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    help! bantam having trouble standing/walking

    Eggcessive, She came from a feed store so I'm assuming she was vaccinated for marek's. One thing I forgot to mention is that she's pooping like a broody hen. I don't know if that means anything or not. She does not feel egg bound. Justplainbatty....Thank you for the link. I might try...
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    help! bantam having trouble standing/walking

    I hope someone can direct me in the right direction because I'm feeling clueless! We just found our little hen in her coop. Her tail is down and she's sitting back on her bottom. When she does manage to get on her feet she can take a few steps but loses her balance easily and falls back. She...
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    watery turkey poo

    We are new to keeping turkeys and have 2 that are about 2.5 months old. They have been living inside, not exposed to the outside yet. The other day I noticed that their poo is extremely watery. I thought they were spilling their water because the bedding would be so wet. Then I actually saw...
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    Wheezing bantam rooster

    I don't come here very often mainly for 2 reasons: the first being that once I get started, hours can easily just slip away :) LOL. The 2nd, is that I wasn't sure how to find my way back to my post to see if there were any replies. I think I have it figured out now:) It has been hot and...
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    What causes watery poop?

    OK, in my research to find out if watery poop was normal in turkeys, I came across this older thread. I also thought that my turkeys were spilling their water because the bottom of the coop/brooder was always so wet when I cleaned it out. Well, today I actually witnessed the watery poop. There...
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    lost my favorite rooster to a fox

    Four of my chickens have disappeared since moving to Virginia. We have only seen the remains of one. I saw a scraggly fox chasing some of my chickens one afternoon but we scared it off. Now, my sweetest, gentlest, goofiest rooster is missing. For a little while, I will have no funds to...
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    Can a tick make a chicken this sick?

    Today I removed a tick from our little bantam hens face. She too was not her little feisty self. Her face and tiny wattles are swollen. I put anibacterial gel on the site and isolated her for the night. She ate some bread that we gave her but she was quite polite which is not typical for...
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    tick on hen's face!!

    Today we found one of our little japanese bantam hens with a FAT tick on the side of her face. That side of her face is swollen and so were both of her tiny wattles. She was not her little feisty self. She was subdued and easy to catch. I removed the tick and applied some anitbacterial gel...
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    Crowing hens

    I have read about crowing hens but found it hard to believe. We have 3 australorp/polish hens that are almost 3 months old. Yesterday I heard a strange noise out the front door and saw one of them making obvious crowing sounds. We already have 4 roosters and all the chickens are free range...
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    mouse eating chickens!!

    Some of my hens will eat pinkie mice but none of them go after the full grown ones. We have been over run with mice here in WA state. My largest chickens are polish.....I would be very interested to know what breeds of chickens can gulp down adult mice.
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    Terrible, awful day. Almost all of my chickens dead. ***Update***

    I am so very, very sorry for your loss. You came to the right place to share. I am sure everyone here is feeling for you tonight! I am sure your chickens knew they were loved!
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    travelling with chickens

    I teach kindergarten and am not able to check back on the forum as often as I would like. I had a quick moment and thought I would check it out. I am so thankful to hear all the tips and advice! I am especially happy (elated actually) to hear that other people bring their chickens along too! I...
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    travelling with chickens

    Thank you for your suggestions. We will be travelling with possibly 4 roosters. I was planning to put each roo with his girls in their own box. I am wondering if the best bedding would be shavings or straw. Would a dog kennel be best or has someone used something else that worked equally well or...
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    travelling with chickens

    Has anyone ever moved a long distance by car/truck with chickens? We are moving across the country in 4 months and I could sure use any hints, tips and advice on the safest way to take my 19 chickens with me. What container is the best? How to make the trip as stressfree as possible ? How to...
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    travelling with chickens

    We are a military family and when I started my first beloved chicken flock I thought we would not be moving again. Well.....29 fabulous chickens later, it turns out we are moving from Washington state to Virginia in the summer! I have found good homes for the chickens we haven't really bonded...
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