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    Eye or sinus infection?

    She doesn't seem to be having respiratory problems at all. I assumed her eye had been pecked at first but don,'t really see signs of that. Mainly the swelling and yellow plaques in her eye. Also someclear drainage. Our chickens have the run of the property and we have no extra shed for her...
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    Eye or sinus infection?

    One of my chickens has swelling and solid eye drainage in her right eye. I got some eye antibiotic ointment and some antibiotic to put into the water. Should I separate her from the rest of the flock? And only medicate her water not the whole flocks' water?
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    Nasty Rooster?

    We have 12 hens and 1 rooster. I have noticed in the last few days that 3 of the hens have very sparse feathers on their necks and some of their tail feathers have been pulled out! One chicken looks like one of her eyes has been injured. I am suspecting the rooster because he is ornery. I...
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    Free range loner

    Ok, here is an update. 9 chicks hatched and survived from the 16 eggs. We put the mom and chicks into 2 large boxes in our garage basement. They did well. The mom finally hopped out of the box and I put her outside to roam for a while. Sadly she got into the backyard of our neighbor and the...
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    Free range loner

    Wow, that is so cool! I wish we had all those babies! Ours tried to stop laying on the rest of the eggs so we put the six chicks in a warm box and candled the eggs. 6 were not fertilized and five were full and chirping! So we left the 5 and hope to reunite the others with her in a day or so...
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    Free range loner

    That is good news. Ok I will unplug the light. Even 16 chicks? As they grow they won't all fit under her. But they may not all hatch either. So far as of yesterday, 3 had hatched. Wow 106 degrees!
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    Free range loner

    Thanks. it has been down to 27 some nights already and 50's during the day. The turkeys can't get to them, but I've been wondering about other predators. Ok I will try to work on getting them into a room/ shed of some sort and in a dog crate. Thank you!
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    Free range loner

    Hi my name is Judy and we live in the Southern California desert . We have 15 laying hens and 1 rooster as well as a male and a female turkey. One of our hens has hopped our of the enclosure and before we found her she laid 16 eggs and is trying to hatch them! Since there are 16 I imagine...
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