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    Oregon

    Thanks. I ended up giving her a bath, used some coconut oil to loosen them...had to clip several and even then there is a little bits of the egg clumps left. She has a bald spot on her bottom, poor girl. She did enjoy her bath and blow dry :) Gonna dust her a couple more times just in case...
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    Oregon

    Hi fellow Oregonians/Washingtonians! :) So...I just treated my flock of 7 birds with Ivomectin 1% injectible, drops on the skin for mites. Then Poultry Protector spray in the coop and then replaced the bedding. One of my hens was badly infested, with several LARGE egg clumbs around the base...
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    Oregon

    Thanks guys....I'll let you know how bathing her goes, lol....luckily she is pretty tolerant. So I've read to put the ivermectin on her skin...should I give orally or put it on topically? What about the other hen that has a dirty butt and runny poops? She eats good and shows no other sign of...
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    Oregon

    Hi guys....couple of questions.....I got a columbian hen to be friends wig my lil Fav cross.....she always has had runny rust colored poop. Does that mean she is sick or that I need to give her something? Her feathers back there are always dirty with dried poo ect. Next question...lil Fav has...
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    Oregon

    Hi guys! All you Central OR peeps getting ready for fair? I've never looked at the chickens at fair, always did cattle...but now I will be going to the chicken barn to see all the different kinds. Anyone in Central OR have silkies for sale? My neighbor has a lonely silkie. :-(
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    Oregon

    Got a Columbian 3 month old hen...I think that's what she is....Nellie immediately started circling her over and iver and trying g to nozzle up under her legs. This new girl has not pecked once at lil nervous Nellie. I feel so thankful that I finally have a solution. They are all in the coop...
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    Oregon

    Welcome Rhonda! I live in Redmond! :-) ~Liz
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    Oregon

    I'm going to need therapy for getting sentimental over these darn chickens!!! :P Suzie...thank you....guess it was God's lesson in never giving up. My neighbors have chickens too and the lil 10 yr old girls held a funeral for her today, and we painted a rock to go in the garden for her. <3 The...
  9. scootertiki

    Oregon

    Mini, my cross beak passed away this morning. :( She's in a better place and not suffering anymore. Sad day.
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    Diary of a Crossbeak: Support for Special Needs Chickens and their Keepers

    Kim & Steve, I don't see a pic of Crook? Good idea on the cat food, I will try that for Minni if she will try at least to eat on her own.
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    Diary of a Crossbeak: Support for Special Needs Chickens and their Keepers

    So this is how Minni acts all day (see pic)....sleeping, standing up trying to keep her balance. Is that a bad sign? I've yet to see Minni drink on her own. I've syringe fed her three times a day and she did poop today,so that's good right? I don't want to prolong her suffering and don't want...
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    need advice on crossbeak chick

    So I acquired a lil cross beak chick. I was assured by owner that it was just cosmetic and she ate just fine. I guess I was a lil naive! She is starving to death. She sleeps all day, standing, wobbling having trouble keeping her balance. Ive had her two days and have been syringe feeding her...
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