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    Lethargic chicken with lump on her back

    We tried giving her some water and we had isolated her in a smaller crate with her own food and water but unfortunately she has died. I didn't hold out much hope for her this morning which is why I didn't want to spend money on a visit to the vet. She seemed fine yesterday. Thank you all for...
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    Lethargic chicken with lump on her back

    We're pretty new to chickens and I really don't know anything about disease or too much. I wondered if maybe she was eggbound so we gave her a 20 min warm bath this morning and she definitely perked up a little. I'll see if we can't get her some water with a syringe.
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    Lethargic chicken with lump on her back

    We have an Egyptian Fouymais (sp?) which we added to our flock about 4 weeks ago. yesterday I noticed a strange lump at her hip but she seemed fine. Today she is totally lethargic. She won't hardly open her eyes but she does respond to touch some. I'm afraid even if I took her to the vet she...
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    How many chickens do we all have? 60,083 and counting.

    40,348 +5 = 40,353
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    Proud owner of one Barred Rock and Two Black Australorp

    I'm just starting in the world of chicken raising. I have three little boys and I wish I had grown up on a farm so I'm bringing some of the farm to them. We just got a 20 week Barred Rock and two 6 week old Black Australorps. We're got a great coop and yard and we let them free range in the...
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