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    Swollen around one eye

    Hi there, Last Friday (4 days ago) we noticed one of our chickens had some mild swelling around one eye. She had no other signs, was eating etc. My boyfriend had noticed one of the more dominant chickens had chased her while they were free ranging so we thought maybe it was bruised or she got...
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    Connecticut!

    I'm in North Central CT and fairly new to the site. Originally from Florida, it's my 4th winter her and 1st one with chickens. Hi all!
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    New member

    Thank you all for the welcome! I will be checking out the presdator page, and already increased ventilation after stalking the coop forum. Happy to be here!
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    New member

    Hi all, I've been stalking a while and finally joined. We got our first chickens in April as 2 month old pullets. We started with 6 black sex-linked girls, gained another hilarious bantam type from a friend who had lost all but one of their chickens to a predator. Our backyard borders a large...
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    Cecal Worm Management

    Thank you, Eggsessive! I'll go with that dose of the safeguard. Do you or anyone else know if it is more likely that the tapes caused the weight loss, or the cecal worms?
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    Cecal Worm Management

    Hi, I am a first year chicken person. We have had a few bumps in the road I'm trying to sort out. A few weeks ago I noticed my 6 hens were all thin - their keels were sharp. They were eating well and laying. I noticed more loose, stinky, cecal type dropping than usual so I had a fecal sample...
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