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    Dried chick poop

    I have new baby chicks and know about "pasty butt", but my chicks just have dried poops stuck to the butt, not blocking the vent. What is making their poop stick to them? I'm trying to to clean them as much to keep from stressing them out. They are 1 1/2 weeks old, inside the house with a heat...
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    Hard Tissue on my hen's backside, just below her vent! HELP!

    You have been so helpful. Today her poop is almost pure water with a little green in it. I'm going to keep trying. Thanks again for your advise.
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    Hard Tissue on my hen's backside, just below her vent! HELP!

    So Michael, do you think the black area is dead or do you think that part will heal? I was thinking about getting one of those diapers just to keep her or the other chickens from messing with it. Thank u so much for responding
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    Hard Tissue on my hen's backside, just below her vent! HELP!

    Thanks for your response Lady Badlands! Yes, my vet examined her but didn't find anything inside. I actually counted back to when we actually got our first batch of chicks and it was in September, so she is only 5-6 months old instead of 9. Seems like I've had them longer. I have posted a...
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    Hard Tissue on my hen's backside, just below her vent! HELP!

    My 9 month old hen has an area below her vent that is terribly hard, blackish, about the size of a golf ball. It's as if the tissue is dead or dying or some sort of mass. There is red viable tissue all the way around it. She is not yet laying and my vet says she is not egg bound but has never...
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    Help. Chicken with huge swollen red butt

    I have been reading the replies about hens with the swollen red area below the vent and I have a similar issue with my 9 month old hen that I need advise on. The area below her vent is not red and squishy; my hen's area is terribly hard, blackish, about the size of a golf ball with red viable...
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    Introducing a new flock!

    Thanks for responding...sorry I rambled. I guess my biggest concern is getting them up in the coop with the other hens. Though they have spent a few days together in the same run, the new chicks have not really interacted with my original flock. They have may no attempt to get on the ramp; they...
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    Introducing a new flock!

    I had such great advise last time, here goes question #2. My first flock has adjusted to their new outdoor pen great (about 6 weeks ago). I still have 4 chicks inside (Australorp, 2 Silkies & a Sultan) that I have not yet moved out. These chicks were 3 weeks younger then the others so I kept...
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    Locking my chicks up at night!

    Thanks for the advice. I guess I'm already a Mother Hen!
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    Locking my chicks up at night!

    Today is the first day my flock has left the house full time to their permanent outside house. I have a 6x8x14 portable coop on wheels that can be moved around our yard. The coop itself is elevated 3ft off the ground, all around the run is a 2foot paneled section with tin roof over the entire...
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