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    No Feathers

    I have three sex link reds in varying stages of undress. Last summer we had a rooster who was pretty rough on the girls. We rehomed him, but their feathers have not grown back! Is there anything I can do to help them refeather?
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    Please help, my flock is dying.

    No, they were not vaccinated, because it was a naive flock; We have not had Mareks disease, and the hatchery said not to vaccinate unless you had it.
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    Please help, my flock is dying.

    In three months I have lost four pullets and a rooster. All came from a reputable hatchery. The first to die was a Speckled Sussex hen , who had this bizarre warty looking skin on her neck, with no feathers. A few days later she couldn't stand well, and the following day she was on her back and...
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    rooster has defeathered select hens, separated rooster and now blood has just been shed.

    I tried the hen saddles. The rooster always manages to get them off and/or tear them up
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    Chicken injury vs disease?

    Thanks for the response. I have been cleaning an applying ointment, and I felt like she was improving. But today, it appears to have spread and gotten worse. So I'm not convinced it's a rooster injury, though it may be. At any rate, I think I will follow your advice and isolate the rooster for a...
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    Chicken injury vs disease?

    This Speckled Sussex pullet has something going on with her neck. I looked her over very well, no mites or other critters. She is eating, hasn't lost weight. I don't know if one of the roosters tore her up or if this is some sort of disease. Please help
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    Rooster Drama & questions

    So about a month go, a fox got into the chicken yard and took a hen and rooster. This left me with one Ameracauna rooster, Mr Roo, who is not yet a year old. About a week ago, my husband surprised me with a Barred rock rooster named Tucker, also about a year old, and it's been rooster drama...
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    Help my sick hen

    Thanks! I will look at tsc. And thanks for the dosing, too!
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    Help my sick hen

    Thanks! I did find erythromycin at pet smart, so will try that until the Baytril gets here.
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    Help my sick hen

    Yes, Baytril is what I ordered. Wont be here until Weds. :(
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    Help my sick hen

    Which antibiotic? I didn't see any in the chicken section, just in the horse section.
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    Help my sick hen

    She is 18ish months old, has not been laying since she was sick with this about 3 months the ago. Her crop is empty and soft; all I could feel was a little bit of gravel. I irrigated it today and what came back out smelled bad. All my hens eat are crumbles, scratch, meal worms, and the...
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    Help my sick hen

    Ya'll, this is one sick little hen. Her feathers are fluffed out, her comb is shriveled, and her feet look bloodshot. I could use some suggestions. I brought her inside today because she is not eating or drinking, and its too cold to force feed a chicken in the coop. I got two ounce of water...
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    Not getting enough water from nipple waterer?

    I tried nipple waterers and saw a fairly dramatic drop in the amount my hens were drinking. I live in the South, and felt it not worth the risk. I use the regular wateres raised off the ground so the water says cleaner. A little acv to keep slime from growing in the water
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    Help. Chicken with diarrhea

    The person I got her from said she is about a year old. It could be stress from being relocated, then quarantined away from the flock, but seems like that would resolve in a week..
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