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    Looking to rehome chicken in Silver Spring, MD

    Hi. The last of my original flock -- Pecky -- died yesterday. I am left with one chicken -- Goldie -- who I adopted last year. Goldie and Pecky lived happily together for a year, but now that Pecky has died, Goldie is distressed all by herself. I could adopt another chicken to keep her company...
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    1 chicken left

    The last of my original flock died today. I had six originally. When No. 5 died, leaving the sixth alone, I went and adopted another chicken from the animal shelter to keep her company. They lived together happily for a year. Now Goldie is alone, and I don't know if I should adopt a new chicken...
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    limping chicken

    I posted on here in May about my Speckled Sussex who was limping and had a swollen foot. Someone told me to soak it in warm water with epsom salts and put vaseline on it after for 10 days, which I did and there was no improvement. Now she is losing weight. I examined her feet for the telltale...
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    limping chicken

    Hi. I have soaked Pecky's foot in Epsom salts for 20 minutes a day for a week, but I think she is mostly the same. Perhaps she doesn't sit down quite as much, but she still limps, and her middle toe seems crooked, although she isn't bothered when I touch her toes. I put the Ivermectin on as...
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    limping chicken

    Thank you so much! I have some Epsom salts, Vaseline and Ivermectin, so I will start tomorrow. My Ivermectin is 5mg/ml. Do you think a couple of drops on the back of the neck is the right dosage? I hope her foot is not broken. She has lived in the same coop/run all her life, so I can't imagine...
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    limping chicken

    Thanks so much. I compared the bottoms of the feet and they look the same. The pads of both are a bit poochy. Below are three pix, one of both feet and two attempting to show between her toes. I feed them All Grain for Layers and Breeders. I have had Pecky since she was born and always fed her...
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    limping chicken

    Hello. I noticed a few weeks ago that my Speckled Sussex was sitting around more than usual. She was also dusting herself, so I went out to check for mites. I saw a few, and I cleaned the coop and dusted it and the chicken, although I saw no bugs on her. I see no bugs in the coop now. I also...
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    Do I need to close the coop door at night?

    I never close the coop door unless it's crazy windy. I've had my chickens four years and nothing has broken in to eat them. But I guess it's better to be safe than sorry. A fox, raccoon and possum have been spotted at dawn at different times sniffing around, but I got a Nite Guard and haven't...
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    Marek's carrier?

    Hi. I got six chickens from the county fair four years ago. One turned out to be a rooster (I gave him away) and three subsequently died, I believe of Marek's disease. Two survived, and one just died yesterday, presumably of old age. I would like to re-home the other one, but is it safe? Does...
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    Broken egg ends & weak yolks

    Same with mine! I have one Leghorn and one Speckled Sussex, and just the Leghorn's eggs have suddenly become soft on the ends. It's not 100 percent of the time, maybe about 75 percent. Two weeks ago I bought some oyster shells and feed some to them every day, but no change. She is 3 years old...
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    cold weather

    Hi Everyone. I have two chickens who live in a repurposed bunny hutch (about 2.5 by 5 feet) and have access to a fairly roomy run (about 100 square feet). Because of the lack of predators here in suburban Maryland and because my (enclosed) run is fairly secure, I usually leave the door of the...
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    Chickens suddenly staying in coop

    Thanks. The Sussex seems broody -- but she keeps sitting in the spot where the Leghorn usually lays! When they go broody, how long does that last? I don't have any roosters, but I will take a look around and see if anything else could be bothering them. They're near to the house and the windows...
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    Chickens suddenly staying in coop

    Hi Everyone. My two chickens, one Leghorn and one Speckled Sussex, each about a year old, have always spent almost all their time outdoors in their run, even in bad weather (there is a roof though). Recently, in the last few weeks, they have been spending a lot of time sitting in the house. It's...
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    Hen has begun laying in run

    Thanks, I didn't know that about calcium. I feed them all sorts of weird scraps -- popcorn, pretzels, pizza crusts. They won't eat strawberries or most vegetables, didn't like the ear of corn or the grapes, but they LOVED Spam! I wondered if they weren't getting enough protein -- maybe there...
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    Hen has begun laying in run

    Thanks, but I don't think that could be it. I only have the two hens. The coop is 5 feet by 2.5 feet. I had three nesting boxes (we lost some of our chickens to disease, I'm new to owning chickens) and when these two started laying, they would never use a box. They both use the corner of the...
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