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    Fermenting Feed for Meat Birds

    so i started fermenting feed about a month ago. i have about 100 chickens and some turkeys they absolutely love it no question. when i walk out with the bucket i can barley walk they surround me ravenous. anyway i have experimented with feeders because of so many. i made two feeders out of wood...
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    Chicken with swollen belly

    i have been dealing with the same thing on of my barred rocks just died a few days ago after suffering for a long time with this. now i figured out i have two more that are swelling,. i am treating for internal laying but i am not totally sure and would love to know, i am giving oral calcium...
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    Red Chicken Butt on a 1 yr old Hen

    is she actually laying eggs? i have had 3 hens with this, one died a few days ago after months of suffering. i think this is internal laying at least i believe that is why my three are swollen. if yours is laying eggs then that cant be the problem.
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    have a few hens with swollen bottoms walking like penguin not acting normal

    makes sense, all i feel when i check her is extremly swollen inside just like outside.
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    have a few hens with swollen bottoms walking like penguin not acting normal

    thats how i was treating it on the one that died. since i felt no egg, water baths did nothing, i need more info. i just gave them calcium gluconate 1.5cc didn't notice anything so i will do it twice a day to see for change. i was thinking infection like an oviduct infection or something but...
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    have a few hens with swollen bottoms walking like penguin not acting normal

    i noticed about 1 month ago a barred rock hen wondering not herself all alone she ate and drank so i thought nothing of it. then one of my wyandotts was gasping for air. at the same time my rooster sounded like he had laryngitis he could crow very well. so within an hour that wyandotte died of...
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