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    What can cause a healthy hen to just die?

    Is it easily transmissible between chickens? Hopefully they will have the results soon so I can make sure it does not happen to the others!
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    What can cause a healthy hen to just die?

    Our broody hen had been doing totally fine, sitting on eggs, running around like crazy when snacks were given though (just like the others!) etc, but one day this week she was just dead - in the run. She had been totally fine that morning. Her wings were covered in sand and dirt so it was as if...
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    Deworming dose

    So last time I put in more food than they could get through in a week so I used a much smaller bowl this time with the deworming powder...but apparently I've gone the other way. I put it in early Wednesday, and by tonight (Fri night), it's almost all gone -- so barely even lasted half a week...
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    Do females ever attack?

    Thanks everyone. Here is a photo, best I can do this morning. It is kind of a good one as it shows the entire family lineage too! Baby is at the top, father is at the bottom, and the mother is either the middle one or the top right one (the one who raised the chick is the middle one). Full...
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    Do females ever attack?

    One of our hens hatched her own egg and raised the chick, and a couple months ago, we introduced them back into the run with the other hens and our cockerel. Everyone is doing fine and getting along. The baby, who is very cute and doing really great, always had a 'deeper' voice than the others...
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    What more can we do?

    Re not getting any more, passing them on, etc., no worries there - we are at our max number and don't plan on getting any more, nor giving these to others. They are just our pets! Well, just sneezing and not acting sick is how they are now. They had never done so before they had the 'near...
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    What more can we do?

    About two months ago, two new chickens we got came with some sort of respiratory disease. They were sneezing away, lethargic, and their eyes were sealing. One died within a couple days, and the other was so bad we had her put down at the vets. It didn't take long before one by one, our...
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    Stopping a chicken from being broody in winter?

    One of ours is properly broody, in the egg box all day, no feathers on belly, etc. I was reading up on what to do to stop it and it all seems to involve separating her in the run so she isn't too comfortable, or ducking her in cold water. Now, those seem like decent methods during summer...
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    Separating a chicken for treatment

    I know many separate a chicken if they're a bit unwell and put them inside etc - but I read somewhere that it is good to separate it with one other one, so that she is not lonely. What is the best thing to do with this? Thanks!
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    Stinky Run…

    Just out of curiosity do you have a photo of your set up?
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    How late is too late for sour crop?

    I know it is not fatal if caught early. She's had it for about a week. Been treating (the usual, no food, acv, etc.) since Monday, so today is day three. Tonight is the first time she got a full dosage of the anti fungal medicine - I got my partner to help me who held her beak open. She's been...
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    Sour crop treatment

    So today is day three. I kept her off food for pretty much all of yesterday, though on day 1 I do think she ate solids in the morning (and I tried a bit of yogurt in the evening). I did force vomit most of it out, though. Gave her egg this morning which she ate, but now she's doing the head...
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    Sour crop treatment

    Thanks! I was quite certain it was sour crop, not impacted, because it does indeed feel like a big ball of water, all squishy and all. But I've not smelled anything sour. Would impacted crops not feel a bit hard? How long can she go without eating? She's not had anything since yesterday...
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    Sour crop treatment

    Is it sour crop and not impacted crop as far as I can tell - does that make a difference? Her crop is purely liquid just now it seems, nothing else. No improvements yet. I found an oral medicine that I am trying to give her but am struggling to get her to drink it. Still also trying to get her...
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    Sour crop treatment

    Thanks! So should I have her on yogurt and nothing else, food-wise? How long should I keep that up for?
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