you i will try that
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    I have no idea.

    age- about 7 months egg layer making loud screaming noises when i get near her, only a little clucking she is also deffinetly puffing up sry , but what is a "broody"?
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