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    Lice…again

    Hey all, I live in Montana and for the third year in a row at about the same time, my entire flock of 5 gets lice. I have done everything to try and stop it. I bought a very nice plastic coop that is spot cleaned once a day and throughly cleaned once a week. I bought small hardware net to...
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    Only one chicken left - winter!!!

    No reason that I’m aware of. I’ve had a few over the years and they have all seemed to happily hunker down.
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    Only one chicken left - winter!!!

    Maybe this isn’t an “emergency” question, but it sort of feels like one because I just had a chicken die and now am left with one Buff Orpington and one tiny bantam. They are healthy for now, but I’m super worried about them getting cold. I live in Montana and tonight it’s 20. It will be -20...
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    Sick pullet, poop pictures..any idea whats wrong?

    I had a bantam experience this recently. I’m pretty sure it was a crop issue. I used apple cider vinegar in her water and olive oil in her food and added some gentle crop massage ... she eventually recovered. I don’t swear by those methods, but after internet research, it’s the best I could do...
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    Winter coop numbers question

    This is a pic from summer. It was still too darkish when I left for work this morning to get a pic. This is without the plastic up on the walls. When I said proper ventilation, I meant of the run. Helps keep the dust down. No coop pics unfortunately, but is the smaller of the formex snap-lock...
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    Winter coop numbers question

    Hi, I live in Montana and we’ve already had a week where highs were only in the teens, and nights are well below freezing consistently now. And real winter isn’t here yet. I (had) 4 chickens. A bantam got very ill a month ago and although she survived, she weighs 1lb and can’t stay warm enough...
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    Hen breathing with mouth open/yellow diarrhea

    Thanks for the replies everyone. I did some reading on sudden death syndrome and boy, couldn’t find a better description of what happened. Now I have to figure out how to keep a tiny bantam who sleeps in a nest box and a single Buff Orpington warm in a coop that is too big for them to heat...
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    Hen breathing with mouth open/yellow diarrhea

    Thank you so much. I did recently get that book and I’m going to start reading sections at a time just for knowledge. I’m going to read up on sudden death syndrome. Thank you for letting me know about that.
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    Hen breathing with mouth open/yellow diarrhea

    I’m sure it was natural, I’ve never held an animal as it does. She flung her head around. Wings flailing about. It was honestly kind of hard to hold onto her but I knew she was dying because her comb went from red to barely pink in seconds. It was horrible.
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    Hen breathing with mouth open/yellow diarrhea

    Update!!! Her panting increased, she became unable to walk and within an hour of me posting this she died rather violently in my arms. Any ideas of what this could have been? All of my other chickens are healthy. She wasn’t more than 8 months old.
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    Hen breathing with mouth open/yellow diarrhea

    Hi. My young hen is having a rough day. I noticed watery/clear/with a little white diarrhea a couple of days ago, and only today have figured out who it is. I got two Buff Orpington chicks this spring and they just began laying two weeks ago. I’ve gotten 1-3 eggs per day so someone is laying...
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    Very old bantam in winter

    Thank you for responding and I figured it might just be age, but as a first time chicken person I just wasn’t sure. I’ll settle her into the back porch, keep her warm, and make sure she has regular flock visits. Thanks for your time!
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    Very old bantam in winter

    She’s kind of a mutt. Maybe has some Seabright in her, but I have never been able to identify her. She hasn’t molted this year at all. I think she might just be an old lady now.
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    Very old bantam in winter

    Hi folks, I have had a bantam for 3 years, her previous owner had her for 5 years and she got her from someone who didn’t reveal her age but she was fully grown. She’s very tiny. She’s been a trooper every winter, but we dropped temps quick in the last week and every morning she is shaking and...
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    Sick chicken with lice

    Thank you so much! I’ll check it out.
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