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    stick tight fleas day 1 treatment

    This morning fleas are gone. Still a few dead ones attached so I'll get my tweezers & pull them out. The girls are swollen & red around their eyes so I'll try my best to clean them & put some antibiotic cream on. They seem to be in better spirits without those blood suckers attached! Some one...
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    stick tight fleas day 1 treatment

    Looks like they've started dropping off already! Hope theyre gone for good!
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    stick tight fleas day 1 treatment

    Today I found these little discusting bugs on my girls...stick tight fleas. Yuck!! After much research, I've started this treatment. Using a q-tip, I carefully saturated the heads & necks of my 5 hens using Adams flea & tick spray, I also dilluted Permectin II & sprayed down their bodies. I...
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    Neglected hens, advice please!

    I think you're right. What's wrong with some people treating helpless animals this way? Really makes me mad!
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    Neglected hens, advice please!

    Hi everyone, I'm hoping someone can advice me on what to do about this situation...I'm losing sleep thinking about it. I was riding my horse here in Santa Barbara on a nature preserve (horses allowed) and came across a very small, dilapitated coop with 8 pecked up hens inside. this preserve...
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    Serious Neglect Case

    Ooops! I'm not very computer savy...
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    Serious Neglect Case

    Hi everyone, I'm hoping someone can advice me on what to do about this situation... I was riding my horse here in Santa Barbara on a nature preserve (horses allowed) and came across a very small, dilapitated coop with 6 pecked up hens inside. this preserve bumps up to a few backyards of some...
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    cracked egg, HELP

    Hatched & healthy! Unfortunately a crow (or something) has taken 1 of my other chicks. I'm heartbroken!!:(
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    HELP, I CRACKED EGG ON DAY 20!!!

    Just checked, chick is alive and well & 1 more hatched over night! Thanks for responding'..
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    HELP, I CRACKED EGG ON DAY 20!!!

    Just went out to check on my broody hen sitting on 4 eggs. Stupid me picked up an egg & my hen turned to peck me and got the egg instead. She cracked it and the 20 day old egg has a live chick inside. I returned it to mom but now i worry she'll smother it. Advice please, I'm really worried and...
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    cracked egg, HELP

    Just went out to check on my broody hen sitting on 4 eggs. Stupid me picked up an egg & my hen turned to peck me and got the egg instead. She cracked it and the 20 day egg has a live chick inside. I returned it to mom but now i worry she'll smother it. Advice plkease!
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    Help! My hens are pecking each other!

    Someone told me to use Vicks Vapor Rub on the back of the hens, but that seemed as though it would burn their skin, especially if they have open wounds. I decided to use diluted Tea Tree Oil and water on a cotton ball then gently rub the pecked area on my hen. Tea Tree oil is a natural...
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    stuck: hen will not come down from roost or use ramps

    Howdy, I'm also new to the chicken world. One of my 4 hens is doing this EXACT thing & I really don't know what to do either? Help!
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