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    Possible egg bound hen... Is she out of the woods?

    Update: she's up and talking this morning and passed another membrane-only egg during the night, this one smaller and softer than the first. Could it be that she's not eating the oyster shell? I read a few places about giving her oral calcium... Should I go get some of that and give it to her in...
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    Possible egg bound hen... Is she out of the woods?

    Hi everyone, my 8 month old black Copper Maran (Florence) began acting lethargic this afternoon, laying under the coop, holding her tail down, walking like she was uncomfortable. She was broody about a week and a half ago for maybe 3 days, at which point I rearranged the coop and temporarily...
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    4 week old delaware and SS sexing

    They are both a lot of fun! Fiona (the SS) is a huge brat though! Decidedly not very high in the pecking order but very often the first to do something I'd rather they not (like break into the garden...) And she'll just stare me down when I yell at her to stop them stroll slowly away while the...
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    4 week old delaware and SS sexing

    Yes, both pullets! Happy, sassy and egg-laying!
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    Injured bantam

    She's looking better this morning... More upright and I saw her drinking and she's feeling up to looking annoyed at me for checking on her so I consider that progress.
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    Injured bantam

    Should I try to syringe fluids into her? I have water in there for her but I don't know if she has drank any.
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    Injured bantam

    My biggest concern at the moment is that she doesn't seem to be eating. I think she's really hurting...doesn't want to move and I got an angry glare when I shifted her to peek underneath her to make sure there wasn't more blood (nothing on the blanket so I think the bleeding has stopped). She...
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    Injured bantam

    It looks like she got caught on something... Just one wound i could see and where it is I don't think it would be easy for the other girls to reach, but who knows? I'm hoping she will eat but right now she's just sitting fluffed up in her box. Her comb/wattle color looks OK, and there wasn't a...
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    Injured bantam

    Just got home and my 23wk OEG hen has an injury on he lower abdomen, near the inside of her leg. Her breathing also sounds a little crackly. I work at a vet's office and we have a chicken very so I'm bringing her into work with me tomorrow but other than keeping her warm and getting food and...
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    BEST place to buy chicks (online)

    I got my 7 from chickensforbackyards.com. Really good customer service and fast shipping, healthy birds and I believe they ship as few as 3.
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    4 week old delaware and SS sexing

    The delaware's legs don't seem proportionality larger than any of the others. They aren't as big as either of my 3 EEs, who are just big girls all around but not showing any signs of roo-ness. But maybe I'm grasping at straws here cuz I really don't want her to be a roo!
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    4 week old delaware and SS sexing

    Hi chicken experts, I need some assistance sexing a couple of my chicks. They are a little over 4 weeks old and the two I have concerns about the most are my Delaware and my SS. The SS is only because she has no tail to speak of and is behind all the others on feathering, just now getting...
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    Slowly losing 2.5 week old chicks

    the feed isn't wet now...they are always offered dry (sealed, made fresh in ~5lb increments) and wet is only soaked in 1/2 cup amounts at a time, so I don't think mold or botulism is the issue...but they ate a good amount of eggs, and drank some mollasses-ey water, so we'll see what happens tonight.
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    Slowly losing 2.5 week old chicks

    no, the soaked food goes from fridge (soaked overnight in the fridge) to their box for just a little while. Usually they finish it very quickly, but haven't lately. The chickens were not vaccinated, and no the feed we are making does not have any medications. First thing tomorrow we'll get a...
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    Slowly losing 2.5 week old chicks

    I've read that adding molasses to their water may help perk them up a bit? How much should I add?
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