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    chicken layed bloody egg' has lots of blood on tummy

    I've been keeping an eye on her. The color has come back in her wattles and comb. She appears to be fine. My best guess is that she just had a really hard time passing the egg today. I'm just confused, because there was no blood on her vent area, and she was thoroughly checked for wounds...
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    Hen losing weight and very fatigued

    All of my chickens lost a little weight over the winter. Some more than others. When it gets cold it seems to make sense that more calories are burned to go into keeping the birds warm. The poor roosters even got a touch of frostbite, even after having heat lights in the coop. But...
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    chicken layed bloody egg' has lots of blood on tummy

    My hen, who is quite new to laying, this is her second week in, has layed an egg with a considerable amount of blood on it. I am even more so concerned, cause after i picked her up, i noticed she has quite the amount of blood on her underside where she would have been laying on the egg. Her...
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    coccidiosis outbreak, treated yet chickens still becoming ill

    I was giving my un sick chickens the 1/2 tsp remedy, and the sick chicks, i would sprinkle a lil extra in their water as a personal good call. They all were getting better. I'm going to farm store today to get vitamens wormers you name it. I'm gonna do all i can to tackle this junk. The...
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    PLEASE HELP MY ROOSTER HAS A TUMA I THINK

    I am sorry to hear about your chicken. I have been going threw some crap of my own with my own chickens that have been so far different than yours, but wither way their illnesses has inspired me to look up several different diseases in chickens. Yours sounds kinda like fowl chlorea or...
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    coccidiosis outbreak, treated yet chickens still becoming ill

    Sulfadimethoxine is the name of the medicine i have been using. I just started their treatment on friday, and was plainning on today being their last dosage as it doesn't actually seem to say when to withdraw the treatment. It just says discontinue treatment if symptoms don't improve in 5...
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    coccidiosis outbreak, treated yet chickens still becoming ill

    A week ago my 12 week old chicks became infected with coccidiosis, i lost half of my babys, but the remaining chicks seem to be getting better as the days go by. Here's my new problem. My older hens seem to be getting sick, even worst, i've treated them for coccidiosis as well. My one hen...
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    my chick got scratched by a cat and it seems as though he may have broke his leg .

    I forgot to mention that the cut is on the chicks thigh, t its not and extremely long cut, about2 centimeters I guess.
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    my chick got scratched by a cat and it seems as though he may have broke his leg .

    The chick does have a laceration on his leg and I have cleaned the cut with peroxide. But he's not using his leg at all. Not even his toes. I've seperated him from the other chicks so they won't pick on him, but I'm not sure what I can do about his leg. Any advice would be greatly...
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    Disappearing chicks?

    Yeah a racoon sounds to be about right. Tonight I'm going to have a surprise for the little critter. That oppossom will be next. Its bout time they find a home in another part of the woods. My uncle is two houses down from me and started with 14 chicks a few weeks ago. Now he,s down...
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    Disappearing chicks?

    Hello . I'm unsure about how to do all of this chatting stuff but what I'm really insure about is the noises I heard going on around the coop last nite! Does any one know what makes a purring noice at night? I know for a fact that there was a opposom on my back porch last nite but I don't...
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    Partridge Silkies - Nothing else

    Hello there. I am knew here at backyard chickens. How exactly does this work?
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