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    Help me diagnose what's wrong with my chicken's vent

    Hello everyone, Today I noticed that my hen pooped herself really bad so I took her inside to give her a bath. It was all hard and gross so I cut a part of her vent feathers to clean it up. When I cleaned the area, I noticed that her vent was red and inflamed, almost like she has hemorrhoids...
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    Help With Sick Chicken in Subzero Temps

    My barred plymouth rock, Margo, is behaving very similarly 😱 and I actually came here to post about it so I will be watching this thread as well
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    Help re-introducing hen after a terrible pecking incident!

    I attached a picture of the coop. I measured the area again and it's more like 22.5sq ft. Then I fenced about 1/3 of it for Maru
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    Help re-introducing hen after a terrible pecking incident!

    I see. When I put Maru (the victim) and her sister together at least Maru would fight back instead of being scared, so I think I might try that. The "panic room" in the run is about 2'x5'. Is this enough for the 2 hens to get away from one another? Also, what do you mean by "you can try pin...
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    Help re-introducing hen after a terrible pecking incident!

    Thank you for your reply. I turned off the heat lamp. What would be considered "cold" for chickens? Yeah, I can see how the video makes it look tight in there. When we had the heat lamp on, all the chickens roosted right next to the lamp. Our coop is the Wichita cabin coop, the total size is...
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    Help re-introducing hen after a terrible pecking incident!

    Hello folks, I posted about my Olive egger Maru a little over a month ago here. She survived and now has all her tail feathers again and is fully recovered. Today, I decided to re-introduce them again, but this time with a barrier between her and the other chickens. I am just a little concerned...
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    Help! Chicken introduction went wrong

    She is doing A LOT better. Her tail feathers are already regrowing, but I still don't know if her oil gland is okay. This weekend I tried bringing her outside so she could hang out with her sister, her sister (a buff Orpington) was really aggressive towards her. Her sister would literally chase...
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    Help! Chicken introduction went wrong

    Hello! Thank you for asking. She is doing really well and is a lot more active in the last 3 days. I've been making sure that her wound is always covered with neosporin and vitamin b3 (to help the healing process). I've attached a picture from this morning, there is still some flesh exposed, but...
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    Help! Chicken introduction went wrong

    Got it. Thank you so much folks, I wouldn't know what to do if it weren't for you. I really appreciate all the help 🙏🙏🙏
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    Help! Chicken introduction went wrong

    I noticed she has been pecking at herself (video: https://giphy.com/gifs/6CUCshsRJ5E5uf9DVt). Does this look okay? I'm not sure if I should let her do it 😔
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    Help! Chicken introduction went wrong

    Thank you so much for the throughout explanation. So as per your suggestion I cleaned the wound this morning with a saline solution and then added a good layer of neosporin (no pain killer) to the wound. I took more pictures as well. I checked her vent and it wasn't damaged, however, I think...
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    Help! Chicken introduction went wrong

    Thank you. I will try checking if the oil gland is still good. I read the article plus the comments. I think what I was missing is a place for the hens to escape to if things got bad. Do I need to do an This is in the butt (where tail feathers were). The vent is okay, she pooped a couple times...
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    Help! Chicken introduction went wrong

    Thank you all. I bought some bluekote and some neosporin today. I am thinking of spraying bluekote and then adding neosporin to the wound once it dries up. Does that sound good? Also, is there anything I can do to help her with the pain? Seeing her suffering breaks my heart.
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    Help! Chicken introduction went wrong

    Thank you for your answer. They didn't get to her vent because I saw her pooping. How can I know if they got to their oil gland?
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    Help! Chicken introduction went wrong

    Hello everyone, I have a couple hens about 9 weeks old, and for the last month I put them with the older chickens but separated by a hardware cloth. Sometimes I would let them roam together under supervision but the older hens would always peck at the younger ones. I've read guides that said...
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