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    Chicken throat puke thing???!!!!

    I lock my chickens up for the day and come back two seconds later and there is a weird growth protruding from my chicken's mouth. It was like an organ and looked a lot like she had swallowed a bee. I was unable to get a picture because this all happened so fast but this is exactly what it looked...
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    Fox Attack Recovery

    thank you all for your help it was very much appreciated but unfortunately, my father called me in-between classes today to tell me that she had passed. We probably got to her too late or maybe an air sac was damaged and I couldn't tell. Thankfully because of her being asleep and drowsy she...
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    Fox Attack Recovery

    I forgot to mention. The neck injury concerns me because I don't know if the little chunk missing held a tendon or anything of the sort. As you can see in the picture the other side looks like its holding on for dear life and Like I said previously she is having trouble keeping her head up and...
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    Fox Attack Recovery

    She is a bit more responsive now and had moved sometime during the night. I lightly stroked her head and said good morning and she opened her eyes, stood and tried to look around but for the rest of me checking up she was laying down with her eyes closed. I felt around for an air bubble like...
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    Why don't people listen... Rant

    Aussies aren't even for small livestock!! They were bred in the American west for cattle and horses.
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    'Ladies First Chicken Door' ???

    Is it safe? An automatic chicken door sounds like it could close on a chicken or close some chickens out.
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    Fox Attack Recovery

    Thanks for the advice. I forgot some vital info: She doesn't open her eyes and is very limp. It's like she's in a coma or something. She does stand up if I try to move her and is very wobbly. When she does open her eyes its only for a few short moments. She is breathing through her mouth and I...
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    Fox Attack Recovery

    Please help, we are plagued by foxes and last night a fox got one speckled Sussex and made a mess of the other. She spent the night in the cold because we thought she was killed as well and my neighbor called this morning having found her. She is missing a bunch of feathers around her neck and...
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    2nd Hen that is Limping

    Is there a bump or hard area on the injured foot? You need to feel around and see if there is or if you're lucky there will be a visible scab/ bump.
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