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    I never thought I could be so attached to a chicken, but that one was very special from the start.
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    thanks for that info. Might be nice to find someone nearby.
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    Open wound on my chicken

    Well, I used the sterile saline in a large syringe to flush the wound rather than soaking. I wasn't sure on how much epsom salt to use per gallon of water for actually soaking her. If anyone knows that, I will give it a try tomorrow. She did pretty well with the rinse, only squirming once...
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    Open wound on my chicken

    Thank you for the response...I had read to rinse the wound with sterile saline so I have that ready for as soon as I get some help. I have epsom salts too so maybe that will be easier than boiling the water and filtering it. Normally I don't buy raw honey, but that is something my husband...
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    Open wound on my chicken

    I will try to get a picture once my husband is here to help me get one. It is a bad one. It was fresh this morning or so it looked, pretty red and bloody looking although right now it looks like it is drying. I had to run to town to get some supplies to clean it up. I got some stuff called...
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    Hi, My name is Colleen, we bought our first chickens about two years ago. At that time we got 5 chickens of various breeds: Rhode Island Red, Easter Eggers and one other which at the moment is lost in the back of my brain. We lost one earlier this summer to a predator...our beloved Puff-puff...
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    Open wound on my chicken

    My chicken is molting and I just noticed that under one wing there is a large open wound, looks kind of deep into the flesh. It looks really bad....she is behaving normally. I have separated her from the flock as I wasn't sure if they did this, although I haven't had an issue in the past with...
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