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    I'm actually mortified, could this be normal? I have been swamped the past week with placement for uni and assessments, but I see the girls at least once a day, and Martha has gone alarmingly bald within 48 hours! No cute flock photos 😭 (she has her head in a rockmelon in the first one) And it...
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    It's been nearly 40 degrees for the last 3 days here in my part of Australia! 🥵
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    My phone just went flat, but tomorrow I'll be glad to share my girls instead of forcing non-chicken people to look at them 😅
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    It's so comforting to know if we go away and they are confined to their coop run for a few days, that they're are all happy and able to go about their day fairly normally (although realistically probably very mad that the door has not been opened for them to free range 😅) and no one gets picked on.
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    When I think about getting more I just look at how beautiful they are, and they're all just so plump and happy!
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    Hello! I have 5 Barnavelders and 1 Silkie. I would love more chickens but my girls get on well so I don't want to introduce any chicken politics! My chickens are super fun pets and I love finding a fellow chicken lover to talk about all things chickens! I also have a cat, and a new little border...
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    Somewhere_In_The_Clouds' Project 365 Thread ~ 2026

    Awww, you did such a good job raising him! His new family must be so excited!
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    Impacted Crop

    Thank you! Poor chicken is so over crop massage! But she forgives me as soon as i feed her. She does seem to eat non stop, i think being inside in a cage is just so boring she just eats. Her crop is still getting super large during the day, despite significantly emptying overnight. I have the...
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    Impacted Crop

    Thanks so much! Those articles are very informative. You're so right about the probiotics, i'll get on to that! Chickens have hugely high doses of antibiotics! I am getting pretty unsure of how to continue, some of the vets say her prognosis is poor since crop stasis is usually secondary to...
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    Impacted Crop

    I noticed my 10wk Silkie was acting unusual and immediately felt that it's crop was huge, and felt full of air. She was still eating, so i brought her inside for the night, and witheld food for 24hrs. I work as a vet nurse and took her in to work with me. At 24hrs, we x-rayed her, and her crop...
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