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    Persistent bubbly eyes and swollen face, open wound on foot

    I've fot couple of chickens with bubbly eyes and a bit of sneezing. I've been treating them for about 4 days with VetRX and they seem to be responding well. I am trying to treat without antibiotics so I don't have to throw away their eggs.
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    Feeding my chicken

    Can I feed my chickens honeydew melon?
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    Chickens with mites

    Thanks! I will try the compress and the neosporin. It's been two days and they all look really good. Combs and face are starting to turn pink -- they were all extremely pale when I got them. They are acting like normal chickens so I am hopefull they will all three make a full recovery!
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    Chickens with mites

    I just bought three chicken off craigslist, 2 faverolles and 1 cuckoo maran. I got them home and inspected them and guess what -- mites all over them. The cuckoo maran is only 11 weeks old. The other two are 4 months. I've treated them all with poultry dust as well as then pen. Will treat...
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    Brooding Chicken

    I have what I think is a brooding chicken. I've tried to get her out of the nest but when she joins the other chickens one of them, my most dominant, attacked her. Is that normal? Or, could there be another problem -- not booding.
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    Chicken walking like a penguin

    My chick is doing great. After her warm bath we kept her away from the others for the night. While she wasn't doing much better in the morning, she was doing much better after she layed that afternoon. She did have a bit of a bulge right below her vent (it wasn't an egg), and.....when I squeezed...
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    Chicken walking like a penguin

    I am having this problem with one of my chickens -- she is all of a sudden walking like a penguin. I did the water bath and will see how she is doing tomorrow. If it is fluid, where do you insert a needle to remove fluid? How does that work. I am really new to backyard chickens and don't...
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