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    ILT (Infectious Laryngotracheitis) diagnosed in Portland, OR

    Just wanted to give a heads up that my Ameraucana, Reba, just passed away and I had a necropsy done which came back with "Acute necrotizing tracheitis due to infectious laryngo-tracheitis virus infection"(ILT). ILT is caused by a chicken herpesvirus and often produces necrosis, hemorrhage and...
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    have a vomiting wild squirrel with free-ranging chickens

    That had crossed my mind. That would make me sad because I do like the squirrels even though they are known as "tree rats". One day I heard all the girls carrying on like crazy and went out to see what was going on and found a hawk in the tree. Then one of their squirrel buddies, was right...
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    have a vomiting wild squirrel with free-ranging chickens

    This may sound odd, but this morning when I let the girls out in the yard, I heard an awful sound and found it was a squirrel ( one of our regulars) on a branch heaving and vomiting a white, frothy foam. It did it several times. I saw it in the yard only once today and the rest of the time...
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    Elsie-May, my Alfa girl

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    Noisy Chicken Advice Please

    I find, as a new chicken owner (5 hens) of a little over a year, that you learn as you go. I thought I was doing a good thing by building a coop where my girls were safe once they were in there and could put themselves to bed and wake up whenever they wanted. HOWEVER, that wake up time was...
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    Are Salmon Faverolles noisy?

    My Salmon Faverolle, Scarlett, is the loudest, most annoying bird I have. She's sweet, just like my other gals but her squawk is screetchy and high pitched, like fingernails down a chalk board. I'm on this site now to find out more about WHY???? she's driving me bonkers!!!! I'm in a...
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    Spots on comb

    I don't think it's that, she has a flat comb and my other gal with that full comb is fine. I feel it's from being pecked on. Thank you so much though!
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    Spots on comb

    That's a great idea! they have the top of their coop fo "spread out" and I've put some dog crates up there and I've noticed since putting them up there that the bully hen tries to sleep in there along with the alpha hen. I do have hay bales but never thought of the ladder! Great thinking...
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    Spots on comb

    Hi there, I noticed your post on this and am having the exact same issue. What did you end up doing? Did it resolve? Is your chicken family pecking each other? If so, has it resolved or did you do something different to help it resolve? I have an Americauna who has the black spots on her...
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    what's this on my Americauna's face?

    Good to know! Hey, I'm from the "ville" but now live out in Oregon. I bet your hens are almost melting in all that heat out there, yikes! It's been hot! Hey, thanks so much for your info. i was just worried she may have some weird rash from something she ate in the yard but she is due to...
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    what's this on my Americauna's face?

    someone told me that this is a sign that they are getting ready to start laying? Any truth to that?
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    Young hen making weird noises

    I had a Brabanter that had similar symptoms but her noise was a higher pitched noise that happened even when she slept. No other symtoms of infection with her either. She would, every so often, cough, like something was stuck in her throat and if you would pick her up, she would get easily...
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