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    Raccoon attack!!!

    Do just about as you would do for a person - warm gentle water - keep it clean and away from other hens who might peck at her. Keep her warm and safe and cozy and I would offer her feed and water by hand. A friend of mine started his flock with a young pullet he was given who had been badly...
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    Summer Chicken Olympics - Post Pics!

    Ah! Those are seriously fantastic!!! The wattle waving! Hen body building! Gymnastics! Eating competitions! Yes!!!
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    Silkie x D'Uccle - 6-10 weeks - Boy or Girl?

    **And one other quick question: the one roo is quiet but the other crows when we wake up and when the lights come on. I know we can't make him stop - but does anyone have tips for how to best keep him quiet until we figure out another home? Would a totally dark pen area work if we set about...
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    Silkie x D'Uccle - 6-10 weeks - Boy or Girl?

    And it was confirmed - of the hoped four pullets and one roo we ended up with one pullet and four roos. Argh! Two of the roosters were rehomed already - and we had a perfect place lined up a few hours away with extended family for the two remaining favorites. We have been meaning to take...
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    Summer Chicken Olympics - Post Pics!

    Cute video! That roo sure looks comfortable and at home :)
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    Drug dosing/safety/source? Coccidia in older chickens? Gapeworm? Lice? Weight?

    Our feedstore supposedly didn't - when I asked - which seems crazy to me. Maybe I asked the wrong person... I will try again! Thanks! I've been dusting the coop with DE - and will treat the other girls, too. To be sure. How long do you wait after treating them before eating the eggs again...
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    Summer Chicken Olympics - Post Pics!

    I'd like to think my hens would excel in: Synchronized dust bathing: Banana Seat Bicycle Races Other ideas? Digging holes, hunting for bugs, the high jump (aka escape over the fence), sprints (for feed), ???
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    Swollen weepy eyed Welsummer hen

    Update to this: Given Goldie's condition and odds and the high risk of infecting our other hens (keeping strict quarantine with four people sharing a house... not knowing exactly what all she may or may not carry... and with cultures taking time to get results on without 100% success) - we...
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    Drug dosing/safety/source? Coccidia in older chickens? Gapeworm? Lice? Weight?

    So after a recent infectious chicken debacle** I am hyper-alert to anything that might be out of the ordinary. We have three very spoiled hens who get supervised free range time daily - a great diet. The coop is very clean - as are the run, feeders, and waterers - and I check them closely...
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    Swollen weepy eyed Welsummer hen

    Goldie is really not doing well... leaving for the vet in about fifteen minutes and *fingers crossed* but outlook isn't good. Have already enlisted help of a friend who has no birds of his own that could become at risk - but who knows how to humanely and quickly cull if it comes to it. Cried...
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    Swollen weepy eyed Welsummer hen

    After lots of research and cooling down, I sent a very nice email to the woman - recommending she check her flock (she has been selling it off) - and with some information on the disease - so that she can be sure the rest are not compromised and sell accordingly (either to already positive...
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    Swollen weepy eyed Welsummer hen

    Also - no gasping/rattling/wheezing that I could her (though I didn't take my scope to her) - but she has definitely been lethargic and uninterested in any interaction... arggggggggh!
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    Swollen weepy eyed Welsummer hen

    Ugh. Looks like it's definitely mycoplasma. Help? I'm more than happy to take my other three hens to the vet- to get them checked. And I'm keeping this hen separate - though she is still in the same yard as the other three (but won't be letting her out of her coop/run now that the bubbles...
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    Silkie x D'Uccle - 6-10 weeks - Boy or Girl?

    I have been wondering if that could be - he looks so much like our little D'Uccle hen and so different from the other mixes. Ooooh I wish I could keep him!
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    Swollen weepy eyed Welsummer hen

    No rattling or gasping or wheezing. And I'm definitely going to let her rest and get a little stronger and more confident before considering putting her with the other hens. How much quarantine would you recommend? Is is okay if the other hens are wandering around the yard and she is...
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