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    Is my chicken sick?

    Thanks for sharing. Informative and glad my chicken didn't have some weird growth. Think the fact I was looking for trouble and saw that. Haven't really sat and held a chicken all night -- LOL I’ve been doctoring and she is no worse. However, today I lost a chicken...same breed as the one I...
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    Fermented feed

    I'd like to know too!!!!
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    Is my chicken sick?

    Wow! Thank you SO MUCH!!! I was so afraid it was some growth!!!! I haven't seen lice or mites and I try to keep diatomaceous earth powder lightly mixed in nesting boxes, coop floor, perches to help with mites, etc. I clean regularly and change bedding regularly. We did just do a major...
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    Is my chicken sick?

    Wow! Thanks so much!!! That looks just like the pictures of preen gland.
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    Is my chicken sick?

    Have a three year old hen and recently, her legs each had a raw spot. None of the other chickens have anything appearing wrong. Tonight I cleaned them and put neosporin on them. While holding her, I found a funky sore on her back down at base of feathers. It was a raised tubular looking sore...
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    Is 300 chickens enough?

    At the risk of asking this question and offending anyone, I'll apologize first :) I've been keeping the non-producing, older hens because I'm so attached. I have a small flock of 9 and currently have 6 chicks that are almost 10 weeks old. I'm very attached to my old girls, but IF I decide to...
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    Egg laying - behaviors

    I have six hens (orphingtons, Americanas, and Easter). They r 18 months old and went thru their first molt. 3 weeks ago added 4 Isla reds who r about 9 months old. Bit of segregation in the beginning, but everyone seems to be getting along now. Everyone is laying except the Easters who actually...
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    Distressed Hen

    I ground an orange tums in yogurt...she's eating it all! Fingers crossed! Thanks!
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    Distressed Hen

    thanks...I haven't added any birds since I got these last spring. She is still very alert, eats and drinks...just favoring the one leg...I will try the tums. She loves yogurt and I feel them a bowl once a week or so. Thanks!
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    Distressed Hen

    Update: I don't feel any egg...she is still very alert and eats and drinks. Since soaking her last night, I see her one leg looks pretty red...she walks on it, but limps and favors it. A couple of steps and she plops down. I've coated it with Vaseline, but wonder if I can use any Neosporin...
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    Distressed Hen

    thanks...I'll give it a try...she's one of my larger girls and doesn't really get bothered by anyone. She's actually a tad more outgoing than the others :)
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    Distressed Hen

    I have a 10 month old Buff Orphington. Yesterday I returned from work and she was cuddled up in a corner of her enclosed coup. Didn't think much of it. Today, she's on the floor of the outdoor coup, but just sitting there. Have read various threads here and think it might be a stuck egg. I...
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    Frozen eggs

    If the shell is not cracked, is it OK to eat them? I don't know if they are froze ...one shell was cracked, but the rest were not....
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    Weird egg development

    Thanks for the advice! I will get that and start putting it out there... :)
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    Weird egg development

    thanks for the advice!!! I'm learning way more than I ever thought possible!!! Having fun with it all the way!
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