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    Epsom salt bath ruined chances of egg bound hen recovering

    @nuthatched, I think it was the epsom salts because the egg was visible before the bath, then was drawn back in out of sight after the bath. I can't be one-hundred percent certain that it was indeed the epsom salts, but logic seems to lead me there. Also, I think the reason she is egg bound in...
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    Epsom salt bath ruined chances of egg bound hen recovering

    There are no emergency vets in my area, but thank you for the suggestion.
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    Epsom salt bath ruined chances of egg bound hen recovering

    I am so furious right now. Every article I read, including one on BYC, suggested an epsom salt bath for an egg bound chicken. The egg was pretty close to being out, and I assumed that an epsom salt bath would finish the job. So, I did it. And, lo and behold, the egg was whisked back completely...
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    Sleeping during the day?

    Hey everyone, It's 98F where I live, and is going to only get hotter for three more days. This is my first summer with chickens, and so I don't quite know what's normal. I have one older hen, four seventeen week olds, and one twenty-one week old. They have been panting and holding their wings...
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    How to Get Coccidia Out of Coop and Run

    Hello, A couple of weeks ago, I made a post about my hen laying eggs with bloody shells (that thread can be found here). Well, I just got the fecal test results back from the vet, and it turns out she has not only coccidiosis, but also roundworms. I was hoping to introduce my five pullets to...
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    Blood on Eggs

    Her poop looks normal. I went and took a look at her vent, and at the base of her feathers and on the vent itself are several scabby, black, dry chunks. It doesn't seem to be dried feces - its too dark for that. She also had a little poop on her feathers. There's no way she's being pecked at...
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    Blood on Eggs

    Hello, I recently acquired an adult Barred Rock from a neighbor. Unfortunately, I don't know her age, or really anything much about her. However, for as long as I've had her (about one and a half months), she's laid eggs with blood on the shells. The eggs are otherwise fine, with nice hard...
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    6 chickens too many?

    Good morning, afternoon, or evening to whoever may be reading! I am currently in a bit of a conundrum. After two out of three of my chicks died, I went and bought four more, assuming that only a couple would live. Lo and behold, all four survived to three weeks and are continuing to thrive...
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    One chick left, what to do?

    A little update about the situation; Since I have last posted, the remaining chick has thrived just fine, and doesn’t seem stressed about being by herself. I also got four more chicks from a local feed store a week ago, and they seem more robust than the ones I got from Cackle. They are in a...
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    One chick left, what to do?

    Thanks for the tip! I hadn’t thought of that. The temp directly under the lamp is 98°, and on the other side of the box it’s around 85°. Under the lamp is probably a bit too hot for her age, now that I think if it. She seems comfortable, though; doesn’t stay on the cool side of the brooder all...
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    One chick left, what to do?

    Thanks for replying. They didn’t have to go through shipping, actually; I live close enough to Cackle that I was able to pick them up. They lived for five days after that, as well, so I don’t think that it was the travel that killed them. Here are the pictures of the brooder. It is in the...
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    One chick left, what to do?

    Hello, Last week I bought three chicks from Cackle Hatchery (one bielefelder, one salmon faverolle, and one Delaware). I now realize it was a mistake to buy so few. Two of them (the bielefelder and Delaware) died from mysterious causes that I can’t seem to puzzle out; they died panting and not...
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