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    Barred Rock attacked by???

    After noticing another good wound on her neck and a good bit of necrosis and swelling, I contacted an avian vet. Appointment was initially set for Sat but after an exchange of email with pictures, we were asked to come this evening. 2 hour drive but worth it. Vet agreed that it "looked pretty...
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    Lavender Americanos pullets eye-popping out

    Take to an avian vet asap. No guessing of diagnosis or treatment and it will save time and possibly this chicks eye sight.
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    URGENT advice needed!!! 2 Day Old Chick can't poop, has something attached to her bum?

    Absolutely! Our silkie Hashbrown, we let her keep 3 eggs. She got off them while I was at work at some point and after I got home they were cold, this was also during the winter! I was positive they wouldn't hatch but for some reason stuck them back under her. She also pushed each out of the...
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    Rhode Island Red

    We use blukote. Nothing is immediate for feather regrowth. It took about a month or two for one of our hens to regrow missing feathers on bald skin following a dog attack. Blukote also protects the injury to keep others from pecking that area. I would definitely pick this up incase you have a...
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    Silkie chicks with diarrhea!!

    Something simple it was then! Glad your chick is okay.
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    Barred Rock attacked by???

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    Barred Rock attacked by???

    Noticed today one of our BRs is missing most a waddle and almost a perfect half circle out of the bottom of another. Some of the wildlife we have come through the yard are: snakes (haven't seen at all this year), ground hogs, skunk, Hawks, squirrels, snapping turtles and coyotes(pretty sure this...
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    Rhode Island red missing feathers

    Blukote in that spot. Use gloves.
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    URGENT advice needed!!! 2 Day Old Chick can't poop, has something attached to her bum?

    We had a rough time with one hen getting up and leaving eggs sit to get cold and having eggs tossed from the box. We found out how resilient a fertile egg is, and we couldn't believe it. What helped us the most was the roosters would come sit on the eggs and also yeah the chicks to eat and...
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    Silkie chicks with diarrhea!!

    our flock of 49 consists of 22 silkies(including chicks we've hatched here). 1.) are you feeding medicated feed? If not, you'll want to pick some up, as it protects them from coccidiosis. We started all the chicks with this. 2. I've never seen something like that in any of our chicks. It may...
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    Watery poop

    Richard- I am also curious as to the answers to Wyorp's questions. That would be the first thing we'd look at. Wyorp-(not sure if you knew..) state of WV dept of Ag comes out and will screen a flock for free. They run fecal float, coccidiosis, mycoplasma (all strains), avian flu, worms, and...
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    Sneezing and squeaking chicken

    We try to keep our coop as dust free as possible as well. Just notified a spike with all the recent rain and increased RH and their sneezing fits. Our girls are also still laying, eating, etc. So whenever the RH in the coop jumps above 75%, we're doing box fans in reverse to pull that moisture out.
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    Sneezing and squeaking chicken

    I asked the avian vet how long we needed to use it for. (We went during the warmer months to the vet with our girl for her checkup) and the vet said to "keep adding it to the water year round, especially if we are seeing that yawning motion", which is that yeast build up. I can always tell when...
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    Help Sick EE.

    Maybe heat related? Not enough details yet to go on.
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    Broody Hen - no rooster

    Okay... **DO NOT** put a broody in a cage!! We are rehabbing hens because of this! There are breeds that are broody and breeds that have the broodiness bred out of them. Please know the breed! All 44 of our hens have been rescued from various places that used this technique and various owners...
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