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    Day 13 Need help to make moving decision

    I'm no expert, but I would say it could kill them. They need stability; in both warmth, humidity and movement. A jolty ride could damage them. Maybe it wouldn't kill them all and a couple would survive. The choice is yours, good luck, and if you have to move them then just do it. Don't feel...
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    ascites? Acites?

    I have a hen with the tail down and a squishy huge abdomen. I have posted two separate threads on here about it, and after much deliberation and vet trips, I think its ascites. How do I drain? is it advised to do this? Should ANOTHER vet trip be in order?
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    Hen with tail down update

    ascites is what I think it is... maybe a trip to vets, unless I could drain it myself?
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    Hen with tail down update

    I haven't checked her vent but I have felt her abdomen and it is SO VERY swollen and obviously sore. Thoughts?
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    Due to hatch are some silkie, cross polish, cross gold laced, cross warren!! Pics.

    UPDATE! Here's three I took the other day... RED JASPER SCOOBY
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    Need To Vent...

    You can count on us! hehe!
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    Hen with tail down update

    Thanks for the pictures! Very interesting and informative! She is laying an egg a day though, although the eggs are porous and sometimes mis-shapen slightly. Should I still check inside the vent?
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    Hen with tail down update

    Aww. glad she is ok now! I wonder how I could make her better! I have tried everything. Shall I pen her with her friends away from the cockerel? Being mated with while you're being ill can't make you feel any better! Or doe the interaction of the flock help her? Im just at a loss lol.
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    Newbie. HELP.

    Thanks for the great info :) Ha, thank you ... yeah and we just shorten it to Wolves. Named after Lady Wulfruna in c.940A.D -Girl power and all that!
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    Hen with tail down update

    Thanks for replies, I hope she picks up soon! She is such a pretty chicken, but looks quite funny with her tail inbetween her legs :(
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    Hen with tail down update

    Sometimes she gets bullied, so she tends to hang out with the young chicks from this years hatch. I think she is low in the pecking order for sure. Animals don't like weakness, do they?!
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    My babies! 4 weeks old!

    Beauts! Thanks for sharing.
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    Are these Leghorns Roosters?

    Wow, there's such a difference between the first three and the last pic that it leaves me to believe that the others are roo's. Should start crowing at 16-20 weeks so see what happens then. What will you do with the roo's?
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    New mother of 7 feathered daughters in Alpine, San Diego

    There's loads of good information on here. All they need is to be kept clean, warm, fed and watered. No doubt you'll encounter problems along the way. Just type the problem into the search bar and away you go. Good luck being a first time chicken Mommy! It's very rewarding!
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    Hen with tail down update

    Yeah I check regularly for mites and she has none. The vet checked her poop for worms and she had none so the worming treatment that I use definitely works. The smell has gone so I take it that the infection has gone. She's eating, drinking, co-operating as part of the flock, mating and stooping...
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