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    Mystery chicken death, drop in production, bare spots

    Thank you for the replies. Unfortunately, we can’t separate the rooster because we do not have a place to put him, but he’s not long for this world anyways as we have chicks right now, and one of them is a roo. The old roo will be dispatched before the new one goes in, because he’s so aggressive...
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    Mystery chicken death, drop in production, bare spots

    Hello all, Our flock of 13 hens and 1 rooster has been doing fine for months. Recently, however, egg production has dropped from 10-13 eggs per day to 7-9 eggs per day. Partially because one of our hens has gone broody, but still, it’s a noticeable drop. I’ve been noticing several of the hens...
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    Chick with crusty eye feathers

    Okay, I got a hold of some terramycin and applied some to the eye today after flushing it with water. It took some effort because a wood shaving got stuck in the eye goop and was pasted over the eye, but I managed to coax it off. One more question; Is there any way I can make this process less...
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    Chick with crusty eye feathers

    I do not have any terramycin. Where would I get saline and terramycin? Tractor supply or farm and fleet? And how would I go about applying them, and for how long? And the nutridrench is something I add to the food, yes? Thanks!
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    Chick with crusty eye feathers

    Hi everyone. Hopefully this is in the right category. We recently received 15 chicks from Meyer Hatchery and for the most part things have been going well. However, one chick, a salmon faverolles, appears to have some wet-ish/crusty-looking down around one eye, and she doesn’t run around or...
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