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    Milky Poop

    First of all, I am so sorry that I don't have a picture. I caught it on the camera because I'm at school right now. One of my girls pooped straight up milk. Like it looked like someone spilled milk in my coop. It had a little small red thing in it too, and I noticed a few of my other birds...
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    Whats wrong! Bad poop

    Okay thank you!!!
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    Whats wrong! Bad poop

    Thank you for this! I will be putting it in my notes. Our nesting boxes are floor level for the silkies. They get pooped on from above because they sleep in the same coop as my standard chickens. I do find that they get the poop on their feathers so Im glad it's not just mine! Do you keep their...
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    Whats wrong! Bad poop

    I think she will integrate fine, my silkies aren't really part of the main flock anyway and usually keep to themselves, and they are quite sweet. They took in another one of my sick girls until she was able to move back in to the standard flock. My coop does have a little drier portion with...
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    Whats wrong! Bad poop

    So she's pooping eating and drinking today everything is normal. Her poops are wet but not like that one I took a picture of. I seriously think she got chilled and it messed up her digestion? Because she doesn't have a poopy butt anymore. Not sure how to make my coop more suitable for her now...
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    Whats wrong! Bad poop

    Okay. I may treat all of my silkies with corid to be safe. No one else is acting up but I want to be safe. I'll update you with anything serious. I had a silkie die about a month ago from cocci so I was worried it started back up again. However, she isnt acting lame like he was and she still is...
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    Whats wrong! Bad poop

    So if she's a lazy pooper, should I do anything besides trim her butt feathers and keep her clean? Should I continue with the corid treatment? Should I just give her the pills anyway and see if anything comes out? And if something does I may switch to the actual valbazen medicine. The liquid...
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    Whats wrong! Bad poop

    That's what I bought in preparation for worms. Never used it before but it was the only thing I could find. Yes her crop is emptying, just checked. She also pooped again in her makeshift crate, and what I could tell, there was no more liquid just a normal poop. I made sure to put a paper towel...
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    Whats wrong! Bad poop

    I will check tonight if it's emptying. Her last egg was a few days ago but she was laying even with her poopy butt. Not deformed but I do have deworming pills.
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    Whats wrong! Bad poop

    So its my chickens first cold season and they all are having some poopy butts. But this girl is having it really bad, she's a silkie and they aren't vaccinated for cocci like my others are. She's been having some serious poop on her butt for a few days and I just got home from a trip to find it...
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    Research question for egg yolk color

    Already been done before. Can't present anything at the conference that has been done before.
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    Research question for egg yolk color

    precisely why I'm doing this! Many people that are uneducated on reproductive chicken systems dont understand why the color is the way it is and how it has no impact alone on nutritional density. I want to prove that the darker the yolk is just based on amount given of marigold leaves to a chicken.
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    Research question for egg yolk color

    Yeah I'm trying to do everything naturally for the sake of the report. Thought green would be fun but I may stick to just that orange color. After the experiment I will for sure supplement with the lettuce! Sounds like an amazing way to help my ladies.
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    Research question for egg yolk color

    Hey all! Im a junior in highschool applying for the regeneron scholarship. It's a research based scholarship so my research question is the proportion to which the amount of a pigment I give a chicken will change their egg yolk color. But to get started, I need some materials. I plan to use...
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    Copper Sulfate for Crop

    Should I try an antifungal first or go ahead and do copper sulfate? I've never had chickens before so I didn't know my options and Googled what could help beside at home remedies.
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