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    Sick guinea

    I have two guinea fowls in with my chickens. The one came with chickens that I had bought several years ago. The farmer said she just flew in with his chickens one day and took up residence. I know that's possible because last fall I came home and had one in my yard. He decided the first...
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    Rotten Eggs?

    We have 10 chickens and 1 guinea fowl. I know the age of 3 of the chickens (2 years and 1 1/2 years). I do not know the age of the rest but do know they have gone through at least 1 molt. The problem is that one of them is laying eggs that are bad after 2 or 3 days. They either start...
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    Respiratory Infection -- now not eating, lethargic

    I have a red sex link hen one of 12 I got last fall. Took her to the vet yesterday because she had a rattling breathing sound....very congested sounding. He said she had a respiratory infection but not an upper one. He gave my Tylon to put in her water and she went into quarantine when I...
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    Prolapsed Uterus

    I thought I was doing well except that it keeps coming back out. Then this afternoon when I went to check on her and put it back in again I saw she had laid an egg! Daggone girl! Keeping her in the dark wasn't keeping her from laying an egg. Hopefully this vet I'm calling in the morning...
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    Prolapsed Uterus

    I have a Red Sex Link who is at least one year old .... I've only had her about 2 1/2 months.... Yesterday afternoon I noticed her butt looked "funky". Upon closer inspection I saw her insides hanging out about one inch. I came in and did a search for prolapsed uterus and read through...
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    Fleas? Mites? Now on me!

    When I went to let them out this morning I caught Peaches (my original RIR) and flipped her upside down and looked around her vent. There were brownish flecks running around at the base of her feathers. Yuck! So I'm guessing that's fleas/lice they have. I couldn't hold her longer to look...
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    Fleas? Mites? Now on me!

    I felt something crawling on me. The three I saw on myself were tiny, 2 were kind of brown and 1 was kind of clearish tan. They were quick buggers and couldn't be squished. Which prompted me to think of fleas. Haven't had a problem with fleas since our cats never go outside. The chickens...
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    Fleas? Mites? Now on me!

    I had checked my son and my husband and used a mirror to check myself. I wasn't sure if they were fleas as my daughter had come at Christmas and brought her two puppies who have had flea problems in the near past. But that has been a little while so wasn't sure. I have been spending a lot of...
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    Fleas? Mites? Now on me!

    I've been reading through the other posts regarding fleas and mites on my chickens. I've had most of mine for 1 1/2 years now, the others I've had for about 6-8 weeks. We have indoor only cats. Yesterday after doing work in the coop I suddenly have these little bug things showing up in my...
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    Watery poop, lethargic, staying off by self

    Could them having worms be causing the soft shelled and shell less eggs I've been getting? Their eggs have been that way since I received the chickens. I was told to give them cottage cheese, yogurt, crushed oyster shell, pumpkin and squash as well as greens. They turn their noses up at the...
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    Watery poop, lethargic, staying off by self

    I have an autistic son. These are his pets although I take care of them. : ) I get the most enjoyment out of them and thoroughly spoil them so I will do what I can to make them better and more comfortable. I have not been able to find a vet out this way that can or is willing to take care of...
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    Watery poop, lethargic, staying off by self

    What is ACV? So worm them all tomorrow and start throwing the eggs away. Worm again in 10 days continuing to throw eggs away. Is there anything else I need to do? I cleaned out the coop and am throwing the bedding out....not putting it in my compost pile. Should I clean the coop every few...
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    Watery poop, lethargic, staying off by self

    So after I worm do I need to throw away the eggs? If so, for how long? How long do I give them the meds? Sorry about all the questions. Have only had chickens 1 1/2 years and have never had this problem. I'm still deep in the learning curve. Thanks for the advice.
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    Watery poop, lethargic, staying off by self

    We added 1 guinea fowl and 10 sex link hens to our flock of 3 hens approximately 5 weeks ago. About 2 weeks ago one of the black hens acted unusual that am when I went to let them out that morning. She would stand in the corner and didn't want to come out. I went to check on her a couple of...
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    Thin Shelled Eggs

    Now if you had said to give them tomatoes (which they LOVE!), cucumbers, watermelon, cantelope, squash or pumpkin I would be out the door to the store. If I give them lettuce, cabbage, greens it will sit there and mold. They won't touch it. Mine are so spoiled it's sad. I will see about...
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