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    Chicken not eating - lethargic - no vet until Wednesday - please advise!

    I just wanted to update and thank you again for your response. It's always just so comforting to hear about others going through something similar and what their outcome was. Laverne is doing much better and has finally started eating a little more. We've been giving FishMox 7 days now and...
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    Chicken not eating - lethargic - no vet until Wednesday - please advise!

    Wonderful - thank you again for the reassurance. We were able to give her the first dose of FishMox and some calcium tonight on buttermilk soaked bread. We did see her drinking and she was roaming the yard a bit this evening so I'm hoping she'll be back to herself once the antibiotic does what...
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    Chicken not eating - lethargic - no vet until Wednesday - please advise!

    Thank you so much for responding! I do so appreciate it and even a little bit of reassurance is so helpful right now. We just picked up some FishMox and will start that tonight. One more question though - my daughter is worried she may also be having crop issues. Her crop was NOT empty...
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    Chicken not eating - lethargic - no vet until Wednesday - please advise!

    Sorry - reposting as the other thread is buried. This was from Saturday: We have a small flock of hens just over a year old. Our buff Orpington Laverne was acting a little 'off' last night. We let them out of their run to free-range the backyard for about an hour each evening - she came out...
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    Lethargic chicken eating and drinking little - lethargic today

    Could still use some help please! Here's the timeline: Friday 6/5 - noticed she was slower, more tired, not pecking grass when freeranging but she did eat some mash Saturday 6/6 - midafternoon noticed egg membrane coming from vent - removed, gave epsom soak and a Tums for calcium Sunday 6/7 -...
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    Lethargic chicken eating and drinking little - lethargic today

    Just wanted to update that we were cleaning her butt and trimming some feathers and saw an egg membrane partially out of her vent. We pulled the rest out so it looks like a shell-less egg busted inside of her. We gave her a warm epsom soak, my daughter felt about 1" into her vent to feel for...
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    Lethargic chicken eating and drinking little - lethargic today

    Thank you for responding. Yes, a vet may be an option but probably not until Monday. We've never taken any of our girls to a vet, so we would have to call around to find one that sees chickens. We have dewormed twice last year after seeing worms on their poop board. I will check again for...
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    Lethargic chicken eating and drinking little - lethargic today

    We have a small flock of hens just over a year old. Our buff Orpington Laverne was acting a little 'off' last night. We let them out of their run to free-range the backyard for about an hour each evening - she came out and was walking around some, but wasn't pecking at the grass like the...
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    Fowl pox - can it affect the legs/feet? Pictures - need advice

    We know at least two of our five girls have fowl pox. The mosquitos have been so bad since Imelda storms. Just recently we've also noticed some pink spots and maybe even a few small scabs on their legs. Not sure if it's related, but my daughter did read that it can affect any unfeathered area...
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    From tool shed to Coop?

    You asked earlier in the thread about a scooper for the poop board - we use a reptile litter scoop and it works well for us - same concept as a kitty litter scoop but finer mesh. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000OX0NQY/?tag=backy-20
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    Chickens not using roost bars ?

    I think when our girls were about 10-11 weeks old, we went out to the coop after dark and physically moved them one by one onto the roost bars. We have a poop board so really wanted to contain the overnight poop. After 3-4 nights they started roosting on their own at dusk. Not sure if you...
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    When to worry about pinking up in Brahma.

    Here's my 8 week old pullet - her comb is slightly pinker than our other breeds of the same age, but not overly pink and no wattle yet.
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    Chicks coming next week - finishing up the coop

    Thank you Benderb15. We're still working on ventilation. With the top of the dutch door open except in very heavy rains, and awning windows open at various levels when needed, we should have plenty of ventilation. We will be adding some low intake only vents as well as gable vents soon but I...
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    Chicks coming next week - finishing up the coop

    Yes, we are doing a poop board on the left side under the roosts. We've made some progress, slowly but surely. Back awning windows are installed - upgraded to two 12" x 24" plexiglass windows with hardware cloth inside. We've boxed in the coop side of the shelves on the right except for the...
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    Chicks coming next week - finishing up the coop

    Build thread - we still have work to do but we're getting closer. My 18-year old daughter and I decided last year we would get chickens this year. We were originally going to build a small raised coop but then decided to convert part of our current shed into a coop. The shed is 10' x 12' and...
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