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    Huge foot sore!

    I noticed this one one of my year old Californian hens yesterday. She is limping slightly, but acting otherwise normal. My daughter says she thinks it has been there for a month, but I am not sure that is reliable. Bumble foot? I haven't ever seen it on the top of the foot before?
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    Heat stress or illness?

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    Heat stress or illness?

    It's hot here! All of my birds look hot. Egg production is down. (went from about 18 eggs a day to 6 in the last week!) I noticed a few of my birds have dirty behinds and are acting very sluggish. I don't see any diarrhea on the ground, but I have to assume it's there. Additionally, we moved...
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    LGD puppies killed a chicken. Any hope?

    I chose to take one of the puppies to my sister's house today. I am going to focus on training the dominant puppy for a few weeks. Cora also tends to be better at listening and more intent on pleasing me, so I am hoping I can someday reintroduce her sister. I hated to do it, but I love my...
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    LGD puppies killed a chicken. Any hope?

    I have two 13 week old Anatolian/great Pyrenees mix puppies that we got specifically to help guard our hens. We have had a couple previous dogs that were chicken killers, but we got these guys specifically because they were raised very closely with chickens and came from great protection-minded...
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    Big red tumor

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    Big red tumor

    I am in the medical field and if this was on a person, I would totally be fascinated and want to touch it. However, since it's a chicken, it really grosses me out. I haven't touched it.... It doesn't move like it's filled with fluid, more like a heavy weight, doesn't change shape or anything. I...
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    Big red tumor

    Here's a pic of it that I took last night.
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    Big red tumor

    This is a terrible picture of when it first showed up. It's a lot bigger now. Best I had on my phone.
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    Big red tumor

    IMG_0252 by debducttape posted Jun 1, 2017 at 4:46 PM
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    Big red tumor

    I have thought about tying it off actually. Her crop looks totally normal. I will post a pic when I can.
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    Big red tumor

    I have a 3 year old barred rock hen that has this big, golf ball-sized tumor on her neck. It's bright red, (about the color of her comb) and held on with a tiny thread of skin. It flops around when she walks and kinda grosses me out. She's had it at least 6 months and it's getting...
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    Randomly dead chicken. How do I do a necropsy?

    I had a 1 year old barred rock hen die today. I noticed that she had been lying down a lot and just not being as active. I separated her from the others and inspected her. I couldn't find anything wrong with her. Comb was red, and nothing abnormal as far as I could see. Her belly was soft, vent...
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    Pale Comb

    I noticed one of my barred rock hens has a suddenly pale comb. She's not even a year old, and they have all been laying well, considering the cold weather. I separated her from the flock and gave her a good look over. I cannot find anything else wrong with her. She does hang back a bit when...
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