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    Chicken with brown/yellow diarrhea; also slow to move

    I am happy to report that she seems much better. She is moving around like normal. I let her back with the others. :)
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    Chicken with brown/yellow diarrhea; also slow to move

    I went back out and she is standing, moving slow still. I will keep her quarantined see how she is in the morning.
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    Chicken with brown/yellow diarrhea; also slow to move

    I checked and cleaned her vent. It is not blocked. While holding her so I could clean her vent, her head was down and liquid came out her beak. I turned her right side up and could hear gurgling. Her crop is not impacted. I have quarantined her and she now can’t stand up. I tried to take a video...
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    Chicken with brown/yellow diarrhea; also slow to move

    I just went to feed my chickens and one of my gals who normally scoots away from me, was just sitting down. When she moved, I could see what appeared to be diarrhea under her. While still in the coop, I saw her go and it is definitely hers. The diarrhea is brown and yellow in color. I looked at...
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    Official BYC Poll: How Long Have You Been Raising Chickens?

    12 years ago my daughter's third-grade teacher incubated eggs as a class project. I was the only parent who agreed to take chickens. I love my gals! When teaching at a continuation school I incubated eggs and started a flock there. I now teach in corrections and am trying to figure out a way to...
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    Bare butts

    I hatched her last year in my classroom. She is a black maran. I rarely give treats. My girls eat laying crumbles and some veggie scraps from our kitchen. When I need to get them back in the coop I sprinkle scratch and they come running. I will try to determine if she is laying. I only have two...
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    Bare butts

    I will have my husband add more roosting space. Thanks for that. The bulge is water balloon like. I believe she is currently laying and I'm unsure of when she last laid an egg. I would guess within the last week. She is a little over one year old.
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    Bare butts

    I have 7 hens and 3 have bare butts. I have had hens do this over the years and cannot figure out why. They still lay regularly and act normal so I have not been overly concerned. One hen however, has a bulging area. Any idea what the cause of the bulge is? And why the bare butt? I realize some...
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    Bloody beak

    Thank you. I will do that now. It is just baffling how it happened. No other chicks have any sign of pecking this one. I just checked on the turkey and it is happily sitting in the shade in the quarantined coop.
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    Bloody beak

    I have hens and my neighbor has chicks and two turkeys. I am asking for her, for one of the turkeys. This morning she noticed a turkey has a bloody beak. We sprayed it with Blu-Kote (which is actually purple) and put it in a coop by itself. We do not see any other wounds. Other chicks were...
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    Hatching at school

    I recently accepted a long-term substitute teacher position at a continuation high school. I decided to have my first unit be incubating chicken eggs. I have to tell you, what a satisfying endeavor. I started with 30 eggs I purchased from a family on craigslist. Five were not fertile, and 2...
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    Dropped egg that was about to hatch!! Help!!!!

    So sorry to hear that. I know it is heartbreaking. Once after candeling I cracked one of my eggs. I also saw blood and quickly put a wet paper towel on it. I searched forums here and learned that melting candle wax can seal a crack. It worked! I know you are sad now, and I totally understand...
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    What happened to this egg?

    That makes sense. She is older. Thank you!
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    What happened to this egg?

    I am not sure which hen laid this particular egg. All seem fine. Whenever I walk towards the coop they all come to the front. Temps are cool now. Today I did get 5 eggs. All were the normal size but I did notice one had a thin end and was compromised so I gave it to the dog. Fingers crossed it...
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    What happened to this egg?

    Two hens hatched June 2017. The other four are older, probably 4 years old. I am getting between 3 and 5 eggs a day. I feed them laying crumbles and periodically I scatter scratch in the coop. I give them their egg shells back (I have never had an issue with them eating their own eggs) and I...
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