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    Help! My first prolapsed vent!

    So far so good, I brought her into the vet who did some warm water soaks, cold laser treatment, and then applied some silver sulfadiazine cream in and around the vent. She pushed everything back inside, and put a couple stay sutures to keep it from popping back out. We also did some...
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    Help! My first prolapsed vent!

    Yea it did start to bleed, so thats when i stopped and pushed it back in! Tomorrow will tell if it holds up!
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    Help! My first prolapsed vent!

    So I got hold of some KY and Prep-H, and I tried debriding what I could. I got some more off, but there's still so much more. I also did a digital exam to feel for an egg, but didn't feel any. I then smeared a ton of Prep H all over and pushed it back inside and held it for a good 5 minutes. I...
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    Help! My first prolapsed vent!

    So today we noticed our 1 and 1/2 year old Wyandotte's butt wasn't its usual fluffy self, it was covered in poop drippings and looked very swollen. When I was able to catch her, upon further investigating, i noticed that her vent seemed to have prolapsed! I've haven't had this happen before, and...
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    Hens won't use the floor door to exit the coop.

    Looking back I totally wish we designed the coop different! It definitely kills the available floor space, but it does do a good job keeping wind and snow out in the winter months. I like the idea of making the door opening longer, I will try to do that. I will also build a new ramp that's maybe...
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    Hens won't use the floor door to exit the coop.

    Thanks all! I'm going to try to just push them down instead of carrying them down. I'm also going to redo the ramp to try and make it easier for them. I will post some pics before I start so if anyone has further insight they can inform me what they think would be best! I personally think, those...
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    Hens won't use the floor door to exit the coop.

    Hi guys, So I have a total of 5 hens, 2 of them refuse to exit the coop through the door that's placed on the floor of the coop. So every morning, I have to assist them to the run, or else they get trapped up in the coop all day! They have no problem going up into the coop at night, or if they...
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    Supposidly these are Easter Eggers? Thoughts?

    looks whos all grown up, whatdya guys think?!
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    Drop in egg production

    Thanks for your replies!! I'll take a closer look at them, though the only feathers i see scattered around are white, and i only have one white hen. We do have multiple water sources such as a hanging gravity waterer as well as large clean dog bowls that we fill everyday. It has been terribly...
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    Drop in egg production

    I want to believe its this, but I haven't noticed any loss of feathers on the chickens themselves, is that possible?
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    Drop in egg production

    Hi all! Summer is winding down here in Connecticut, but so is my chickens egg production :( We had one hen who started dropping feathers, a few weeks ago, but stopped loosing them about a week ago. I thought maybe it could be a molt, but no other hens are molting, and that one hen seemed to...
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    I'm hoping this is my chicken molting...

    Thanks for you replies! I'm feeling better about it now! I'm sure stress could have been a factor since we were gone and unable to place her in the outside run (Shes the only chicken to afraid to walk down the stairs, but will always fly up). From what I heard it was very hot and, though our...
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    I'm hoping this is my chicken molting...

    My 14 month old Cochin started dropping feathers everywhere! We just got back from a week long vacation and noticed her feathers were just falling out all over the place. Our yard looks like a big chicken exploded! We had someone staying at our house tending to the birds, and they said they...
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    Supposidly these are Easter Eggers? Thoughts?

    Thanks for the info Kev! As the months go by i'll update you all!!
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    Supposidly these are Easter Eggers? Thoughts?

    Yea first two pics are the same chick. Heres another pic of the blacker chick
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