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    Help! Poultry Lice!

    Ok, thank you for the help!
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    Help! Poultry Lice!

    Thank you for the advice! I'm definitely going to do a thorough cleanout and spray of the coops and chickens with diluted permethrin. After the infestation is gone, how often should I be spraying/checking for mites and lice?
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    Help! Poultry Lice!

    Hi everyone! We have been struggling with a poultry lice infestation for a while now. Our flock is mostly free-range and have access to lots of dust baths, but I think they might have picked it up from wild birds. The lice were really bad in the beginning and some of the girls were losing lots...
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    Lame leg & curled toes

    The results of the necropsy came back: Ovarian adenocarcinoma. She had cancer. I'm sad we lost her, but I'm so relieved that she didn't have anything contagious that will affect the rest of the flock. The vet said this is pretty common in hens. This has been such a learning experience in...
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    Lame leg & curled toes

    Thank you. The vet put her down and will send her out to the state for the necropsy. It was pretty expensive... $178 for the exam, euthanasia, and the necropsy. The necropsy alone was $120. Yikes.
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    Is this a normal egg?

    Good to know. Thank you!
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    Is this a normal egg?

    Hi Everyone, I'm brand new to owning chickens so I'm sure this is a complete newbie question! I have Speckled Sussex hens and one of the hens lays eggs that are a couple of different shades of color. The eggs also have tiny spots all over them. My other hens lay eggs that are all one color...
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    Lame leg & curled toes

    Well.. I took her to the vet last night because I was at a loss as to what was wrong with her. We ended up putting her down because her health declined to the point where she just wasn't going to recover. Poor thing. We're getting a necropsy done to determine why she became sick. I will...
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    Lame leg & curled toes

    Ugh. She doesn't look well at all today. Her comb is definitely darker now and her breathing has gotten much worse. She is panting with her beak open and today is the first day that she looks sick on top of having the leg/claw problem. Her leg also looks weird... not sure how to describe it...
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    Lame leg & curled toes

    Thank you for your reply. I took a look at the first link and read through some of it. It definitely makes me wonder. She does seem to be breathing heavily today and I do remember her having some watery poo last week but it appears more normal now. I need to read through more of the thread...
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    Lame leg & curled toes

    Hi Everyone! I need some guidance with one of my sweet 2 year old Sussex hens. I am brand new to raising chickens. We bought a flock of 6 hens last month and all has been going well until I noticed one of my hens with a slight limp last Thursday night. Each day it got progressively worse...
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    http://www.chickencondos.com???

    Did you ever decide to get the coop from chickencondos.com? If so, how do you like it?
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