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    What is this?

    Hello! I had gotten an order of meat birds from Murray McMurray earlier this year and they had sent this black chick. As it has grown I am stumped! It is small, lean, likes to roost high, an excellent forager, and very friendly. I assumed it was a pullet but it started to grow in long tail...
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    Hen going blind

    Update with pictures: I'm getting a light into the chicken coop to help guide her back. I also got photos of her eyes and she reacted to the flash so she can see light at least. The right eye doesn't seem like there is anything wrong but the left eye has milkiness to the pupil
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    Hen going blind

    Thanks for the reply! I will have to string up some lights for the coop so she can find her way back at night I've had ancient hens before (13 years old was my oldest but I've got a hen going on 12 and not slowing down) but she is my first bird to ever show any blindness. All my coops have...
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    Hen going blind

    I'll get some pictures when I get off work. These birds are vaccinated against Maraks and I am very religious with biosecurity and no one else is acting odd and looking perfectly normal. Rocket is normal except for the blindness. She is in a fenced grassed yard that does not have any holes (I...
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    Hen going blind

    Hello all, I would appreciate some insight or tips to manage this. For some background context: my hen is named Rocket and she is a 4 year old Delaware Broiler. She weighs 8 pounds. Recently I started to notice some behavior changes. She wouldn't go to her coop at night and instead I would be...
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    Weird thing on ducks foot

    He's been in a crate for a couple days due to the bill injury so that might explain it. Thanks!!
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    Weird thing on ducks foot

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    Weird thing on ducks foot

    Hello! My was cleaning up my drake (he has an unrelated injury of a scraped up beak) when I noticed raised brown scales on the bottom of his feet. I have taken care of bumble foot in my chickens before and it never looked like this so I was unsure what it is. Does not effect his movement and...
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