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    Chocolate Orpington roo and pullet? 6 weeks old

    Thanks! Looking at the pics, those feet look massive too 😆 Hopefully he feathers nicely!
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    Chocolate Orpington roo and pullet? 6 weeks old

    I have 11 6-week old chicks, two are Chocolate Orpington. The rest are two are other color Orpingtons (Buff and Choc/Gold laced), a Wyandotte, a Barred Rock, two Olive Eggers (Cuckoo Marans x Legbar?), two Splash Marans, and a Sussex. The first four pics show the bird that looks like a roo to...
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    Old hen has right eye swollen shut

    I finally got a chance to work with her. I wrapped her in a towel and her nostril was clogged. I applied a warm wash cloth and worked a small amount of smelly gunk out of her nostril. I pulled a blade of grass from her nostril using tweezers. With the grass out we're hoping the gunk will drain...
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    Old hen has right eye swollen shut

    Thanks, this all sounds very helpful. I'll take a closer look at the rest of her tonight, last night I only looked at her eye. I'll post an update. Our newest chickens were bought at 6 weeks old in early March. We did cull a Marans from this group on 6/16 (~20 weeks old) who suddenly became...
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    Old hen has right eye swollen shut

    This barred rock is 5.5 years old and suddenly has one eye swollen shut. She has been broody and otherwise behaves normally. I don't see any discharge or evidence of eye worms. We get about 5 new hens every year and she is in the oldest age cohort. An Iowa blue of the same age is broody now too...
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    Feather footed cuckoo marans - hen?

    Anyone have an opinion? I don't know if this one is a slower-developing roo or a hen.
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    Feather footed cuckoo marans - hen?

    I have three FF Cuckoo Marans and am confident two are roosters. The third, I waiver on. This one is smaller and darker than the roos, but I'm still not sure. Anyone have an opinion on whether this one is a hen or roo? Pics: 1. Just the chicken in question. He/she is about 13 weeks old. 2...
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    Egg with tail

    Here is what the inside of the tail end looks like. It seems like the egg came out before the shell was fully formed, so I guess I'll keep an eye on the hen for more oddities. She seems normal otherwise.
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    Egg with tail

    The tail is soft, as well as the end of the egg where it attaches. You might be able to see a slight coloration difference in the region where the shell is softer around the tail, as well as a slight pinkish tint on the end of the tail. It looks like a sausage casing that didn't get cut off...
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    Egg with tail

    One of my EEs just laid this egg in the middle of my backyard (7pm, almost dusk). She was lurching, like a dog, and laid this egg in the grass. I read other posts where pullets laid eggs like this, but this hen is over 2 years old. She is also lowest in the pecking order. Her eggs are normally...
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    Ok to worm pullets?

    Thank you both for the advice. I gave my mature birds 1/2cc undiluted Safeguard and redosed them after 7 days (was aiming for 10, but it didn't work with my schedule), which was about 10 days ago. So if I have this straight, I am giving the pullets 1/2cc each for 3 consecutive days? I did read...
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    Ok to worm pullets?

    I have recently wormed my laying hens with Safeguard liquid (the one for goats) and am at the tail end of the second 10 day egg withdrawal period. After I realized worming was necessary, I had already moved 7 pullets into the enclosed coop/run, sequestered in a rabbit cage, but they are living...
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    Hen seems to be dying

    Well, the hen died, as we expected. I didn't find any signs of mites or lice on her, but her vent was covered by a few feathers and gooey. Unfortunately I didn't take a picture, but it was green and yellowish orange. Does this sound like any of the worms? Is another possibility flystrike? Is...
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    Hen seems to be dying

    Thanks, Suzie. I will check for mites/lice too. My flock got them last year and I successfully treated them by spraying them with coconut oil in late spring. I try to check their feathers occasionally, but need to check again.
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    Hen seems to be dying

    Thank you for your insight. Do you have a recommended wormer and egg disposal period? My hens lay brown and blue/green eggs. Do you think I could limit my own egg loss by worming by egg color (de-worm the brown layers first, then the EEs)? Or is it too risky to wait to give one half of the flock...
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