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    Chickens wont go back in coop after scare

    I do have them fenced in, but the links in the fence is about 2 x4 inch. Within the fenced in area, I have an old raised little coop, like a little house, with an opening for them to get in. So a racoon wont get in but somehow I didn't think about the snakes. I actually didn't think snakes would...
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    Chickens wont go back in coop after scare

    About 10 days ago one of my chickens died. It was fine in the morning, even laid an egg, and when I got there in the evening it could barely walk. It died the same night. About 2 days after, I saw a snake around my chicken coop which I could only chase of. The next day I was sitting on my porch...
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    eggs without shell

    Yes, some of them looked like the one in the picture, others were with the membrane intact in the nesting box. I am going to give oyster shells daily. They are on an organic layer feed. Thank you for the info, makes me feel a little better :-)
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    eggs without shell

    I have a red star, that started laying about 4 weeks ago. First eggs were normal, after 2 weeks she started laying eggs without shell, but membrane around. I took her of the kitchen scrabs and gave her just the pellets. After 3 more eggs without shell, she started laying normal again. Now, 2...
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    Lethargic chicken! Need Advice!

    After extensive internet research we decided to do the necropsy ourself. We are pretty sure it was heart failure. It was exactly like in a picture we found. Nevertheless, we checked for other things that could have been wrong, but everything else looked perfectly fine. I am a little relieved. I...
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    Lethargic chicken! Need Advice!

    I didn't give her anything. I am in Texas.
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    Lethargic chicken! Need Advice!

    She died last night. I was not able to find out what was wrong with her, it took only 2 days. Now I am hoping I don't have some kind of disease that could spread to the other 2. Is there any disease that would kill chickens that fast? Any ideas what could have been wrong with her?
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    Lethargic chicken! Need Advice!

    I don't like to give antibiotics either, but I can't figure out what's wrong. Considering it started yesterday, it's getting worse real fast, and I don't see any signs of what could be wrong. Thank you for the link to the website. I isolated her and brought her inside. Now she just sits there...
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    Lethargic chicken! Need Advice!

    I have three supposingly Americuanas, but I think they are Easter eggers. However one of them is being lethargic since yesterday. It is about 7 to 8 month old and not laying yet. The crop seems completely empty (at about 3pm). I gave some of their favorite snacks earlier, some dried worms, with...
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    Swollen eye with hard dried puss

    Good to hear, I am glad she is doing better. I wasn't able to get the puss out, but it has dried up, the eye is still shut, and the chicken (hopefully a hen :-)) is a lot smaller than the others, but I think it looks better. That yours is doing well, gives me hope that mine is on it's way to...
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    Complete Newby

    Thank you, I am sure I can find tons of information here :-)
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    Fowl pocks? Eye full of puss.

    So does it even make sense to isolate the one chicken? Does it mean if I get another chicken it will most likely get sick as well? The other 2 don't show any symptoms. Should I keep giving antibiotics to all of them? Can I give the antobiotics for more than 2 weeks? Is it ok to leave the eye alone?
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    Swollen eye with hard dried puss

    My chicken has exactly the same thing, fowl pox and now the eye looks just like this. Where you able to get it back to health again, and if so, what did you do?
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    Complete Newby

    Thank you, I already posted about my sick bird and waiting anxious for a reply :-D I still have to take a picture of the bird I think might be a rooster, unfortunately I am not allowed to have one, so I hope it's not.
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    Fowl pocks? Eye full of puss.

    I am a complete newby to raising chickens. About 5 weeks ago I purchased 3 Americuanas, and was told they should start laying in about 2 to 3 month. One week later one of them started drooling and had a slimy beak. I also discovered some crusty, bumby scabs on it's beak and a couple underneath...
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