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    FAVORITE AMERAUCAUNA HEN VOTING OVER! RESULTS SOON!!

    #5 She looks like most of my hens and I love the puffy cheek feathers. I have two that look like #1 One is the nicest hen and the other is the bully!
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    HELP! Air or gas out vent with liquid poo.

    I was reading other posts and thought maybe probitics would help. So I mixed some yogurt and oatmeal and took it down to her. She is eating it. What else should I do?
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    HELP! Air or gas out vent with liquid poo.

    My 8 month americana hen looked like she had prolapsed and been pecked around her vent. I brought her in the house, cleaned her up, and put on Prep-H. She has been in a cage in my basement healing for 2 days. I went to check on her last night and she sounds like she is "snoring" out her vent...
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    Have you read "Still Life with Chickens"?

    I was on a Barbara Kingslover kick many years ago and I read "The Bean Trees", "Animal Dreams", and "Pigs in Heaven". They were wonderful and I used to recommend them all the time. I haven't read anything she has written for years. I just loved her books so I think I am going to read the other...
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    Need input! Teen with Thyroid issues, update

    I had thyroid Cancer 10 years ago. I had half of my thyroid removed then went for a second opinion and then had the other half removed. ( The thyroid is sort of butterfly shaped) There was cancer on the 2nd side too that the first surgeon missed. I had several radioactive iodine treatments to...
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    Any NY'ers??

    I live in Bliss, NY (Wyoming County)
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    Have you read "Still Life with Chickens"?

    I read this book last summer and I think anyone who loves chickens would enjoy it. It is fiction. It is wonderfully written and a quick enjoyable read. The chickens are wonderful in the book. I read another book a few years ago that is great and has chickens in it. It is called "A Can of Peas"...
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    Severly broken toe! What to do?

    My son accidentally shut one of my 8-month-old hen's toes in the door to our run an hour ago. Her toe looks like it isn't attached by much. He is sooooo upset and is begging me to save her toe. I cleaned it, put ointment on it, and taped a splint on it. (Part of a popcicle stick) She is inside...
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    Missing fluff feathers on butt with blood & white crust. HELP?

    Both chickens are doing fine now. I think the white crust was just poo that was sticking to their patoots. I have been making sure that their bottoms are clean and the bluKote has worked like a charm in reducing the others pecking. I think their bottoms appear less red and bloody which was...
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    Missing fluff feathers on butt with blood & white crust. HELP?

    Nothing can get in the henhouse. I went a little crazy with security when I built it last summer. The thought of something killing my "feathered babies" made me a bit overprotective.
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    Missing fluff feathers on butt with blood & white crust. HELP?

    I thought it would be too cold. I never let them out when it is below 20. It is only 10 degrees here now and windy. I guess you are probablly right. They can just go in if they are too cold. I am going to go get some cabbage and zuccini today. That does sound like fun for them. I am...
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    Missing fluff feathers on butt with blood & white crust. HELP?

    Thanks for the quick response. These are my first chickens and I have never had a problem before. I think my ladies may be getting a bit bored being in the henhouse most of the time. It is cold here and I haven't been able to let them out in their run to get some exercise. Maybe that is why they...
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    Missing fluff feathers on butt with blood & white crust. HELP?

    I am not sure what the problem is but I have two 13-month-old Aracanas in my flock that are missing their feathers on their bottoms and have bloody white crust on their bottoms. I isolated them as I saw another chicken pecking their bottoms. I am guessing that is where the blood is from as they...
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