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    Sick chicken semi-recovering but still watery poop

    Hello helpful people, Just wanted to check in again for your opinion because my chicken was recovering nicely, I dewormed her sisters and then moved her back in with them. She has never started laying, however, and stayed pretty skinny although her feathers have come back nicely. Just...
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    Sick chicken semi-recovering but still watery poop

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    Sick chicken semi-recovering but still watery poop

    Thank you- I feed them the same feed but haven’t tried fermenting. So- good news!! she seems to have recovered, got her 10 day dose, and is almost back to her original perky self! She has yet to start laying again though. Just a question to you pros about my other 3 chickens- I want to...
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    Sick chicken semi-recovering but still watery poop

    Just another update (for others in the same situation)- she did test positive for roundworm & crop infection. We just finished her 10 day dosage of antibiotics & did one dose of deworming so far. She got a lot better and grew back her feathers, but is still so skinny and sleeping a lot.. I don’t...
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    Sick chicken semi-recovering but still watery poop

    Hi I wanted to follow up with both of you because you were so helpful. I finally got a vet appt and brought her in. She definitely has some sort of crop infection l and they are testing for worms. In the meantime she was put on an antibiotic for the infection (clavacillin) and metoclopromide to...
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    Sick chicken semi-recovering but still watery poop

    I feed her New Country Organic classic grind layer feed and mealworms for treats. Since she’s been sick & separated I’ll give her a veggie or fruit treat, a small piece every other day or so- I also tried a bit of sardine the other day because I read the protein is good. (I also realize I think...
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    Sick chicken semi-recovering but still watery poop

    Thank you so much for this info- I just researched the tapeworm possibility and I am wondering if this may be it because when I checked a minute later the white bits had disappeared and I am reading that segments can still move. I will ask the vet if they do this type of testing and also look...
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    Sick chicken semi-recovering but still watery poop

    Hello, I have looked at so many posts (and gross poop pictures!) but can’t find same specifics— During the heat wave a few weeks ago our 1year 8 month chicken got very sick - not leaving the roost, all liquid poop, empty crop and missing feathers around her bottom & chest while we were away...
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    Pre-fab runs?

    Hi- posting this question because all the threads I find are several years old. We have a solid coop and want to find a pre-made run. We know that mesh is the way to go and have tons of predators around so need the enclosure to be super tight. we have 8 chickens so need at least 80 sq feet...
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    Should I turn get rid of heat lamp? 3 week olds inside

    Thank you! I will let them be...
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    Should I turn get rid of heat lamp? 3 week olds inside

    I was reading this thread because I have the same question. My chicks are almost 3 weeks old and I moved them from their tiny brooder with heat lamp to a bigger box with a heating pad.. they were very busy running flapping & chirping for an hour or two, but when the sun went down they all just...
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