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    Need advise on rattled breath sneezing chicken

    To try to make a long story short here it is. I purchased chickens from a farm whom I knew nothing about. Mistake one. Immediately they showed signs of rattled breathing and sneezing. As time went by 4 meet their doom from a fox. One survived and continued to rattle and sneeze for about 7 months...
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    Sold sick chickens!

    I was told the birds are a year old. I've only had them for 8 days and their hasn't been any eggs. Our goal was to have organic eggs so I'm not sure the best route. thanks for the info
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    Sold sick chickens!

    I recently bought 4 new hens luckily they are my only chickens. once I got home I noticed 3 of them were sneezing and had a rattle in there breath they also smelled like rotten flesh and were infested with lice. immediately I wanted to ship them back were they came from but I found out that farm...
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    New hens are sick!

    My first reaction was to ship them back to the seller but after finding out that the farm has a history of abuse I decided not too. Hard lesson for me. I did have the state in and they were tested for the Avian flu and thank goodness they are negative! I do have one local vet here who deals with...
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    New hens are sick!

    I recently bought 4 new hens once I got home I noticed 3 of them were sick. The 3 are sneezing and have a raspy breath and they also are infested with lice.They are my only birds( thank god!) I am new to raising chickens and have never had sick chickens before. I have the 3 sick ones in a...
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