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3/4 y.o. Chicken with swollen hard belly, bow legged wide stance.
Much appreciate! I will update:)- ChickenPresence
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- Forum: Emergencies / Diseases / Injuries and Cures
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3/4 y.o. Chicken with swollen hard belly, bow legged wide stance.
Hello and thank you! Asking for a friend here who has a sick girl. She has been healthy and laying but yesterday was found to be lethargic, labored breathing, standing wide with a swollen hard belly. Watery dark green poops but explosive and loose today. Tail up wings down. She was given a warm...- ChickenPresence
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Old Fashioned Broody Hen Hatch A Long and Informational Thread
Hello! This is my 4th time using a broody hen and have encountered a new challenge. Hope someone can shed light :) Daisy is sitting on 12 Serama and Olandsk Dwarf eggs. This is day 21. Yesterday I heard piping sounds all day and when I checked on her later I saw the one chick had broken off the...- ChickenPresence
- Post #25,297
- Forum: Incubating & Hatching Eggs
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A Bielefelder Thread !
Thank you for the rooster collar idea. The boys are living a grand life in the country but I will keep this in mind the next time I end up with a Rooster:)- ChickenPresence
- Post #567
- Forum: General breed discussions & FAQ
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A Bielefelder Thread !
Good idea! I will keep an eye out for good wine deals! I do have one neighbor who occasionally joins me for "coffee in the coop"; maybe I should switch that to "keg in the coop" for the other neighbor.- ChickenPresence
- Post #439
- Forum: General breed discussions & FAQ
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A Bielefelder Thread !
yes wine always helps! My chicken sitter prefers to be paid in good Belgian beer for her services.- ChickenPresence
- Post #436
- Forum: General breed discussions & FAQ
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A Bielefelder Thread !
Too funny! Maybe your neighbor should get his own goats!- ChickenPresence
- Post #435
- Forum: General breed discussions & FAQ
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A Bielefelder Thread !
The eggs did not work but a good idea nevertheless. I may have better luck with a bottle of good wine.- ChickenPresence
- Post #429
- Forum: General breed discussions & FAQ
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A Bielefelder Thread !
I could not agree more about the other noises and the funny thing is that our hens make as much nose as any rooster. I have tried the egg bribery but the neighbor on one side has her mind made up about what she does not like. I did get her to agree to "tolerate" the boys until I got some fertile...- ChickenPresence
- Post #428
- Forum: General breed discussions & FAQ
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A Bielefelder Thread !
Encouraging! Maybe I will keep them just to see if this is the case.- ChickenPresence
- Post #427
- Forum: General breed discussions & FAQ
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A Bielefelder Thread !
This is a tough decision because they do seem like very laid back birds! Does your Rooster crow very often?- ChickenPresence
- Post #423
- Forum: General breed discussions & FAQ
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A Bielefelder Thread !
I am not sure if is the good care and lots of socializing my Bielfelder chicks received prior to their arrival but these little chicks are the sweetest, calmest and friendliest chickens I have raised.Well, they are not that little anymore, already at 10 weeks, they are as big as my Faverolle...- ChickenPresence
- Post #420
- Forum: General breed discussions & FAQ