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    Comment by 'MossyMountains' in article 'Daily Chicken Routine'

    I've never known a chicken to throw up from stress. If a chicken does this, there is a different cause. But most definitely not stress.
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    I've done what I can with an impacted crop. What's next?

    I found Margo on her side on the chicken coop's floor about a week ago. She injured her leg in what seems to be a fall from the roost. When I brought her inside, I realized her crop was huge and hard as a rock and determined that that's probably how she fell off her roost. It may have set her...
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    The Mysterious Case of Marek's Disease and Congested Chickens

    So now that the chickens are outside for the day, I'm only noticing my rooster's gargled crowing. The fact that some of the other chickens have symptoms seems to indicate it's not gapeworm. It's my understanding that respiratory infections will spread, but that's not how it works with worms...
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    The Mysterious Case of Marek's Disease and Congested Chickens

    Hi folks . . . I just lost a very sweet three month old hen. She was rescued from traffic about a month ago and had a slight limp and a droop to one wing. She also had missing feathers on her back, but it seemed more like what you'd see when a rooster mates with the hens. This was within city...
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