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The hen house never gets below freezing

Yes the spots are soft and of course the eggs are gone now I cannot take better pictures but these are very clear photos. Just small white bumps. Not sure what else you would need? Thank you for replies

Only collected a few days ago. We collect every day. You mean cells for a developing chick?

We cracked open 2 eggs this morning and this is what they looked like . Any ideas on the cause? Are they safe to eat? We have mixed flock of breeds and a rooster.

We got them from an acquaintance and they are mutts. We have wondered all along if some of our problems are due to a totally mixed up breed. Or perhaps that makes no difference? I don't know. I know little about Marek's. I will try to research that. But I thought chickens died quickly from it...

Thank you for your response! No it is not an injury. They have 2x4 roosts not a pole. She still gets up on the roost with one leg doing the work. They are not getting picked on. I would say mid to low on the pecking order, but that said no one seems to bother them at the feeder or when getting...

I have a pure black chicken - a mix so not sure of her breed. About 9 months old. She began to be lame and limp badly. Upon inspection of her foot several times, it does not appear to be bumble foot. There is no center, obvious place that can be taken out. The bottom of both feet look identical...

We had a sick chicken and I posted a thread about putting her back with the flock after isolation. Thank you for your suggestions! She is doing ok - the other chickens for the most part ignore her and no one is actually pecking her - only dashing towards her a bit. Normal behaviour I think - as...

Thank you for the encouragement! :) She does have some places to get to. :)

We had her in a dog crate where they could see each other several days. then we put her in the coop last night after dark. Set her on the roost. This morning no one seemed to notice her but as the day went on...

We had to isolate a hen (flock about 14 weeks old ) that was sick. All ok now and vet said put her back with flock. Now the others are picking on her and she has to stay hidden. Is there any help for her? I cannot keep her isolated and now it is getting cold so she needs to be in coop. She is...

Thank you for reply. Yes we have put 3 down so far thinking we had it stopped. For a couple days no new cases. So hard to put down but are working so hard to save the rest! She's doing better with our home grown remedies. We isolated her and the eye is open full time now and the other eye ok...

Thank you EggSighted4Life for the insight and for all those links - they are all saved. So much good info! I'm amazed that antibiotics are ineffective for so many things. We have had flocks of chickens for about 20 years now and this is the first bunch that have had any health problems at all!

Thank you for reply. I read on a Chicken Facebook page to give a high quality colloidal silver in the eyes since that is where this begins (Yes it is safe - I put this brand - Mesosilver -in my own eyes and my cats eyes) plus probiotics, silver, Vet RX and vitamin C internally. I have a call...

I'm sorry my photo is sideways. We got a new flock of chickens and have had them about 2 months or so. Several have begun this way. Bad eye. Then they start not moving, then they die. Any idea what is going on? Another one showing symptoms this morning. She looks all wet because we sprayed some...