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    Chicken dying/started with hurt leg

    The sick chicken is definitely dying but slowly. She looks particularly bad today. I spoke with someone from the vet lab and learned they aren't doing the necropsies in the lab close to me anytime soon (the nearest place then would be several hours away). So, here's an email to a family member...
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    Chicken dying/started with hurt leg

    Thank you for the vitamin suggestion. No, she's not laying anymore. She was pretty much every other day up until the day of the hurt leg. She would have been due that day, I think. There's no weird or unusual poop anywhere, btw. I need to learn about Marek's. Not saying that's what I think...
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    Chicken dying/started with hurt leg

    I have what I think is a white rock who, about 10 days ago, developed a bad leg that she kept tucked under her while standing. I isolated her, but she's one of only two chickens and I thought they missed each other so I returned her to the tractor. We've had them both since April when they were...
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    limping barred rock 2 now out of 5

    I don't have any advice, but I'll follow your post because I've got something going on that might be similar.
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    Texas

    Hi there, my family is quite near you in Montgomery- up 149. My family would like to visit but I'm "on call" today, so today's not good, but maybe by the weekend. No rush on our part- just sounds like a nice thing to do. Recently, we experimented with waterers that have valve nipples, but they...
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    Texas

    We'll try to make it to Huntsville for May 12th. I work that night, but have been known to lose sleep in favor of fun with the family!
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    Texas

    We just got a couple (2) bottle-fed baby boy goats yesterday, as well! It is a little unplanned= the timing anyway, so I think I will switch the chicken coop I was building this week into a goat shelter, as we don't need the second coop just yet. I think I found a link for backyardherds via...
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    Handling very young pet chicks: Yea or Nay?

    Aahh! That sounds so sweet!
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    Texas

    Yes, sorry about your chicken! We lost one too, yesterday, and I couldn't tell why. No trauma, no bad poop, no moping, no hunger strike. I thought everyone was acting very normal. Of course, it was our friendly chicken that we lost. My kids did a good job with handling the disappointment of...
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    Handling very young pet chicks: Yea or Nay?

    We just got our first chickens this week. They're maybe 12 weeks old. I was actually wondering, "I wonder if it's alright to pick them up and love on them?" I'm laughing now because I think I've just read 92 posts that say "yes, duh!" My 9 year old has been my partner in this. The coop is too...
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    Texas

    Hello from Montgomery! My family and I just got our first five chickens this past weekend. The oldest is probably 12 weeks old? The chicken tractor took the better part of a year to get done because there's been a million other projects associated with moving out here last year from Galveston...
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