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    Sour Crop in chicken

    Chicken has Sour Crop looking for information. Have been told about vinegar treatment need the correct dosage.
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    feeding sprouts, grass alternative?

    I also have hens in an enclosed pen. I put a dog/animal wire cage inside the pen. The cage is sizable...I then planted seed inside the cage...when the greens had grow enough to be of interest to the hens I removed the cage moving it to a new location in the pen and replanted it while they ate...
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    Insect Controle for the Hens

    Does anyone know the best way or I should say the safest product to use in the coop and pen to control flies and skeeters? I'm on Long Island NY on the water and controlling flying insects is a battle. Suggestions will be greatly appreciated.
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    sour crop

    Thanks for the suggestion. I do have grit available at all times but this is the second hen that i have lost in about 4 months. Im sure it is sour crop the first hen i was able to remove the fluid and she was ok for about 2 months. Then she declined showing signs of sour crop again but this...
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    sour crop

    Does anyone have a suggestion on how to prevent or safe guard hen from getting sour crop?.
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    Riverhens Member Page

    Hi, you are visiting my new page featuring all of the animals. We all reside out on Long Island, New York. I grew up with an assortment of Horses, Goats, Rabbits, Chickens, Bantams, Ducks and Game Birds. As the years went by and all the animals aged out...interests changed, and eventually...
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    Egg bound

    Does anyone know a treatment for an egg bound hen?
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    Important-3 dead

    Thanks for the info on the heat...yes the shells are thinner then usual and the count is down. Knowing their living conditions I question if it is heat however I'm going to make a few adjustments in the fan placement and move the water in an effort to make conditions even cooler. I would hate...
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    Important-3 dead

    Yes we did have a heat spell first hen died prior to the heat I felt she might have been egg bound--- second somewhat in the middle of the heat third yesterday and the heat and humidity is not dangerous. It is 9 am and the hen house is 75 degrees--humidity acceptable. Is 75 at 9am a problem...
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    Important-3 dead

    Anyone have a suggestion? So far I have lost 3 hens in a approx 3 week time period. First no signs of illness just found her dead- good body weight decided it could have been egg bound. Second one acted slow not eating on a regular time line crop seemed to be fluidity--gave the appearance...
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    Feather pecking/eating/missing

    I have 12 chickens going into the second summer laying season 5 arucana and the remaining are large breeds. All the Arucana have lost feathers around the butt end - throat and top back between the wings- only the cover feathers not the under feather on the top of the back. They are not...
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    NY chicken lover!!!!

    Hello from Long Island, New York
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