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    Missing feathers around vent and lower back. Can't figure out why!

    Hmm, I've done blu-kot and it has worked ok. I can't see any lice or mites though I'll check again. I've been spreading DE around the run for dust baths as a "just in case" and I guess I'll rake out the pen today. Maybe I'll call in a chicken friend to come investigate for critters I may be...
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    Missing feathers around vent and lower back. Can't figure out why!

    I should add that this picture is from a week ago. Now her whole underbelly is pecked completely clean of feathers. But she isn't brooding...
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    Missing feathers around vent and lower back. Can't figure out why!

    Hi everyone, I appreciate any help you can offer me. My chickens have been having serious feather loss for the past few months and I can't figure out why. I don't see lice or mites, they are on a balanced high-quality feed, they have enough space. Maybe they are bored? The feather loss is mostly...
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    What is going on with my chicken's skin?

    Hi! We don't have a rooster. We gave him away to another farm since we're urban and he was making a ruckus. They haven't been particularly cooped up or have new food. This is their food: http://blueseal.com/files/feeding-and-mgmt/poultry/1001-organiclife-layer.pdf I guess I'm wondering about...
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    What is going on with my chicken's skin?

    After a full year of no pecking, my birds have started pecking each other's backsides (around the vent) and backs. I can't find any signs of mites or anything else (though I'm not 100% sure I could identify them) but their skin and the nubbins of their new feathers look odd and sickly. Here are...
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    This is coccidiosis, right? (warning: contains image of poop)

    I haven't found another bloody poop yet so I'm holding off with treatment. Thanks, everyone, for your wisdom.
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    This is coccidiosis, right? (warning: contains image of poop)

    Ooops. Multi-tasking. I see it now!! Thank you!
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    This is coccidiosis, right? (warning: contains image of poop)

    What's the ratio of corid to water? 1stp of corid liquid per how much water?
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    This is coccidiosis, right? (warning: contains image of poop)

    They are 8 months old. One has decided to molt (in the middle of a NY cold spell) but other than that, they seem pretty normal! And they've never really been wormed before.
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    This is coccidiosis, right? (warning: contains image of poop)

    Chicken friends! Just found this on my droppings board. Just one looked like this. Not sure which chicken it came from... It's coccidiosis, right? I just want someone to confirm before I start treatment. I'm neurotic!
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    My 7.5 month old chickens are molting? in mid-winter?

    Hi all, I'm a new chicken keeper so maybe I'm being overly cautious but it just doesn't make sense to me that they would be molting now. We live in cold New York. They had roundworm but I haven't seen any evidence lately. They are eating and drinking normally and I haven't seen much pecking...
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    Roundworm in my chickens. Should I treat!?

    Hi all, I keep 9 chickens in a public school (it's so fun!) and unfortunately just found roundworms in some feces. So far I have just found one wormy poop but I assume that all my birds are infected. Honestly it explains a lot: They are 8 months old and all hens but we never get more than 6...
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    help me diagnose my girl!

    They seem to be doing mysteriously better! Not 100% yet but walking around more and looking more chipper. Eating a little more, too. Here's hoping they make a full recovery! Thank you everyone for your wise words!
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    help me diagnose my girl!

    Thanks for your reply. The problem has since worsened a little with another chicken coming down with the same droopy symptoms. They are both 6.5 months old and I think that one is laying and one I haven't yet seen in the nesting boxes but I can't be sure... I brought them inside my house for...
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    help me diagnose my girl!

    Hi everyone! Please help me out with my little Easter Egger, Superwoman! She is squatting with ruffled feathers but open, alert eyes. Not eating much at all. So, yesterday I wrote thinking my chicken had an impacted crop issue. But it didn't really make sense because I wasn't feeling anything...
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