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    Hen passed - graphic necropsy pic - help me figure out what this is?

    They only got scratch in the evenings in the winter just before being locked up for the night. I would throw out a couple of handfuls for 10 chickens (9 hens (now 8), 1 roo). Since this girl got sick, I've quit giving any to the remaining birds. Just wanted to add, I'm not in particularly...
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    Hen passed - graphic necropsy pic - help me figure out what this is?

    Thank you for the kind sentiment. I feed them Country Companion Layer pellets from Cal Ranch.
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    Hen passed - graphic necropsy pic - help me figure out what this is?

    I did slice open a number of them, and no sign of yolks or anything cheesy-ish, the fluid was quite translucent. I am very soft hearted and love my critters (chickens, dogs, and horses), but once they're gone, I want to try and figure out if it's something I can prevent in the future. Thanks...
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    Hen passed - graphic necropsy pic - help me figure out what this is?

    I posted yesterday for help with my 3 year old Australorp that had a sour/impacted crop. Unfortunately she passed away this morning, and after crying for the loss, I did my best to do a necropsy to figure out what went wrong. She had these fluid filled sacs with veins low in her abdomen. Her...
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    Hen recovering from sour/impacted crop - trying to get her better and gain weight

    Well unfortunately, she died in my arms while I was massaging the oil. I hope I didn't hurt her, but she was quite weak at this point. When I quit crying, I'm going to try to open her up and see what's going on.
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    Hen recovering from sour/impacted crop - trying to get her better and gain weight

    Thank you - she won't drink on her own at this point, so I assume I should give it to her via syringe? And put the grit in her mouth? I'm thankful I work from home so I can work with her. Thank you for your help.
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    Hen recovering from sour/impacted crop - trying to get her better and gain weight

    Well this morning her crop was still full. I brought her inside to clean her butt and took some pictures to show her poop. While blow drying her, she started to regurgitate. I helped her and took a picture of what came out, and it smells bad again. I pulled out the monistat and gave her a...
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    Hen recovering from sour/impacted crop - trying to get her better and gain weight

    Thank you - yes her crop seems pretty empty in the morning. I fed her far more today than I've been able to up to this point and her crop is very full tonight. I'll definitely check it in the morning. Each night I worry that this will be the night she passes, and then get hope back when I see...
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    Hen recovering from sour/impacted crop - trying to get her better and gain weight

    I apologize in advance that this is a long post. I have an approximately 3 year old australorp that developed an impacted and/or sour crop about 3 weeks ago. We brought her inside and put her in a large dog crate. I read a lot on what to do for her, and we ended up massaging her crop to get...
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    Easter egger Roo??

    I thought I'd update and let y'all know you were right - she is definitely a girl. This was the sweetest little egg, complete with tiny yolk , lol.
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    Easter egger Roo??

    I do love roos, they are magnificent! I'm glad I live out in the country :-) I'll be on the lookout for another EE roo, I'm sure someone around me will eventually have one they want to rehome.
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    Easter egger Roo??

    Ooohhh, he's beautiful!
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    Easter egger Roo??

    Yet another in the long line of 'is this a rooster or pullet?' posts :-) I searched through old ones hoping to make my own best guess, but couldn't really. I bought this chick as a likely/potential roo - the person I bought from said that every one they got with this coloring was a rooster...
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    Chicken Weed Abatement - Using chickens to mow your weeds! - With Video

    I have 7.5 acres, so my flock of 11 (9 hens, 2 roos) can't take care of all the weeds (and most of the acreage is weeks or scrub), but I also have 2 horses, and they do an AWESOME job of breaking up the manure piles for me. It is so funny to watch them move from pile to pile picking out...
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    New Texas member

    Hi to all - I've been lurking a little while and I am really enjoying the site. I got my first chickens a year ago by accident ... I bid on 3 month old pullets at a silent auction but didn't expect to win (no one else bid ) Fortunately they came with the warming light, feeder,waterer, feed...
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