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    Weird Feather Loss

    Hey, thanks for the suggestion. I'll check that out. Have a good day.
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    Weird Feather Loss

    What do you mean? What is a "pinless peeper"?
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    Weird Feather Loss

    I figured as much. I know who the culprit is too! She's been doing this off an on with certain birds for years. Blonde sex link named Sally. Not sure what to do about it. :hmm
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    Weird Feather Loss

    Hey all, I have a roo that has had beautiful plumage his entire life. About 3 months ago, he started to lose his outer feathers, and there was this scruffy down left beneath. I just thought because of the heat he was molting or something? Anyway, seems to be getting worse. It's only him. 5 hen...
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    Blockage??

    I'm not sure when her last egg was. She's in with the rest of the flock and they lay in a rollaway box at their leisure. I'm trying to decide if it's time to cull or not. I don't see this ending well and I don't want her to suffer.
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    Blockage??

    Hello, I have a 4 year old New Hampshire Red. About 2 months ago she got a very enlarged and squishy crop. Assumed it was sour crop. Titled and drained a couple of times. Gave her coconut oil for several days and she seemed to recover just fine. Now, the same problem is back, but a bit...
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    Egg eaters

    I'm dealing with this right now. I have a large rollaway nest box that this flock has used since they first started laying. Egg eating started slowly, and I'm pretty sure who it was. Isolated her and it seemed to die down. Then, it started again here and there. Not every day, but enough to start...
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    Feeders and waterers

    I have them inside the “coop” (converted horse stall) so it’s out of the sun. I’m also in the high desert valley on well water so algae has not been a problem. Hope it stays that way.
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    Feeders and waterers

    I’ve spent more time and money on feeders and waterers in the 2.5 years I’ve had hens. If I could do it all over I would start with what I have now, 2-55 gallon food safe drums up on blocks. One has 6 water nipples with cups drilled into the side and one has 4 feeder access ports in the same...
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    Respiratory Distress

    Well, I don't know if I did much, but she is the funniest little hen. She and her partner in crime are always the last to go into the coop to roost, and I am assuming that's because they are the smallest and they are in last place regarding pecking order. However, if you drop some scraps of food...
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    Respiratory Distress

    Thank you very much for doing that. I appreciate it.
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    Respiratory Distress

    Thanks everyone for your replies and suggestions. I honestly thought I would find this hen dead on Saturday morning. The only thing I had was VetRx. I had her isolated in a cage in a heated tack room, and I put some VetRx in a warm mist humidifier. Despite driving around all Saturday, I could...
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    Respiratory Distress

    Well, this bird continues to deteriorate. I went out and there was an odd paper-ish looking thing on the bottom of the crate. I thought it looked like a coffee filter piece, but my wife thinks it was an attempted egg that went wrong. Idk, I'm thinking the most humane thing for me to do is put...
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    Respiratory Distress

    Hi Hen Keepers, My 2 year old New Hampshire Red has been wheezing and struggling to breathe since last night. I have applied VetRx to her head, neck, under wings, waddles, down throat, etc. to help her out. I honestly did not think she would survive the night. She did, and I have retreated her...
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    Elector psp

    I know this is an old thread, but the instruction sheet that comes with Elector PSP says to dilute to 3 ozs per 10 gallons of water for northern fowl mites, not 1 gallon as you mention. I don't know what that concentration comes down to, but if the undiluted is 42% I think it would be a lower...
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