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    Chickens ate avocado peels! Help!

    For now, make sure they are monitored for any symptoms, if they only ate a little they could be fine. If it looks bad, I found this which was an answer to somebody’s chicken eating half an avocado peel.
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    Is age finally getting to my older hen?

    Wow even my 4 year old hens are laying still, I guess I really got lucky. Temps are hot but nothing extreme, it like 70-80° F, but nothing they haven’t handled before. I’ll be sure to wash her butt, I didn’t know what fly strike was! I just read a whole article about it, thank you.
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    Is age finally getting to my older hen?

    My hen Henna is about 5 1/2 years old, and within these last few months she’s completely stopped laying eggs. She’s been acting pretty normal, eating and drinking and whatnot, no symptoms that I know of. But her comb suddenly got super floppy out of the blue, and her butt is dirty so that makes...
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    Weird growth coming out of my chickens foot

    The white part is hard like a toe nail, as for the thicker part under it, I have no idea, I will have to inspect her foot more closely
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    Weird growth coming out of my chickens foot

    Thank you! If it impedes her walking or begins to snag on things I’ll be sure to clip it and have stuff on stand by in case of bleeding
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    Weird growth coming out of my chickens foot

    This is Daffodil she is 2 months old. I got her as an ameraucana but I’ve been told she seems more of an Easter Egger, and at this point I’m not sure if she is even a she. Regardless this growth has been apparent since her adult feathers have been coming in and I initially thought it was a pin...
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    Not paralysis but not right

    What are the odds, I did the exact same thing, not only that but I made a complete guess 🤦🏻‍♀️ Oh well you live and you learn 🙄😂
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    Not paralysis but not right

    This is a complete guess but could wry neck be a possibility? If you don’t know wry neck is either a genetic condition or is caused by a vitamin deficiency in which it’s easily fixed by supplementing some vitamins (especially vitamin E I believe) Wry neck causes the bird to loose balance and...
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    Rescued duckling has a bad laceration around it's neck

    I don’t know much about ducks but I do about cuts. So first if it’s a very deep wound the best thing to have that heal would be stitches done by a professional. However I know that’s not possible for everyone. He most likely appears to try and get to it because it is painful and bothering him...
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    My hen has been sick for over a month

    I’ve decided to update this, Nuggets outward symptoms haven’t gotten worse but her abdomen is definitely more swollen and squishy then the others. I’m now pretty sure it’s water belly which is very unfortunate bc I do consider my birds my pets. With her being 4 years old it is somewhat expected...
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    Blind chickens with Swollen eyes closed

    There is a thread from 2014 about a chicken that looked just like this and there are some great answers, here’s the link, hopes it helps. https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/eyes-swollen-shut-scabs.938353/
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    My hen has been sick for over a month

    I will definitely try the wormer, I’m not sure if a vet is a possibility for me right now but I appreciate all the advice!
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    My hen has been sick for over a month

    She is eating and drinking, as far as I can feel her abdomen feels the same as the other hens so I assume it’s normal, her crop right now is full but so are the others, and I also compared the keel bone to the others and that feels the same as well( not overly boney) though I’ve never actually...
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    My hen has been sick for over a month

    I have a 4 year old Rhode Island Red named nugget. I believe she has some serious problem going on but I don’t know what it could be. Symptoms: Her poop has been runny for well over 4 months by now and she constantly has soiled feathers around her vent, but that was her only symptom over the...
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    Losing all her feathers

    She’s definitely molting sometimes they look so sickly, my hens combs get all pale and small but they’re ok :)
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