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    Can someone identify this worm please?

    I was quite taken aback when I saw this in my coop today :( Can someone please positively identify this type of worm so that I can get the correct dewormer for my flock? I am assuming it's roundworm. But would love confirmation from someone who knows more than me (not hard). Thank you!
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    Weird tissue blob in egg

    Thank you so much! I appreciate your time.
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    Weird tissue blob in egg

    Thank you! For the citracal, how many mg bottle should I buy?
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    Weird tissue blob in egg

    I posted a few days ago about my 2 year old hen that's been laying super thin shelled and sometimes discolored eggs lately. The original write up is below. I am attaching pics of today's egg and the contents. I'm assuming she has a parasite, but I can't see anything live moving around... but if...
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    Parasite or worm leeching calcium?

    Thank you! I will definitely get the calcium citrate tablets with vitamin D3 and give that a try. I've always used oyster shells and their own egg shells crushed and given back to them. However, the oyster shells were hard to find for awhile and I bought limestone as an alternative. So now I...
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    Parasite or worm leeching calcium?

    I have a 2 year old hen, Agnes, (was supposed to be black australorp but is not, black with copper around neck) that has been laying super thin shelled eggs for about 6 months. Some days they are almost paper thin. The other 4 hens have not had issues with thin shells. They have oyster shells...
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    2 year old barred rock molted in Oct and again in Feb - is that normal?

    Thank you for all the feedback and advice. I'll check her over closely to make sure there isn't something else going on that could have triggered this. Her neck and butt are both almost naked. During her molt in Oct she did not lose her neck feathers, but this time her neck is almost bare.
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    2 year old barred rock molted in Oct and again in Feb - is that normal?

    I have a 2 year old barred rock hen that went through a molt back in Oct/Nov 2022. It wasn't a super hard molt, but it definitely wasn't a light one either. Then she got her feathers back and started laying, no issues. February 1, 2023 I started seeing her feathers all around the run again and...
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    Crop issues? Egg bound?

    I have a 1 and half year old RIR who has not been acting like herself since Monday of this week. She seems to have slowly gotten worse each day. She's staying away from the other 4 chickens, kind of hunched over and much quieter than she normally is. She's my most active and noisy one usually...
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    Dirty butt & fluffy feather loss

    Yes, she's doing great, thankfully! I honestly thought bathing her and blow drying her was going to be way more complicated then it actually was. She was so good. Even with the blow dryer. She fluffed back up nicely and I waited until she was 100% dry and just put her back out in the run. She...
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    Dirty butt & fluffy feather loss

    The white around her vent are the barbs of some of the feathers.
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