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    Hen with bare spots on top of "shoulders"

    No rooster, been there and done that.
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    Summer scratch

    Thank you for that nice balanced explanation. Now we will all be better educated on what to feed our dear chickens in the summer and the winter. Happy Chicken farming!
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    Hen with bare spots on top of "shoulders"

    Hello, it has been a long time since I have communicated. You all helped me out with my hen, Rosie, last summer and proud to say she healed and still beautiful. We have another hen who has had bare spots on her "shoulders" or top of her wings and also wing feathers have not come back from...
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    Comment by 'cptate' in article 'Caring For Chickens in the Fall'

    That sounds lovely. You have very lucky chickens. Think I will try and do the same this fall. We are still having temperatures in the 90's here in western Colorado. Thanks for the fall advice.
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    White Rock with skin wound

    Rosie Follow up. It has now been almost 3 weeks ( as of Monday,July 29.) that she has been separated from the flock. Please take a look at her wound. It is more golden with a dark spot. It is hard to the touch , so thinking this is a scab. I do feel like it is getting smaller. Pink...
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    Hello from Grand Junction Colorado

    Hello from western Colorado. We have had our flock of chickens for about 14 months now. Our chicks were sent to us from a hatchery last June 2023. My husband and I have three Barred Rocks, three White Rocks and three Red Laced Wyandotte chickens. They have been very fun for us to get to...
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    White Rock with skin wound

    Thank you. We appreciate the support.
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    White Rock with skin wound

    No, it does not smell bad. Thank you so much will do the compress and saline. Hoping for the best.
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    White Rock with skin wound

    No, I do not see any maggots. We have covered it for about 18 hours. The first picture on left is from before covering from yesterday after a few days of Vetricyn. We gave her an Epsom salt bath for about 5 minutes, then applied Neosporin, sprayed with Vetricyn and wrapped it, as some sites...
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    White Rock with skin wound

    We have a one year old white rock chicken who has a medium sized skin wound on her side. She is one that lost her back feathers due to our rooster and being pecked by other hens. Since then we have only been using Vetricyn and tried to keep the skin moist. But, about 5 days ago my husband...
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