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    Tail drooping rear hump not egg bound

    Well I let her out this morning. I checked her crop and all was good. Her droppings look as they should so who knows what it is. Her tail is still drooping but she is eating and drinking. The whole flock is molting as well so not sure if it anything to do with that. I am going to keep an...
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    Tail drooping rear hump not egg bound

    She slipped out with the rest of the flock earlier and was foraging with the rest. She was not happy when I put her back in the cage. I turned her upside down and checked her - she has a bald spot below her vent she has had forever. Up until the day before yesterday she was fine. She hasn't...
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    Tail drooping rear hump not egg bound

    I have searched through and can't find any answer than egg bound on my little Buff Orpington girl. I went out yesterday to feed and water. Out of 30 she is the only one with the "penguin" stance. She is eating, droppings are fine and she laid an egg last night. I have looked in books and...
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    Dirty bum?

    I have about 25 hens that are in a very large fenced in area and are sooo happy. They also a nice big house with covered areas. I have noticed that, especially in the summer when they get fresh veggies out of the garden they tend to have dirty bums more often. Never thought about trimming...
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    Hen won't stop sitting...

    I have a girl who has been sitting for several weeks. I always take the eggs from under her and she is getting more and more aggressive. I live in Alabama and it has been running in the high 90's so I have been afraid to cage her up where she might get overheated. . I have a good shady spot...
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    2 yr old rooster has gone psycho

    I have had chickens for a number of years now and have come to the conclusion you either want them for what they are - egg/meat producing farm animals or pets. Those of us who live on a farm and have aggressive roosters can not allow a rooster to "rule the roost". If I can't feed, water and...
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    What is your latest prepping project?

    Sheep are not hard to raise. And boy are they good at escaping....maybe not as well as goats but still pretty talented. We raised Suffolk when we lived in Tennessee and I think that the wool sheep are more trouble because finding someone who still sheers, Trust me it is not as easy as it...
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    What is your latest prepping project?

    Just a note - we tried quail. A lot of work for very little meat on each bird. Yes they do grow quickly and they lay at 7 weeks but they require a lot of time especially in the winter. One thing I discovered was that quail hens don't set their own eggs very well. When I read this I thought...
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    What is your latest prepping project?

    Getting fencing up for sheep for meat and raising a new crop of chicks to replace our layers as they age. Looked into a well but price is crazy. L
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    Tail down, diarrhoea and listless

    @ChickenCat That is pretty much what we have done Moved to 5 acres, built a house and large shed. Have a large garden area and have fenced off an area for sheep. When we lived in the UK I got hooked on lamb and have raised them one other time for meat. Best of luck!
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    Worming with Wazine

    Ok need advise here. I had a hen acting strange. Staying in the nest box and not eating. I checked her out and her tail was down like a penguin. She had a greenish diarrhea. I separated her and she never improved. We put her down yesterday because I was worried she might be contagious and...
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    Tail down, diarrhoea and listless

    Very interested - how did the rest of your chickens do? I have about 25 hens and had one do the same thing starting on this past Saturday. I cleaned her area and quarantined her but she did not improve. When I came home from work today she had not improved. My husband put her down rather...
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    Comb damage from dog attack

    I am thrilled cause he is a pretty boy The other roo - both are black australorpe (SP) - is starting to get to big for his britches. Had to pop him yesterday and my husband said he was sizing him up when he went out to close the gate for the night tonight, The one young man that is healing is...
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    Comb damage from dog attack

    Update on my roo. I left him in the broody pen until yesterday. Based on everything I have read everything says that the comb will not grow back. Well let me tell you not only is he doing fine but the comb is growing back. All of the crusty areas have dropped off and the comb is now about a...
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    Comb damage from dog attack

    It doesn't appear to be wet. It looked initially like blood when it first happened but it has gotten worse as time moved on. As I said he appears fine except in the look of his comb. I am going to put antibiotics in his water and am thinking something on the comb itself. Any suggestions. I...
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