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    Are my hens going to trust me after heavily misting them with water? Do i continue?

    It is 95 degrees outside and my chickens are struggling. They come out of the coop and hide underneath it all day. It may be a little cooler underneath there but there is shade in other places. They wouldn't even eat the cold fruit I threw out to them and they normally do. I gave them ice water...
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    coughing? & losing feathers around neck

    I have given my chicken apple cider vinegar with the stuff in the bottom of the glass bottle, "mother" I think its called and electrolytes and probiotics in their water and she hasn't made the noise in days. So maybe she'll be ok. I would try this and vet rx if i was you. They sell the...
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    coughing? & losing feathers around neck

    That is how my rooster got before he died. I saw one of them acting that way but not making that noise. He would just stand there all day and barely move and acting drunk, he actually recovered on his own somehow. I don't know how he is but that's the last I heard about him.
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    coughing? & losing feathers around neck

    Thanks Abi. Yes he has a lot of chickens. I havent heard any of them making this noise. I live in TN.
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    coughing? & losing feathers around neck

    It sounds like the chicken on this video at 46 seconds. (The lady in the video acts like its funny but my rooster was doing this and i was told it got worse and he died.)
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    Chicken has bandage stuck to her foot ! ??

    I gave a chicken to an someone. She had just been treated for bumblefoot. He promised to take the bandage off after a time but he didnt. The poor chicken had it on all winter long and still does. He said about a month ago he tried to take the bandage off and the foot blead really bad so he stuck...
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    coughing? & losing feathers around neck

    I gave some chickens to an 'aquaintance'. (I call him an acquaintance and not a friend because after all this I really didn't like how he treated my chickens and his own animals.) He fed them corn and white bread. They are back on layer pellet now. Anyways, The rooster I gave him would make a...
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    How to find events

    i saw something that looked fun, this BYC 2021 Summer Fair CHICKEN P💩💩P BINGO and i wonder how you catch stuff like this? or do you have to look in announcements or what? Just watch the home page i guess? Thanks!
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    Please help ASAP!

    Yay, I want to thank you guys for all your help. Yesterday I followed all your directions and my baby is recovering already. Thankfully I didn't have to quaratine her because it wasnt as big as I feared it was. Today she is digging through the dirt and walking around happy and healthy just like...
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    Please help ASAP!

    Were you saying to soak it in saline? or epson salt? I;m also wondering how ill keep it clean. Doesn't look like bandaid will work well. I have the stretchy stuff that sticks to itself but i don't know how to wrap it. Im still looking...
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    Please help ASAP!

    Thanks for all your help.
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    Please help ASAP!

    Oh wow. ok. I have saline eye wash. Would that work? If not I'll buy something, hope to find something at home though.
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    Please help ASAP!

    I'm watching youtube videos and saw a really bad one. It looks like it could be worse.
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    Please help ASAP!

    What's best to clean it with? Hyd. Peroxide?
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    Please help ASAP!

    I think she is a little heavy. Shes certainly healthy. What am I making an incision for? To get puss out?
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