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    Crop Feeding Sick Hen, Losing Wt, Slow Crop, Liquid from Beak, Wiggling Neck

    Hi qeewee, I'm sorry you lost one of your girls. In the past, combing the threads allowed me to gain a lot of knowledge from those who were familiar with a particular subject. It was frustrating for me, as well, to sometimes come to the end of a thread without a resolution. I'm glad it was of...
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    Encouraging Use of a Free-Range Nest Box

    Just an update on my experience, so far, for anyone trying to solve a similar problem. Ruby and my other layer, Luna, have taken to laying eggs...next to the nest box in the coop. Maybe they think it's a "next" box. It was centered on the wall. They laid behind it. I moved it to the back. Of...
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    Encouraging Use of a Free-Range Nest Box

    Hi RR, Thanks for getting back to me. One of my hens, Ruby, is definitely fishing net material. ;) She's the stubborn, flighty one who I chased out of my vegetable garden for the 3rd time. Today, I was trying out my original theory of locking them *out* of the coop to use the free range...
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    Encouraging Use of a Free-Range Nest Box

    Hi LR, Thank you for responding. It would be a pretty tight fit. It's why food and water are outside the coop. I could try it though, just to see what happens. Any idea how long to give them to figure it out?
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    Name 3 Things You Did Or Will Do Today

    1) Cleaned up my Earthbox after one of my hens breached the perimeter...again. :he 2) Make some beef jerky. :drool 3) Go check on Mom. :hugs 4) Bonus: I avoided doing laundry because I'm on BYC. :D
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    Encouraging Use of a Free-Range Nest Box

    Hi All, It's been quite a while since I've posted here, but I love to read ideas and philosophies of our various members. :thumbsup Maybe someone can share his or her wisdom on my question. Some background: The coop for my 2 hens is a converted Little Tikes Playhouse. A 10-foot roost extends...
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    Winter Feed Cost and Growing Fodder

    I know it's been awhile since you posted this, but it looks like it wasn't answered. I was getting gnats in my indoor potted spinach plants. Nasty little buggers. Their larvae feed on the roots. A solution of 1 part hydrogen peroxide to 3 parts water kills the larvae, but doesn't harm the...
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    Pullet with a squishy lump on her neck that is growing

    I've finally scanned the report for upload. Hope someone finds this helpful.
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    Pullet with a squishy lump on her neck that is growing

    The lab at UC Davis sent me the reports. I'm posting this here in case it may help someone in the future. The initial exam results were: "Thin body condition...Marek's disease is what I am suspecting and the lesions in the skin, liver, and kidney could be due to this." In the final report, after...
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    Pullet with a squishy lump on her neck that is growing

    The UC Davis CA Animal Health & Food Safety Lab website was down yesterday. I just accessed the form and hope to drive her there tomorrow for necropsy. I'll update once I get the results.
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    Pullet with a squishy lump on her neck that is growing

    Thank you. I'll have to look that one up. I'm washing, then bleaching the crate today...outside.
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    Pullet with a squishy lump on her neck that is growing

    6BeachChicks & Wyorp Rock, Thank you for your support. At least I didn't immediately put them with my old hen. Quarantining makes sense. It was 30 days today.
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    Pullet with a squishy lump on her neck that is growing

    Hi FFH2, Thanks for responding. There wasn't a bad smell with the scabs when I worked on them. The skin was more firm than spongy. I found new lesions on her side this morning. None on the wings. I hope this wasn't Marek's.
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    Pullet with a squishy lump on her neck that is growing

    Hi Eggcessive, Thank you for your thoughts on this. Unfortunately, she passed this morning. There's an additional photo below.
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    Pullet with a squishy lump on her neck that is growing

    Thank you for your kind words.
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