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    loss of other hens

    She needs time. The new hens I am sure are after her and she may have injuries also. I would keep her separate for a few days. They say not to mix flocks that fast, you need to quarantine first. Anyway she has been throught a lot
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    Diagnosis Help, One Hen died now another displaying similar symptoms Urgent!!!

    sounds like a respiratory issue. Look it up in the search, there is lots of info here about respiratory illnesses. I have never dealt with one. Separate the sick ones from the others, most of these things are very contagious. Some may need antibiotics , but I do know that you must separate the...
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    multiple injured hens

    A weasel is the most dangerous. He will be back. Chicken wire is too big and a weasel can get throught the wires 1 inch holes. So make sure there is no way for a small mouse like animal to get in.You need hardware cloth and close the coop door. A puffed up hen means she does not feel well. Good luck
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    thin/wobbly chicken...please help!!!!!

    Could be Merke's could be she is getting pecked in the gaed by a bully. Do you see an area were the feathers are missing on her head or the back of the head? she amy be thin because they are not letting her eat, set up two feed and water areas, give her food directly and water. Sounds like you...
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    multiple injured hens

    I bet they are in shock, I would be if I was almost killed and some of my flock mates did die. Clean up the wounds, you can flush them with half warm water and half peroxide solution. If they have wounds they should be separated from the others so they don't peck at the wounds. Chickens can...
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    Chicken vent bleeding

    is there any tissue protruding out. Clean off the blood, the others will peck her to death if they see blood. Did she lay a large egg today? Is her belly swollen, is she eating? Do you think she may have broken an egg inside her? not good, can cause an infection or it may be a prolapse vent. You...
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    sick roo, please,please help me

    watery and white poop has not proven to be a good sign for me. That seems to mean that they are quite ill.
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    Marek's hen , hypericum not working, please help

    chickens do cycle in laying, they won't lay in the winter months unless you give them light for 14 hours a day. They also don't lay while in a molt which can last for a few months. As they get older they lay less as well. I have 5 hens have not gotten eggs in 3 months due to molt, now most are...
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    Impacted crop question

    I think yes. I had a hen with a crop problem and what came out was thick sludge stuff. Give her some vinegar or oil to lossen the stuff and massage at the base I think.
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    Marek's hen , hypericum not working, please help

    I get the liquid stuff for humans, costs 10 bucks lasts a while or get the pull apart powder pills and dissolve some in water. I put just enough to get a little color in a dish. I think if you put to much in the water it gets a little bitter and they don't like it. I gave it to her every day for...
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    HELP Please- Rhode Island Red Sick

    chickens do get sicl it seems a lot. THEY DON'T LIKE THE HEAT, MAKE SURE THEY HAVE SHADE AND THAT THE COOP IS NOT TO HOT. tHEY CAN DIE IF THEY GET OVER HEATED. PUT ICE CUBES IN THE WATER. GIVE THEM COOL WATERMELON ARE A FEW TIPS. sorry for the caps! anyway, she may not eat well in the heat also...
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    What do you think caused this?? She is now Pecking at herself.

    her skin does not look normal, maybe yeast, mites, foul pox. Look it up on here, you dust for mites, yeast I think you use an over the counter yeast cream. Can you give her a bath, maybe in some epsom salt, may sooth her itchy skin
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    Marek's hen , hypericum not working, please help

    B12 seems to beef them up a bit. It gives them energy and with that they may eat. I believe my hens have been exposed to merke's I have had a hen go suddenly paralized. I looked it up here and they said to give vit B12 and vit. E. I do for two weeks and she was walking again, that was 2.5 years...
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    sick roo, please,please help me

    I am not sure, but are the worms now gone? If he had them really bad they may have depleted him and he is weak. Try some electrolyte solution in his water, may help him feel better. Sometimes the treatments can be toxic too, wormers are poisions, necessary to kill the worms but tough on a sick...
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    Hens being pecked at by another hen

    here is the other part of a feather plucking problem. When the new feathers try to grow back they look different, so the hens will peck at and remove the new feathers trying to grow back. Using the blue kote will help, they don't seem to notice the bare skin as much when covered with blue kote...
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