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    How do i know if my chickens have worms?

    Can chickens ever just get over this themselves? without treatment? I have a girl that has most of these symptoms and has for a few weeks now. Still being fairly amateur with this chicken stuff, I didn't even think about worms until now! She hardly eats (and when she does it is fruits/veggies...
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    HELP! Weird soft red/brown/black "egg"

    Can anyone tell me what this is?! Found it this evening in the hen house. It's about the size of a medium egg. Soft & rubbery - red & brown/blackish. and then the one end with something hanging out. What is it and do I need to be concerned? I have 7 hens - one is 3 years, the others just...
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    What does a Welsummer Chick Look like??

    I have one that looks just like this - got it thinking it was a welsummer - but it has feathers on its legs & feet - is it a Bantam of some kind?
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    PLEASE Help Diagnose my Chicken

    Thank you both - I was starting to think Maek's, but after reading the dummies link from darwinchooks, I am wondering if it could be Newcastle disease. We had an old bird nest sitting on the back deck, and now that I think about it, I noticed it ripped up and destroyed about the time that Daisy...
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    Does this look like Merricks?

    I am sorry! I am going through a similar problem with one of my hens - found her on her back, almost lifeless, 9 days ago. I was just reading about giving them Hypericum (st. John's Wart) to treat Merik's and am going to start that in the morning. You can search on here and find the thread -...
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    PLEASE Help Diagnose my Chicken

    9 days ago my son found Daisy lying on her back outside. She was pretty much lifeless. Since then she has been kept inside. She will not/cannot stand. She prefers to lay on one side. She eats & drinks VERY little and I can tell she has been losing weight. Often when she does eat or drink...
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    Hard lump on hen's abdomen

    Did you ever find out what this was? Is your hen ok? I have one that has not been walking, will not even attempt it, for 2 days now. She has a lump at the base of her breastbone (NOT the crop, the other end) that really worries me.
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    Chicken has a hard lump - NOT the crop!

    I have a hen that is unable to walk for a couple of days now - just lays on her side. She wasn't pooping, but after giving her warm baths and massaging her she did poop last nite and again this morning, though it is soft and mushy, While she was lying on her back last nite as I massaged her...
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    Please Help - Injured Chicken/Not Pooping

    Hi all! I am brand new to BYC (which came highly recommended by a good friend of mine!) and we are newbies at raising chickens. We have 6 hens we got for Easter last year that are like pets to us. My 4 children and I LOVE them, the hubby puts up with my "chicken lady craziness" :) When my...
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