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    Raising Chicks in the Autumn!

    Great! Thank you everyone!
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    Raising Chicks in the Autumn!

    It was a rough summer. We lost 2 out of 6 of our hens unexpectedly. So instead of waiting until spring to get our next batch of chicks, we opted to raise chicks this fall instead, so they would be ready to lay by spring. We are fairly new to chicken keeping as this is only our 2nd batch of...
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    Dead Hen - Graphic Death, any advice?

    This morning I went out to feed my girls & one of my hens was standing in her nest box. I can't tell if she laid an egg or was trying to. There were 2 other eggs in the box (6 hens/2 nesting boxes ratio) and everything in the box was covered in blood. I tried to coax her out of the box, but she...
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    Injured Barn Cat - Need Advice

    Thank you everyone for the advice! Just a quick update to let you know that every day the cat has been getting better. His limp is barely noticeable now. I did not do anything special to help him out. I decided to give it a few days & see if it looked better or worse. It got better a little...
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    Injured Barn Cat - Need Advice

    Hi everyone, We have two barn cats that adopted our home as their own, who used to be strays. This morning, I noticed that one of the cats was limping pretty bad when he came to get his breakfast. He barely ate anything before retreating back to his favorite sleeping spot (under my husbands...
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    Tractor supply chicks!

    Last year I bought 3 red pullets & 3 white/yellow pullets. All were in fact, pullets! They were purchased in late February & started laying around mid-late June. They are all excellent laying hens & still alive. One of the white/yellows did have some issues when she first started laying & she...
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    Prolapsed Vent for 3 days - Where to go from here???

    UPDATE: This morning I did our regular treatments for our hen. The gleet doesn't seem to be improved, but the prolapse looked a little better than yesterday. No soft eggs stuck today that I could tell. She is absolutely NOT enjoying being in the hospital crate anymore. When we took her out to do...
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    Prolapsed Vent for 3 days - Where to go from here???

    Thanks everyone for the support. With such a big difference in the overall well being of the rest of the other hens (5 others) and with all of her problems combined, the answer I guess is pretty obvious. Hubby & I are struggling with how to do this & IF we want to see if a vet can do it...
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    Prolapsed Vent for 3 days - Where to go from here???

    Okay, WOW! I am thinking mine might not have gleet either, but just a poopy butt. The "gleet" does not seem to be clearing up despite my best efforts using all the standard treatments I've read here on BYC. Her bottom is oozing, though. This morning when I did her treatment, she had a soft...
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    Prolapsed Vent for 3 days - Where to go from here???

    I hadn't thought of the Vitamin E! Good call! I will definitely try that out. Yesterday, her prolapse went in all by itself. She is tired of being inside the hospital cage & her spirits are really good. Do you think she is past the point of infection? She prolapsed on Wednesday.
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    Prolapsed Vent for 3 days - Where to go from here???

    Thanks so much! That sounds like what we have been doing so far. She is in great spirits. Her prolapse has shrunk up a lot. I think the next few days will be very telling as to how her recovery will be.
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    Prolapsed Vent for 3 days - Where to go from here???

    Thanks for the advice, everyone! Gonna keep plugging along, for now.
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    Health of a Cream Legbar - she won't give up.

    So sorry to hear you are going through this. If it was me, I would give it another week or so & see how she is doing. I am a softy too & if it looks like there is improvement I would probably keep going until I felt like there was nothing else I could do. If what you are doing is working, then...
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    Prolapsed Vent for 3 days - Where to go from here???

    Hello everyone, Three days ago, one of my hens got a prolapsed vent, along with gleet. I've been treating it in all the standard ways, but after 3 days I still cannot get the vent to stay inside. It looks MUCH better than it did the first day & the tissue is much less swollen. The gleet is...
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    Eggless Eggs - Just mush!

    One of my hens has been laying an eggless egg for about a week or so. I have 6 hens & they all just started laying within the past 2-3 weeks. Most of my eggs have a really hard shell. I feed them layer feed from our local feed mill plus they also gets oyster shell on a regular basis. They are...
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