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    My chicken has a black tongue

    She’s also not closing her mouth all the way. Seems skinny and pecks at food but doesn’t eat. Help! What is wrong and can we fix it?
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    Why did my chicken drop dead?

    Thank you
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    Why did my chicken drop dead?

    Can someone tell me what happened? We had a 7 year old chicken we had nursed back to health after a raccoon attack. She had been severely injured with her innards exposed under her wing. We kept her inside for months and nursed her to health. She was a pet and was more fond of us than the other...
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    Chicken mauled by predator

    Update: Redda survived and seems to be doing very well! Thanks for all the advice on here. We gave her an antibiotic and kept the wound cleaned and covered with antibiotic cream. She is still in the house but she is chipper and seems happy and has even layed two eggs in the last three days. 😁
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    Chicken mauled by predator

    Where would I get the antibiotic? Thanks for the reply!
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    Chicken mauled by predator

    Our pet chicken was dragged from under the coop during the night on Sunday. We assumed she was dead. Our neighbor just came over and said she was hiding her bushes. She has a large gaping wound under her wing that smells bad. There’s a picture attached. is there anyway to save her?
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    Chicken mauled by predator

    Our pet chicken was dragged from under the coop by a predator Sunday night. We assumed she was killed. Our neighbor just came over and said she was in the bushes. She is alive and walking but has a big gaping wound under her wing that smells bad. Is there anything we can do to save her?
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    Incubating dirty eggs after mother quits

    Hello all, I had a broody hen sitting on some eggs and more eggs in an incubator. My broody quit after only one egg hatched. There are four more eggs that I think were fertile and growing. A rotten egg exploded on them and they are smelly. My incubator eggs are three days behind the broody's...
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    Watery poo, swollen abdomen, dragging butt

    Hi all, I have a three year old ISA chicken. For a couple months I have noticed she had matted, poop-caked tail feathers. We've washed them off but not noticed other symptoms. Yesterday we noticed she was dragging her tail nearly on the ground when she walked. We have been out of town for two...
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    Please help! Is this piece of equipment an incubator?

    Any idea how it might work if it were that?
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    Please help! Is this piece of equipment an incubator?

    I need help. I bought a tote full of classroom chicken hatching/raising equipment at a teacher's yard sale. I believe this thing has something to do with incubating, perhaps. There is an open area and a light bulb inside and it does seem to reach 100ish degrees in there. Does anyone recognize...
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    Advice on chicken with injured foot

    Thank you so much! I will go buy betadine now and will look further into the vet possibility.
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    Advice on chicken with injured foot

    One of you favorite backyard chickens, Elsa, got her toe caught in the coop door about a week and half ago. She was caught by one "toe" in the door for several hours. (I don't know the right term for the digit of a chicken.) When we found her and released her the skin was off a 1/4 inch section...
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