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    Need suggestions for food options for chickens raised in the tropics.

    I live in a small village in Mexico. Our chickens are Heinz 57. I'd like to come up with a simple mix to supplement their browsing The choice of prepared food available here seems to be whole corn, crushed corn, and a mix for fighting roosters. Our chicken are free range and this is the...
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    red swoolen area in front of anus-help

    Hello. It's me Hwally again. I read up on prolapsed vents and I don't think hers is. Her vent isn't protruding. It looks pretty normal. The swoolen area is just in front of her vent. It feels the same way a water baloon feels. I probed it and cant feel any hard material. It seems to be...
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    red swoolen area in front of anus-help

    Hello It's me hwally. I'm down in mexico, literally in the jungle and have no camera or a vet nearbye. I've dealt with spiderbites and see no sign of a bite. Her skin is smooth except where her feathers are. The swelling goes right up to her vent but doesn't seem to include it. I don't know...
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    HELP..........Baby Duckling attacked- Top Beak Almost Off !!..... PIC

    I live in Mexico and there are no vets nearbye. A friend had a young parrot and an older one tore it's top beak nearly off. I brought over some JB Weld quicl drying epoxy and we put a little on the edge of the two pieces and put them back together then we mounded ap a bit more aver the break...
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    red swoolen area in front of anus-help

    I have a hen that has a red swoolen area the size of a small tennis ball. It seems to be filled with a watery liquid. I probed it with my fingers and it didn't seem to cause her any discomfort. She only has a few feathers in this area. There was some fesces in the area so I think she's been...
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    egg stuck half way iut

    How long does it take f or the egg to come all the way out. She had it half to 3/4 the way out for 5 hours and finally I gently helped her finish, She didn't seem to want to walk before she had it and spent the last couple days just swimming in the pond. Today she's near the pond and working...
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    injured roosterWe have an older rooster

    We have an older rooster that we keep in a seperate pen to keep the other roosters from attacking him. Today someone left the gate open and the other roosters attacked him. His neck and head are without feathers and bloody. He is very weak. Is there anything I can give him for pain or to...
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    lethargic chick with labored breathing

    Hello Jenski, We're feeding them a chicken food we buy here. It is ground corn with other seeds mixed in. It's about all available. Most people here don't feed their chickens. The chicks are with their mother, a rooster and another hen. They are pretty much free to roam. We keep clean...
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    lethargic chick with labored breathing

    I live down in Mexico in a small village with out a vet. We have some very small chickens the locals call Costa Ricans. They have three chicks about three weeks old. A couple days ago I noticed one was off by itsself. It's breathing is labored and upon examination I could see that it had...
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    lethargic chick with labored breathing

    I live in Mexico and have some very small chickens the locals call Costa Ricans. We have three chicks, about 3 weeks old. I noticed one is off by itsself and seems to have labored breathing. It also has bare shin showing in circles around its eyes. The other two seem fine. The chick was...
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    roosters head droopsI

    Thank you for the advice. We will do as you suggest and give you a report back.
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    roosters head droopsI

    Thank you, Chickenlady. Can you recommend a non-toxic remedy for mites? Should we bathe him?
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    roosters head droopsI

    Hello, I live in Mexico and have nearly 30 chickens of mixed breeding. We have a rooster that is nearly twice as large as the normal chickens in the area. He has a reoccuring problem of his head drooping. His head will drop almost to the ground and he'll stand that way for a bit then he'll...
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