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    scab (?) near vent....pic included

    I gloved up and olive oil lubed up and checked. I couldn't feel an egg. I felt some sandy poo that I was able to get out, then some less gritty poo. Scooped out maybe a tablespoon. I had my whole index finger in. I did see an egg in the box she was in, but don't know if it was hers or not...
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    scab (?) near vent....pic included

    ok..so if I feel an egg, what do I do?? The area is swollen and firm, but soft. More like a water balloon or one of those squishy toys kids have that bulge when you squeeze them than anything else I can think of to describe it. If I don't feel an egg what do I do? Is the baldness from being...
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    scab (?) near vent....pic included

    So I posted about an hour ago on the FB page that one of my BOs had pasty butt. On further inspection (insert embarrassment) it is not pasty butt. Her vent is clear and clean. (sigh of relief) However, she has this scab below her vent and a bald toushie. Is this anything serious? She is all...
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    odd looking vent in baby chick

    Thanks..I am looking into it more. Are you thinking it will be ok in the long run? That would be awesome! Noticed you were in FL too!!
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    odd looking vent in baby chick

    OK, So you have all been great with my pasty butt questions and I have tried several things and think we are doing better. As I was cleaning a bit of poo off of a different chicks feathers I noticed her vent is different looking than the vent of my "problem chick." The chick that has been...
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    pasty butt

    I am fairly new to chickens. My first batch of babies is 6 months old and has just started laying!! We are getting 5-7 eggs daily. I got my second batch almost a week ago. I guess it is common to have some poo stick to their feathers, but you want to clean it off. If they get some stuck...
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    new babies and odd ball hen

    Yes, that's the hope. In two weeks or so put the adult Polish and the five 2-3 week old chicks together; when the babies don't need the heat light during the day and are big enough to no squeeze through the pen pieces. If all goes well, keep them together. If not separate and try again...
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    Chicken Sitting?

    We have a PVC gravity feeder that holds about 2 weeks worth of feed and a 5 gallon bucket with the nipples on the under side. When full (well almost full) it is getting low about the same time as the feed--almost two weeks. I am sure this will change as we heat up in the summer. We are...
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    new babies and odd ball hen

    I have a Polish that was part of a 7 hen flock. After being together for 5 months the other hens (a barred plymouth, 2 BOs, a NH red and 2 austalorps) started picking on her and pulling head feathers. She was a mess! We removed her and let her heal and tried, on several occasions, to...
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    pasty butt

    Why turn the heat down? I know they do better with slightly cool rather than too hot, but what is your thought? I like to know why--sorry. She really seems OK, just smaller and more pasty butt. She is eating and drinking and, obviously, pooing! Every so often I think she wobbles or looks...
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    pasty butt

    yep, this topic again! I have 5 new babies (2 polish and 3 EE) that hatched Easter and arrived Tuesday from Meyer. All were healthy and eating drinking right away. Several developed pasty butt. I cleaned it off and all but one are doing fine now. One of the polish keeps (it seem with every...
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    How I cleaned pasted vents - easy technique - low-stress.

    I actually just cleaned the vents of 4 of my 5 new babies. They hatched Sunday (Easter) and arrived Tuesday. All are doing well, but when I held them today I noticed sticky butt. I got all the vents open, but some of the poo is still stuck on the feathers of two. I was concerned about wiping...
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    HELP! Chicken Bullies

    My problem is it is at least 3 of the other 6 in the coop/run bullying her. Where do I put them all? And why did they just start? I got them all from the same hatchery and they have been together for 5 months before it started. Does it have to do with their laying? We have an old puppy pen...
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    HELP! Chicken Bullies

    I have 7 hens who have all recently started laying. In the mix is one polish. She was getting picked on (no pun intended). Someone was pulling her head feathers. I removed her from the coop/run and she is healed. I tried putting her back in today and 3-4 of the hens immediately started...
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    Help.....bald bloody head!

    Thanks! We have her separated and are putting antibiotic ointment on her. My concern is that is has, apparently, started in the last day or two. I am positive she was not injured last Sunday when I cleaned out the coop and I didn't notice it this week as I collected eggs. Could it be related...
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