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    What are symptoms of a vision impaired chicken

    Hi, We have one half-blind/vision impaired chicken. We got her at about 2 wks old. The first thing I noticed right away was that she peeped very loudly and walked in circles quite a bit. We thought for a while she was just neurotic, but over time we came to realize it's a vision issue. When...
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    fowl pox

    Hi, Steve and Val My chickens have fowl pox right now, and one girl is very sick. It can be fatal if it develops into what they call "wet pox", meaning it is in their mucous membranes and/or respiratory passages. Why do you think it is fowl pox? What are your chickens' symptoms? Mine have...
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    wet pox/dry pox..how long to keep her alone

    Yes, it does seem a little late. We had a late mosquito season around our house. We are in a severe drought in North Texas and were on watering restrictions all summer, so we didn't see much mosquito activity. Then, when fall finally hit in November we had a couple weeks when they came out in...
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    wet pox/dry pox..how long to keep her alone

    Hi, All 3 of my birds have fowl pox. Two have dry pox and one may have wet pox. This girl has the "bubble eye" and is acting very lethargic, in addition to having the blisters on her wattles, comb, and eye. I'm not seeing anything on her tongue, and I don't see anything coming out of her...
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    PICs! HELP! DISEASE? BLEEDING HEN'S COMB PICS

    I'm gonna have to dissent here, for what it's worth. This is what happened with one of my ee's combs. First noticed a couple tiny black spots. Stayed that way like two weeks. Then one morning, blood. There was even blood sprayed inside the roost. Over the next few days, more black spots...
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    How long to keep new pullet separate?

    Hello, I have two 11 week old pullets. I had a third, but she ended up being a he, so we exchanged him today. The chicken lady gave us a new 3-4 week old pullet. She said to keep them separate until the youngest was at least 75% the size of the others. I'm worried that the new pullet will be...
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    Gravity Water and Feeder question

    My husband built a gravity feeder out of pvc parts from Lowes. Basically, a 3 inch diameter, 2 ft long section of foam core pvc with a cap at the top. AT the bottom is a capped off elbow section with an oval cut out of it. It works fantastically. when they ate out of a tray/trough, they...
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    Are the nipple watering systems worth it?

    Yes! The nipples are fantastic. I was watering my chickens at least once a day, b/c they were spilling and wasting so much water, and always found a way to get poop in it. YUK. My husband made a watering system out of pvc pipes and a section of garden hose. It holds several quarts of water...
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    Do you feed your chickens meat....(like chicken)?

    I gave my 11 wk old girls our scrapings from the dinner plates last night: Turkeyburger helper and spinach. This was their first taste of "people food". They loved it. Even ate it out of a tray I was holding, and my girls (well, one is really a boy but that's another story...) are really...
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    Please confirm-- It's a boy?-- EE

    Oh! Yeah...looking at the photos on the computer now, it seems to obvious. That comb is so much redder, isn't it? And that green tail feather? I'm about to cry. But our neighbors are about 12 feet away, and he'd be due to start crowing any day now, so I guess we'll be off to the chicken...
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    Please confirm-- It's a boy?-- EE

    Hello, I'm a new chicken owner. We purchased 3 EE "pullets" about 5 weeks ago. Every since the first day, we've been vaguely suspicious that one is a cockerel. We've been in denial, though, b/c s/he's so pretty, and we kind of love him, if such a thing is possible with chickens! Well, I...
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    Hello from Somewhere in North TX

    I won't say eggsactly where, though, cuz there may be spies from my HOA lurking We have 2 lovely ladies and 1 suspected gentleman pecking about in our side yard. They are about 11 wks old. They are allegedly EEs, but one golden hen looks so different! Hmmm.... They do love to fly, hence...
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