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    egg yolk peritonitis?

    Battagliac thank you for that info, much appreciated.
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    egg yolk peritonitis?

    Horsemom that looks like just the yolk , an undeveloped egg? Unless she is lethargic, going off feed, has a warm spongy abdomen I wouldn't think it was peritonitis. I am in no way an expert and maybe someone on this forum would have a better idea. How old are your hens? Mine are only two yrs...
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    egg yolk peritonitis?

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    egg yolk peritonitis?

    Ask around farm supply stores or your local vet. I got minevfrom the vet
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    egg yolk peritonitis?

    kithomm 66 I feel your concern I lost a bird to it last year and recently had another but fended it off with Duramycin-10. Egg Peritonitis is not contagious but your chicken will be lethargic, not laying, not eating or drinking much. She will have a very warm/hot swollen abdomen and it will feel...
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    egg yolk peritonitis?

    I just lost my beautiful "Amelia" Barred Rock to this it was despairing for me to watch her suffer. No one knew anything about it, had a necropsy done and found out it was egg peritonitis. I want to thank you for sharing this info on Duramycin-10 I will write this down and keep in case I need it...
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    barred rock has a red warm featherless area??

    never happen they are raised organic and there is no bugs but thank you for your input
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    barred rock has a red warm featherless area??

    yes I have DE and they free range over the farm and dust themselves in sand .
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    barred rock has a red warm featherless area??

    It's not under her vent it's along her side under her wing and then I noticed another chicken has on her underside? Could they be stressed out a few of them are molting at the same time as well:(
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    barred rock has a red warm featherless area??

    can someone tell me what is going on here? I am a fairly new chicken owner, these are my first chickens and they're about 2 yo now raised them from chicks. They free-range and eat organic layer, recently had to redesign the coop to add a brooder box/run for new chicks. But this came about before...
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    newbie chicken owner

    thanks I did read that, but she is back to being with the flock now. My concern was while she was broody she made a couple of the other hens find new laying areas can I retrain them to go back to laying in their coop?
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    newbie chicken owner

    Hi everyone! Just started raising Organic layers last year and happily my girls layed all winter long, they are now about a yr old and I am experiencing a broody hen whom I have put into iso for a couple of days and all is well. My problem is the rest of the hens decided to start laying...
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    Fruits Vegetables for chicks/chickens?

    I read feeding them avocados was toxic to them...you might want to check that our before you continue to feed them that:)
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