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    Tumor or abscess or what?? Hen isn't happy.

    I'm in Texas outside of Houston. It's cold some days, warm others, we don't really have a lot of flies though. I could definitely have been a predator as my dog has caught a hawk attacking a hen one day. Could of been this one. She deteriorated pretty rapidly, stiffened up and wouldn't...
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    Tumor or abscess or what?? Hen isn't happy.

    So how do I go about removing this off her?
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    Tumor or abscess or what?? Hen isn't happy.

    Yeah her vent is perfect. This is like an inch or two away. I will try to get a better pic. It's hard to get with one person though. I'm not really sure how long it has been. I just noticed her acting funny yesterday.
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    Tumor or abscess or what?? Hen isn't happy.

    UPDATE: She will not eat or drink, even tried sugar water. I put the tip of her beak in the water and she just stands there stiff as a board. and seems like she is sort of shaking (like if she was cold) its about 65 degrees outside..
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    Tumor or abscess or what?? Hen isn't happy.

    I wanted to get yalls input on this hen. Yesterday I noticed her hanging out by a tree not really moving just standing around. I went out this morning and found her still standing in the same spot so I walked over to her and picked her up. I immediately noticed a dirty butt so I got a warm bath...
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    Surviving the wild

    Yes we were happily surprised when we got home and she was hanging out over there talking to the others through the wire window lol.
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    Surviving the wild

    I'm raising a new flock of 27 chickens and its been a blast as usual. I was very surprised when we first got them because, for one, none of them died, and two, when we were able to finally get a good picture to count them we found out we have 27 instead of the 25 ordered :) So fast forward 4...
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    Washed Eggs left unrefrigerated

    Its funny you say that. One time I tossed a chicken carcass (cooked) out the window for the dog and he was quickly taken over by 20+ chickens and they completely cleaned them bones off lol.
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    Eggs

    lol our girls did this to us once. We had 21 layers and egg production dropped tremendously and we couldnt figure out why. A week went by and I luckily saw an egg by a tree so I started looking around and I pulled over 60 eggs for a few different 'lay' spots. lol. We simply just water tested...
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    What chick is this?

    They are from Stromberg's and were all supposed to be hand picked pullets which is why it is confusing but mistakes do happen so its possible I got one less Maran and an extra Easter Egger. thanks! They are three weeks old
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    What chick is this?

    I guess it's possible it's an Easter egger. There should be 5 of each and all the EEs look the same which I have 5 of. This one is way different than all. The only reason I thought Maran is because that's the one I have four of and should have five. Here is a pic with two of my EEs in the...
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    What chick is this?

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    What chick is this?

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    What chick is this?

    Hey everyone :) We have 25 chicks we are growing right now and we cannot figure out this odd one. Here is a list of what was ordered. It should be a cuckoo Maran but it doesn't look like the others... Maybe a cock? And the rest are hens? Blue wyandottes Gold sixlinks Cuckoo Maran White...
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    help with a broody hen

    I've got two broodies right now. a welsummer and a new hampshire red. both are being stubborn and wont break. i was wondering if i went to the farm supply and bought a couple day olds and stuck them in the box with them if it would break then and they would raise the new chicks up?
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