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    Chicken is staggering ??

    We have a chicken (6months old) that seems to staggering inconsistently, and we can’t figure out why. It started abruptly but she will be fine running around one minute and then all of the sudden she seems off balance and starts falling to one side. She literally appears drunk and then ends up...
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    Mystery illness? Medication or treatment suggestions??

    Thanks all for the tips. Sadly she passed last night ☹️ ( and yes it was the same chicken from my previous thread). We treated her with Corid and gave her some warm baths and her vent seemed normal so I don’t think it was cocci or that she was egg bound, but I guess we’ll never know. Just...
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    Mystery illness? Medication or treatment suggestions??

    How do folks get antibiotics for their chickens? is a vet the only way? Anyone near Seattle have vet recs that don’t break the bank OR have something else we can try for our chicken? We have a chicken that seems to sick, but we’re not sure what’s going on. We gave them all a treatment of...
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    Is it cocci or something else - help!

    She’s 4 months old not 4 weeks . And no, I don’t have access to any meds . Our vet doesn’t see chickens so unless I can purchase it over the counter somewhere I’m not sure how to get other meds 🫤. If it’s not cocci and I put her back with the rest of the flock , isn’t there a chance others will...
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    Is it cocci or something else - help!

    Needing help identifying if our 4 month old chicken has coccidiosis! For a couple days she’s slowly gotten seemingly more lathargic. Nothing too concerning initially but last night we knew something was off. We quarantined her last night and started the flock on Corid this morning as we...
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    9 week chick not feathering??

    I don't think so. The other Brahma from the same hatch was fully feathered by like 5 weeks. It's just odd because the wings, chest and tail seem to be the only places they feathers have come in, and while it looks like there are some new feathers emerging on it's side and back, it doesn't seem...
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    9 week chick not feathering??

    We had a bunch of chicks one of which was a Brahma, that turned out to be a cockerel so we gave it back to the breeder and swapped it for another Brahma from the same hatch. This one is significantly smaller and while it has lost most of its down, it doesn’t really have feathers coming in as I...
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    Pullet or Roos? 7-8 weeks old

    We have several chickens that we got from straight runs, and we’re needing help identifying whether they are pullets or roosters. All of them are breeds we have never had so I’m not fully sure, although I do suspect most are pullets. Would love to hear from others that actually know what...
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    What could be causing this feather loss??

    I’m not sure that could be the cause because their feeding hasn’t changed since we’ve had them so I don’t know how or why that would suddenly cause them to peck out their feathers (and in the exact same place… that’s what’s the most odd). Also when I say treats it’s just veggies (similar to when...
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    What could be causing this feather loss??

    Chicken feed ( they've been on it since laying), then a bunch of chicken scraps, meal worms, etc. My husband makes sure they always get lots of healthy treats :) But there's been no change in that. Also they free range in out grassy yard a lot .
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    What could be causing this feather loss??

    two of our three older chickens (they’re 2 years old), sunddenly have patches on their back with broken feathers (both in the same spot - just the the right of their tail feathers. They arent molting and they are beautiful birds with no signs of mites or lice or anything of the sort. I would...
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    9 mo best layer stopped laying - help!

    Also, just checked her over, and no mites or lice, and it turns out she is molting! We haven't seen many feathers from her drop, but she has lots of new pin feathers coming in! I thought she was too young to molt, but guess not! Now let's hope her eggs return again soon :) Thanks everyone!
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    9 mo best layer stopped laying - help!

    @Beard4 , we're all searching for answers :) I'm going to go check her over again, but finders crossed she's just taking a break, and can resume egg production soon - this lady was working like a machine for 4 months! An egg nearly daily! So at first I was somewhat relieved ( for her sake) she...
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    9 mo best layer stopped laying - help!

    I wish - we’ve searched hi and low.... it’s still in our yard, just another section of it
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    9 mo best layer stopped laying - help!

    Our best layer, a 9 month old Golden Comet went from laying an egg neary every day, to not laying a single egg in over a month! We can't figure out what is going on. She's too young to be molting i believe, and she's not being picked on ( in fact she's the only one that can fly over the fence...
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