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    Chicken with swollen abdomen

    I’m having trouble getting the right tools to drain it so I haven’t gotten the chance yet. However whenever I see people describing what waterbelly feels like they say it feels like a water balloon and they have feather loss, but her swelling is a lot harder than that and she doesn’t have the...
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    Chicken with swollen abdomen

    Unfortunately taking her to the vet is not an option.
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    Chicken with swollen abdomen

    About 2 nights ago when I was locking my hens up for the night I noticed one sitting on the bottom of the coop. This was extremely unusual because they are always on their perches at night. I picked her up to check for injuries (I found none) but noticed her crop felt completely empty, but she...
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    CALLING ALL ORPINGTON OWNERS!

    I have one buff rooster that I got on accident last year. He was sold to me as a pullet, but as he grew I quickly realized he wasn't one. I would have never intentionally bought a rooster, but I decided to keep him because of his breed known for being nice. For a while, he was never aggressive...
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    Feeding chicks treats

    I am wondering what treats might be okay for 7 week old chicks With my first batch I was able to train them to come when I make a sound, by making that sound when I feed them. It took a bit for them to catch on because the only thing I knew that I could safely feed them was their feed and it...
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    Buff orpington chick a rooster?

    After talking to my family we have decided that we will give having a rooster a try, if this chick really is one.
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    Buff orpington chick a rooster?

    I’ve got this Buff Orpington chick who is about 4 weeks old. This is my first of this breed and the other chick I got with it sadly passed away a week ago so I have nothing to compare to. I was told all the chicks were vent checked and confirmed female, but it sort of looks like this chick might...
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    Chicken suddenly stopped laying

    While I can’t be certain because I got her from the feed store, I’m pretty sure she is an Amerucana. If she isn’t pure she at least has many of the traits including laying pastel blue eggs. I’ve included a photo to show what she looks like. The brownish/orangeish color you see on her is not a...
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    Chicken suddenly stopped laying

    I’ve got a hen who suddenly stopped laying and I am unsure if I need to watch out for any illnesses. My girl, Linda, is an about two year old Amerucana hen who was laying consistently until a few weeks ago. Since then, we have not found a single egg from her. There has been no changes recently...
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    Sick chick?

    Sorry, I meant she hadn't pooped at all on the day before her death. For about a week after we got her, she was acting very healthy and up until a few days before her death, we thought she was.
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    Sick chick?

    I agree that I don’t think it is wry neck. Both who acted like they had wry neck are now acting completely normal, even though they were extremely distressed last night. Last night the last sick baby passed away. While she had been chowing down food yesterday, she hadn’t pooped at all, so I was...
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    Sick chick?

    We contacted them last night, but still have yet to hear back. The chick we thought had wry neck has seem to be cured overnight and is acting perfectly healthy. One of the chicks who was sick last night and from the same breed and feed store batch as the one we thought as wry now is acting like...
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    Sick chick?

    It seems whatever was stuck has passed. For a few days she was improving, but now she has wry neck. She has been separated from the others so they don’t hurt her and I have been treating her. I have been giving the whole flock a preventative coccidia treatment, but two others now seem to be...
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    Sick chick?

    I started giving her treatment yesterday and I haven’t noticed any big changes. She is still eating and drinking fine, but just as sleepy. She is only a tiny bit small then the other chicks of the same breed. When she chirps it does sound the same. Today I noticed that there was a clicking or...
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    Sick chick?

    3 days ago I got a batch of 7 chicks of various breeds. All of them seem healthy, except one of my little Easter Eggers has been sleeping a lot more than the others. She otherwise seems healthy and will wake up for a little bit to eat and drink, but then she quickly falls back to sleep. Often I...
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