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    Sudden Chicken Death Syndrome?

    To aliciasimon: I'm so sorry for your loss! Of course you miss your Buttercup -- I don't know why but it always seems to hit hardest when the ones with lots of personality leave us. That's been my feeling or experience anyway. I don't think it gets easier ever. And I can empathize with...
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    New hen standing in crate with eyes closed...help...

    I hope your girl is feeling better. She truly is lovely. Change can be really stressful, which is just so hard on on hens. It's lucky that she likes being held. She'll take comfort from your encouragement. I'll keep my fingers crossed for you.
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    Recipes for Home Made Electrolyte Replacement Formulas?

    Hey Aricisom, Thanks for the culinary scoop, That's great to know! As the summer wears on, zuccini sort of settles to the bottom of the veggie food chain, or pecking order, or something, so to sp eak. You almost have to feel sorry for it. Any way I saw this cool idea of a frozen veggie and...
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    ** Chicken BEE STING. What to do?**

    I hope you can take a few deep breaths and give yourself a break. There are people within the BYC community who have been raising birds for many, many years. Some of them grew up with poultry, and you know what? Nobody has been through everything. There's just no end to the sorts of problems...
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    Hen smells rotten with infection, need antibiotic but what kind and how much?

    I wish I could advise on the antibiotic issue, but as long as you're going to give her a bath, and once she's cleaned up a bit, I think it would be really helpful to do an epsom salt soak for a few minutes (or however long she'll comfortably sit for it.) That would help to draw out some of the...
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    anybodys chickens died because they ate their poop

    I was going to ask the same thing -- I don't think I've ever seen it. Would it be something PetCo would carry? Also, how do you know if your chickens have coccidia? I mean, what are the symptoms? Isn't it normal for them to occasionally have slightly loose poop? And isn't a cecal discharge...
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    Recipes for Home Made Electrolyte Replacement Formulas?

    Dear JNB and Buff Orpington 88, Thank you SO much for your responses! Fortunately, this is a fairly rural area, and melons and such are readily available. I wish I knew if zuccini was safe for chickens, EVERYbody is trying to get rid of it -- almost aggressively. As for the electrolyte...
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    Could Anyone share Recipes for Home Made Electrolyte Replacement Formula?

    Thanks Judy! I appreciate the suggestion -- Gaterade or whatever generic version the local grocery may have is easily available. I hate to sound like an idiot, but I just want to clarify: by "1 Ounce" you mean an ounce of the liquid, bottled version, right? or do you mean an...
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    surgery today- Ruthie is gone.

    Hello again, Wow . . . I'm full of mixed feelings for you and Ruthie. First of all, I just so totally admire your determination, compassion and dedication to your little Faverolle. I believe there's a special place in heaven for folks like you. I'm very sorry that her condition wasn't...
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    Could Anyone share Recipes for Home Made Electrolyte Replacement Formula?

    Sorry to bring up the heat issue again, but I'm new to this, and we've been hit with some really weirdly hot weather -- 111 the other day, and no relief in site. We've been using the Save-A-Chick Vitamin & Electrolyte Packets. Unfortunately they aren't available locally, and we've been running...
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    Recipes for Home Made Electrolyte Replacement Formulas?

    I would be so grateful for any home made formulas that Backyard Chicken Members have used. I know that everyone is probably sick and tired of hearing about the heat (me too) but I'm new, and dealing with unseasonal temperatures well above 100. We had 111 two days ago. We've been using the...
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    Emergency! What is this? Pictures! Lump on under bone.

    I wish I had advice for you. I truly hope you find a way to help your guy. I can tell you that I am going through something similar with a 4 wk old Salmon Faverolle Chick (male) and he's been this way for a few weeks. He doesn't seem to be troubled by it, or sick. In his case the swelling...
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    3 week old Male Faverolle Chick has very distended abdomen, Please Help!

    My Faverolle will be 3 weeks old tomorrow. He's been fine, as have the two female faverolles and the other 4 that were shipped with him. Just this evening when we were changing the litter, we picked him up and noticed that he felt very much larger through the lower part of his body -- he is...
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    how do you incorporate new chickens into a freeranging flock

    I'm going to be integrating younger birds soon myself, and somehow I can't quite imagine sneaking out in the wee hours and stashing seven new little ones among the six big girls. But it sounds like it might be funny to video -- and me without a night vision set-up -- sigh. I'll be back for...
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    Cackle Hatchery Delivery Friday July 13th!! Anyone else expecting?

    Hi again all, Sorry for the very late response. We finally got our ( "replacement / reshipment" birds) After a lot of confusion and order changes and some truly lousy customer service from the hatchery -- and some extra special care from our postal folks they arrived -- only one loss this...
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