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    Will a hen adopt chicks?

    Hi everyone, I will try to keep this as concise as possible! I have 2 chicken hens that hatched out keets on Mother's Day, are sharing the keets very nicely. I had a Guinea hen that left her nest at about 16 days after barely escaping a predator twice. Eggs have been in incubator since, due on...
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    Hen with weird leg lesions

    Sure thing! Aimee
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    Hen with weird leg lesions

    You're in good company as far as having no idea what this is! LOL! The good news is, I am going to send a tissue sample off for analysis. I have my fingers crossed that it can be ID'd & successfully treated. She's an old timer, for sure! But still spunky & healthy aside from the leg stuff...
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    Hen with weird leg lesions

    And if it was scaly leg mites, I assume the scales on her toes & lower leg/foot would be affected....? Thank you. Aimee
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    Hen with weird leg lesions

    I did treat her for scaly leg mites last year, using vaseline. I also wormed her w/ Ivermectin about 2 mos. ago. I did only give 1 dose, bc I was told it did not look like scaly leg mites. Thanks, Aimee
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    Hen with weird leg lesions

    Hello all, I have just joined this group, am posting in the hopes that someone here will have an idea of what this is on my hen's legs. I first noticed these crusty spots in the early spring. Started soaking her legs in diluted betadine, slathering vaseline or calendula ointment on & wrapping...
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