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    Bloated crop and abnormal behavior

    I brought her inside and fed her some eggs with yogurt. I'm withholding water until tomorrow morning. I massaged her crop and it sort of felt like there was sand in there... I couldn't really feel anything that would block the exit. Should I not be feeding her pellets and just the eggs and...
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    Bloated crop and abnormal behavior

    Hey everyone, I have a 2 year old chicken, Kari, who I'm very worried about. This morning when I went to let the chickens out, I noticed her just sitting on the water bowl while the other two rushed out as I opened the door. (It's normal for all of them to rush out). She kind of stumbled...
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    Broken toe?

    When I checked on the chickens this morning, I noticed Tracie's toe was bent to the side and her nail was twisted, it looks kind of swollen. I am so worried, I don't know what to do.. I'm sorry this post wasnt well thought out, I'm at work and just wanted to get this out there.. Any advice...
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    Long Islanders!! Long Island Poultry is GREAT....

    They're still in business, I think they just don't maintain their website. Try their Facebook page, they update way more on there :) it says they'll open for the season in march
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    Feed storage to keep mites out

    Thanks guys I tried at Home Depot for the 5 gallon buckets but it seems they don't have the lid? How can I be sure the DE is safe for consumption? They can't label it as food grade if it really isn't right? The blue barrels sound like a good idea too but I have no idea where to find companies...
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    Feed storage to keep mites out

    I am so grossed out right now. I went to refill my chickens food and found grain mites everywhere!!! I keep the 50 lb bag in the basement and a large pitcher of feed next to the back door to refill the food. I refill the pitcher when it runs out. I see mites all over the pitcher and the bag...
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    Yellow dots around vent

    Yeah I wouldn't be comfortable slaughtering either.. I don't eat meat though so that's not a problem for me. My chix are two months away from 9 months! Yea.. I didn't really know that when I got her :( it's such a shame the way the egg industry is. I don't eat store bought eggs anymore since...
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    Yellow dots around vent

    Wow, 9 years, that's amazing!! I hope my girls gets to be that old! Good for them! The chick with the swollen vent is doing very well, thanks for asking :) she's never had a problem like that again and is laying eggs without any problems. I do get a little worried sometimes bc her eggs seem...
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    Yellow dots around vent

    I have those two exact products actually because of you lol I don't know if you remember but you helped me out in may with a chick who had trouble going to the bathroom. This pullet is almost 28 weeks of age and the only one of my trio that isn't laying eggs yet. She's an australorp and I...
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    Yellow dots around vent

    She isn't laying eggs yet and none were broken this morning.. I check for bugs every other day bc I get paranoid and I haven't seen any yet. I thought it might have been fecal matter but it was hard to pull off and revealed red skin underneath like and feces wouldn't be that hard to remove...
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    Yellow dots around vent

    Ok so it was really bothering me that I didn't know what it was and I was scared they could be eggs or something so I tried my best to scrape off all of the yellow dots. It was hard pulling them off and it was red underneath like it was attached to her skin so I put some neosporin on the area...
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    Yellow dots around vent

    And should I scrape it off???
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    Yellow dots around vent

    This morning I discovered that one of my chickens has small, yellow dots around her vent Does anyone know what this is?? She's acting normal, eating and drinking fine. She's the only pullet that hasn't started laying eggs yet, 27.5 weeks old. My chickens are on their third day of corid as...
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    Bloody poop?!?

    I know you're not supposed to mix corid and vitamins but at the end, is it alright to give vitamins and probiotics at the same time?
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    Bloody poop?!?

    Ok so at this point, I'm pretty sure my girls don't have coccidiosis. They're eating, drinking and acting normal and I haven't seen any more bloody poos since that first one. Regardless, I put 0.5 teasp of liquid corid into each of their quart sized water bottles (2) and that's their only...
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