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    Should I remove this scab in his hock joint? How?

    Did my best to remove the scab, found some strange yellow/orange muck underneath. There's still a little bit that I couldn't remove without him getting really upset with me, but most of it is gone. I'll keep monitoring it!
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    Should I remove this scab in his hock joint? How?

    My boy Elliott, a 4 year old Salmon Faverolle, has been limping and I found a scab (I think it's a scab) where his scales meet his feathers. I've read the description of Toots' cancer (@azygous) and whilst the spot doesn't look the same, the leg shaking and difficulty perching is very familiar...
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    How to support recovery from poison

    Hello all, I moved house earlier this year, and I have been letting my chickens roam in their new garden. I discovered yesterday that one of the plants in my new place is toxic - ragwort. My chickens are still behaving fairly normally, but I know they have been eating some of the leaves. From...
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    Bald and bloated abdomen - best treatment?

    Marriages layer pellets are always available in the run, and for two to three hours a day they are all out in the garden eating grass, leaves, flowers, whatever bugs they find. A handful of mixed corn to share between four most days. I worm them every six months with flubenvet, Verm-X monthly...
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    Bald and bloated abdomen - best treatment?

    I have a Rhode Island Red, she's about three years old. Still laying fairly often. She has a large appetite, she eats so much on a regular basis that she has a slightly pendulous crop these days, and frequently gets diarrhoea. Last week I gave her a soak, to clean the poop-caked floof feathers -...
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    Chickens eating urates

    I've got a RIR who has this weird habit of pecking the white cap off dried poop and eating it. I'm very much "honey, that's gross", but how dangerous is it? I thought she might be mistaking the white for calcium or chalk, but she's not touching the oyster shell in the run soooo... Yeah. Is this...
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    Injury to vent

    Update: I went in the morning to take a picture, and it had healed already! She didn't lay an egg yesterday, which probably helped. She laid an egg today, and there was no tearing. Blimey, chickens heal fast don't they?!
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    Injury to vent

    My salmon faverolle has an injury to her vent after being mounted a bit aggressively by my cockerel. It's a cut in the corner, a little bit on the inside. I've cleaned around the area (and separated him, which he's not happy about!), but she's always had quite loose stools so I have no idea...
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    Can anyone translate?

    I can speak some chicken, but I do not know what this means. What does it sound like she is saying here? I thought it was "I want to lay an egg" but she makes this sound in the evening sometimes too. Anyone more fluent?
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    Rooster very weak, worried about marek's disease??

    Lucozade is a good alternative to Gatorade on this side of the pond.
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    Mystery illness causing weight loss

    I've been concerned about my girl Ames since March. She's a Buff Orpington, just turned 2. I noticed her sitting down a lot more than the others a few months ago. I found a lash egg in the coop in April, then took her to the vet. After suspecting some kind of infection, she went on a course of...
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    Drinking excessive water

    Could it be sour crop? Have you checked the smell of the water coming from her mouth?
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    Beak-Eye Coordination

    Are there any exercises or activities you can do with chickens to improve their beak dexterity? I've got a nine week old (I think pullet) who struggles to target things on the ground. She tends to peck just below whatever it is she wants. I can't exactly take her to the optician to see if she's...
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    What is this growth between his nostrils?

    Oh, that's good to hear. Thank you so much!
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    What is this growth between his nostrils?

    I have an 11 month old Orpington cockerel who is pretty much fine, behaving normally, but has an odd growth where his comb meets his beak. I've tried to feel it (he rarely lets me) and it's not bone but it's not soft either. I want to be sure it's not something I have to be concerned about, and...
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