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    Does my pullet have worms?

    UPDATE: Now her poop is changing, but not quite looking like it should, still. They are long (or rather, the proper length but they don't curl). It is covered in a film, like a sausage. I broke it up and inside looks like undigested plant material. She must be eating various weeds in the...
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    Does my pullet have worms?

    Quote: I do sometimes feed my chickens some oatmeal, but I haven't recently, and I don't think I have ever feed it to the babies. I just fed them some rice yesterday, coincidentally. I will try and keep and eye on her droppings today to see if they are any different than usual. I am hoping...
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    Does my pullet have worms?

    I have an 11 week old pullet, Lilly, who has very watery droppings. Not runny droppings, but watery, as in the brown part is well-formed and surrounded by what looks like water. To be honest, I haven't really been seeing any urates, either (the white part of the dropping). Her droppings have...
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    Lethargic hen, weak, sleepy, cool, hasn't pooped; happened 'overnight'

    I have a naked neck hen who is very sick. Though she has had health issues in the past, these symptoms have sprung up overnight. She about 16 months old and was purchased as a day-old chick with 4 others (all others are healthy). She has been having egg issues recently, over the past 6 months...
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    Beautiful, docile birchen Rooster Free to good home (southern CA)

    Please give Cayenne a good home! He is a sweet, if somewhat shy, rooster that was hatched by Pepper, one of my little silkies. Cayenne is not related to Pepper (is not a silkie); he is a mix of many breeds, I think. He has Birchen markings, with a funny rose comb. He is still growing, but in...
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    Gapeworm, but only in the young chickens of the flock?

    Hi. I have a flock of ten, seven adult hens (just over a year old) and three 'teenagers' hatched this past spring (13-16 weeks old). The three young chickens have a habit of panting, they pant all the time. I do live in San Diego, CA and it is summer now, so I thought that it was just weather...
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    Chick swallowed a string

    My mom brought home two chicks that had been hatched in her preschool (she is a preschool teacher). The first day home, I was watching them and happened to be facing the back-end of one. She started pooping, but instead of being a quick poop, like usual, it kept going. It ended up being a...
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    Chicken Newbie...any idea what type of chickens I have??

    A few months late for the reply, but 'barred' as an adjective means having a bar design. As in a horizontal stripes. Looks like this. http://survivalfarm.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/barredrock.jpg
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    Immobile chicken, trouble walking, egg bound?

    Poppy is doing fine. Actually, she was acting fine before, as well. It was more of just a precaution. I saw some broken eggshell pieces near her vent and was worried that the egg might have broken inside as it was coming out. I got the antibiotic they had at the feed store, tetracycline...
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    the things your chickens WILL NOT eat

    My girls, more or less, will eat anything that's in my hand. In fact, they are so trained that I can be sharing something (lettuce, apple, pear, ...) and some will fall to the ground and the won't look twice at it until I pick it back up. When they were younger, I would go out and pick clovers...
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    Chronic weak egg problem (thin shells, or no shells). How to fix??

    I am surprised to see that others have experienced a similar problem. Thanks for brining the 'Egg Drop' information to my attention. That sounds exactly like what's going on, at least in my case. At least it doesn't sound fatal as it is, nor does it sound like it is contagious (while it can...
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    Chronic weak egg problem (thin shells, or no shells). How to fix??

    I have a sweetheart of a hen, Poppy, who recently has fallen into laying dangerously poor quality eggs. Her very first egg (back in August 2009??) was perfect. Then for months she was a very consistent layer. However, eventually her eggs started looking deformed. We called them 'dinosaur...
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    Immobile chicken, trouble walking, egg bound?

    Can you let me know specifically what antibiotics you are using? I fear I have the same problem with one of my hens, my sweet little naked neck. I am going to call the vet tomorrow morning, but I have a feeling the vet is not used to treating chickens (not really common to have chickens in my...
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