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    Chickens with lethargy and diarrhea dying unknown cause

    The oldest one was 5 the other ones are 2 and 3years old. I will start them on Corid again in the morning, that was my initial thought too. Their coop is dry, I mixed the bedding again today, and I did free range them most of the afternoon with supervision because we lost 5, 3 weeks ago to a...
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    Chickens with lethargy and diarrhea dying unknown cause

    Hi, I'm having an issue with my flock. I have lost 2 hens in the past few weeks, would have been 3 but the fox got her! I have one additional sick hen. They all have had diarrhea, lethargy and ruffed up feathers and hunched appearance. No respiratory s/s. I have treated them with Corid for...
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    hen vomiting brown/yellow liquid with green mucousy droppings

    She is inside a heated garage by herself. I gave her some fresh water this morning with ACV and probios powder, she is drinking on her own. I will check her vent for blockages. I fed some hard boiled egg with yogurt but she hasn't eaten any as of yet. I did weight her last night she is 5 lbs...
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    hen vomiting brown/yellow liquid with green mucousy droppings

    I did visually examine her....she looks ok. how else should I examine her? I don't want to hurt her
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    hen vomiting brown/yellow liquid with green mucousy droppings

    Yesterday morning when I let the hens back in after some free range time I had a slow moving hen back to the run, after work she was just standing in the corner of the run. When I picked her up a lot of brown/yellow liquid ran from her mouth, so I massaged her crop and she had about four...
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    Hens being pecked at by another hen

    thanks everyone for your help, I just ordered some peepers for them.....I have the offender "pecker" still separated and have had no bleeding or pecking issues yet today. Its only 12 degrees here today to they are mostly in the coop. I did pick them all up for an inspection 3 times so far today...
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    Hens being pecked at by another hen

    Thanks Tammy....Yes it is cold where we are in PA and we just have a week of around 0 degree weather. They have been choosing to stay inside the coop more esp if it's windy. we got them in september at about 6 months old and have have had no problems up until now. it started as feather plucking...
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    Hens being pecked at by another hen

    My husband was watching them and said one of the RIR's was also doing some pecking as well. I have a pit in my stomach about these chickens, I can't stand to come home to them all bloodied up and I know they will keep at eachother....
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    Hens being pecked at by another hen

    I hope someone can help me out here.....I came home from work two days ago and found one of my RIR hens pecked and bleeding below her vent. I did notice most of my RIR hens were getting bald spots on their bottoms. I separated her yesterday until I could find out what was going on. Today I came...
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