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    Strange strung out softshelled egg

    Well i am not sure which bird it is but you did get me thinking....i havent checked on the grit (I use a combination of oyster shell and their own egg shells...my homemade dispenser holds about a six month supply)in a while and sure enough its needing refill. I will definitely treat the flock...
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    Strange strung out softshelled egg

    I currently have four birds and haven't had too much going on health wise beside a case of bumble footand one bird lacerated her neck as a chick(long healed, cant even find a scar now, she is my cuddle buddy named Pepper). But today i found two softshelled eggs in the nest box and one has me...
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    Fading feathers... help

    She is rehabbing nicely. The new flight feathers ar about an inch long. Working on rebuilding the trust but getting there
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    Fading feathers... help

    Just an up date......healthy feathers coming in. And she will loose the last bone Feathers today assuming all goes well.
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    Fading feathers... help

    Sorry for the late reply. She was place in broody prison (a 4x10 chicken tractor with good visibility on most sides, built in water and food dispensors, decent shade and a sheltered end for protection from most storms) for one week to break the broody. I dosed her with ivermectin in case of...
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    Fading feathers... help

    Its been off and on since March but seriously settling in over the last week or two where my fluffy cooing foot warmer turns into an angry feathery porcupine. The last two days she refuses to leave the nest box, mimics a hot water bottle dropping on my hand when I go for eggs, and turns into an...
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    Fading feathers... help

    I have a bird with feather issues. She is otherwise healthy and broody. But she is on a skeleton crew for wing feathers and has been since Christmas. No mites or worms. Loves eating earthworms, flying bugs, and my comfrey in addition to her layerpellets and scratch grains Help my broody little...
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    Need input on something odd

    Still dont know what that was.... bizarre! But yeah, thanks for the help.
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    Need input on something odd

    It has taken a few days but my little chicken called Lemon (a.k.a fluffy butt, she poofs through tiny slits.....all fluff!) Has officially made it back to the grass. She is with her flock now. She eats, poops, and lays eggs. But she is still a little more subdued and slow moving. Hopefully she...
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    Need input on something odd

    Just an update: This is my ailing free range chicken (a golden sexlink, by the way). She is in the hospital tote, large enough to move and get comfortable but small enough to discourage excessive movement(had a bird with broken bones a while back, she is well now and back with the flock...
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    Need input on something odd

    Thanks. I will give that a try
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    Need input on something odd

    I wish I had taken a picture, but I was more concerned with getting it away from her incase of a bacteria causing it. There is no vet within 500 miles of here that will look at a chicken (tried exotic vets too, farm vets here only tend to larger animals) but i will see if i have anything in my...
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    Need input on something odd

    In the first year, we always had one or two nearly shell-less eggs everyweek but then sleeper started acting strange one night(really aggressive and agitated, wouldn't let anyone into the hen house) so i brought her inside and she went nearly limp with sleep while I carried her to the hospital...
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    Need input on something odd

    She seems to be pooping mucus, I just barely saw one. Its the color and consistency of egg white
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    Need input on something odd

    About 4 inches long and before I opened it up, about 3/4 inch in diamater.....maybe an 1 1/2 at the thickest point
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