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    Lavender orpington - I think I have a rooster.

    Hi all! I was so excited to see Lavender orpington pullets at my local TS. Decided to add 2 to my flock as they're a breed I've been wanting since I started my backyard flock, but I think my luck has finally run out and this time my "pullet" is actually a roo. It's already more aggressive (which...
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    Weird Growths on Rooster

    It looks like fowl pox to me (the dry kind). There's nothing that you can do to treat it, it'll just have to run its course and may take a couple of weeks for that to happen. It is contagious so there's a good chance the others will get it, too, but from everything I've read they should be okay...
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    Spotted Combs? Possible contagion?

    I agree! I'm not an expert like some folks on this site, but it just looks like peck marks. 😊
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    Hen laid 2 soft shelled eggs at once

    Great!! Thank you so much for your feedback and help 😊
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    Hen laid 2 soft shelled eggs at once

    Good to know!! I'll start doing that with the oyster shell. They're about 6 months old, so still young and newer to laying!
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    Hen laid 2 soft shelled eggs at once

    Hi all! One of my girls laid what appears to be 2 soft-shelled eggs at once into their poop hammock (I say it's one chicken because I collected 5 normal eggs and I've got 6 girls total). Everyone laid yesterday and they were perfectly normal. They get layer feed that has oyster shell in it and I...
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    Poor girl can't catch a break

    Thank you!! So it sounds like I shouldn't panic too much just yet? I'm looking into ordering the vaccine for the others just in case...figured it may be worth trying to beat it with them if I can. Poor Little! She's the runt of the group and just can't catch a break.
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    A few birds survived predator attack 😥

    So sorry for your loss! I don't have any advice but it sounds like you're doing everything you can to take care of your babies. Wishing a speedy recovery for Toffee and the rest of your flock!
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    Poor girl can't catch a break

    Just a few weeks after nursing my poor girl Little back from what seemed like death's doorstep (coccidiosis and sour crop) I think she now has fowlpox (see pic) - am I right? I've been reading there's no cure so any thoughts on what I can do to keep this girl as healthy as possible would be...
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    Urgent. Several chickens in flock having the same illness, one has died.

    I had a similar issue last week and thought I was going to lose two of my girls. For one of my girls I gave her monistat cream with a syringe and once I did that she was finally able to eat and get her corid water down. She, thankfully, perked back up within a day or two. I continued to give...
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    Our first egg!!!

    After a long and stressful week thinking 1 of our girls wouldn't make it (she's beating the odds!!) And another girl getting sick, our girl Hazel decided she'd bring us a little extra joy today and lay the first egg of our 6 girls!!! When I heard her singing the egg laying song I almost couldn't...
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    Sour crop/coccidiosis -- is it time to go to the vet?

    So she's made such a turnaround since we got the meds in her!! She's eating and keeping all her food and water down, which is a huge improvement and will thankfully allow me to sneak her meds in her food now lol!! She's also more alert and chatty 😊 I can't thank you enough!!
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    Sour crop/coccidiosis -- is it time to go to the vet?

    My husband was home this morning and helped me after reading your post/article and I'm happy to report that we got a dose of the cream into her!!!! I'm finally feeling some relief. Hopefully she will too and will start eating and keeping her water down. Thank you so, so much for your help...
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    Sour crop/coccidiosis -- is it time to go to the vet?

    Thank you so much for replying - it means a lot. She is s pooping, but it's not solid, which makes sense since she isn't eating (I've tried several different things and she's not interested in any of it). I tried to syringe the meds into her mouth but I couldn't get her to open it and was...
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    Sour crop/coccidiosis -- is it time to go to the vet?

    My sweet Little hasn't gotten any better overnight. She still can't keep water down (has her Corid medication in it for the coccidiosis) and I've tried to feed her miconazole for the sour crop, but she's just not interested. Her crop is more swollen this morning than it was last night. I'm...
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