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    Young possum napping in egg box

    Went to check for eggs, imagine my surprise. I think he wandered in there during the day while coop door was open. He was much cuter with his mouth closed. Everybody's OK.
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    Swollen/shut eye with bubbly clear liquid and clear nasal discharge

    Hi thought I'd post an update. Even though she was the smallest, she's grown up to be a big bug chasing, leader of the flock!
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    How nutritious is chicken poop for my dog?

    So far no ill effects
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    How nutritious is chicken poop for my dog?

    Thanks, I'll look into the cayenne pepper and report back.
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    How nutritious is chicken poop for my dog?

    OK great! I think I'll leave him to his lawn candies then.
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    How nutritious is chicken poop for my dog?

    Hi, My hens free range in the backyard during the day and my great pyrenees/anatolian shepherd mix follows them around and, well, eats their poop. As a plus, he also cleans out their coop... Is this likely to have any adverse effect on him? It's something he's only started doing now that he's...
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    Swollen/shut eye with bubbly clear liquid and clear nasal discharge

    Hi, After 2 doses of the Tylan 200 (including one initial, accidental, mega-dose) and one dose of Sulfa Bird to the water, Buttercup's eyes have cleared up and there's no longer a discharge from the nasal area. Will make sure to got the full course of 5 days though, and for all the hens.
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    Swollen/shut eye with bubbly clear liquid and clear nasal discharge

    I just gave all 7 hens some Tylan 200 (0.5-1.0cc as another member here had tried -- no 50 in stock). The bird's faces smell OK, I think, but just in case, I've ordered some SMZ-TMP - thank you very much for the link! I hope they can hang in there until it arrives in the mail tomorrow.
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    Swollen/shut eye with bubbly clear liquid and clear nasal discharge

    Thank you! 2 of 7 hens have symptoms now. I'm just going to assume they're all infected at this point. I'm going to get some Tylan 50 as well. Thank you for the advice, dawg53, eggcessive
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    Swollen/shut eye with bubbly clear liquid and clear nasal discharge

    I noticed one of our flock, Buttercup, has an issue: One of her eyes is sort of swollen/shut and there is a clear mucus-like discharge from the eye that includes small bubbles. She also has a clear discharge from from her nasal cavities, but it seems like there's more discharge on the side of...
  11. Lispniks Chicken Coop

    Lispniks Chicken Coop

    Our journey into backyard chickens began with an abandoned chick, crossing a busy road. We didn't know much about chickens, but we discovered quickly that chicks grow fast and the shoe box was becoming unsuitable. The first coop was 4x3x1.5 made out of left over wire mesh. Unfortunately it was...
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    Hi from Texas

    She would be almost 7 weeks old now.
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    Hi from Texas

    Quote: Wow thanks for the quick identification! When you write keep her on a restricted diet, do you mean content of diet or amount of feed eaten? At the moment we are feeding them an organic chicken development feed from a local feed store which is based on grains as far as I can tell...
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    Hi from Texas

    Hi I'm new to chickens. BYC is certainly a great resource! For me it all started when we saw a few days old chick crossing a busy street. We stopped to rescue it from traffic and now we have two "Cochicanaus" (Cochin/Americanau cross -- each about a month old) and our rescue chicken which is...
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