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    Round balls coming out of chickens feet

    She had been acting weird for a few hours before I pulled them out. At first I thought she had a stuck egg, but when that was ruled out I checked her feet and that's what I found. They eat laying mash, and yes she's laying. I just checked her abdomen in comparison to some of the other hens and...
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    Round balls coming out of chickens feet

    I couldn't get her to walk, but I'll post the video of my attempt anyway. She just flops back down when she's placed on her feet. I didn't get any pictures of the balls, but basically they looked like round pebbles. They were pretty hard but they still broke apart, so my guess is that it was...
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    Round balls coming out of chickens feet

    Here's a picture of the pocket in her foot. It's probably 1/4 inch deep. As you can see it isn't red or inflammed or anything like that. I would think she would be fine now, but that isn't so.
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    Round balls coming out of chickens feet

    Two of my hens are having a little issue. One of them has not been walking for two days now, and one has been limping for around the same amount of time. I inspected them for injury and found these round black-brown balls that pulled out from between their toes (the one not walking only had...
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    Eggs getting stuck and changing color

    She's willingly drinking, so I'll be sure to give her some gatorade. There are no new chickens, and I'm trying to keep an eye on her for Mareks. They are not vaccinated, but I'm trying my best to convince my family to let me vaccinate them (they're antivaxx, sadly, and it's difficult).
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    Eggs getting stuck and changing color

    They have four different sources of water, multiple places for shade, eat laying mash and are given their own egg shells that have been crushed for calcium. Whenever they start to act funny I commonly check their vents to make sure they dont have a stuck egg since that seems to be a common...
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    Eggs getting stuck and changing color

    Their breeds are Rhode Island Red, Barred Rock and California White. They're just over a year old. The Barred Rock is suddenly refusing to walk now and keeps falling on her side. Their breathing all seems to be normal.
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    Eggs getting stuck and changing color

    Now, I have two different types of chickens. Half of them are Easter Eggers, and half lay brown eggs. Recently, the chickens that lay our brown eggs have been having a few issues with laying their eggs. They have gotten stuck three times now in the last week. And today, they were all suddenly...
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    Long bloody strand in egg

    I understand that its normal for there to be a blood spot in an egg, but I was a little concerned to find this much blood in an egg. I have no males in my flock, so it couldn't be a baby. I just want to know if this is okay and there's nothing wrong with my girl.
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    Comb changing colors??

    One of my girls has a comb that changes it's color multiple times a day. It can go from bright red, dull red, and bright and dull orange. It seems very unusual to me, since none of the other hens have this issue. I knew I had to post a forum after watching it turn from a bright red to a pale...
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    Wry Neck Trouble

    I succeeded at giving my girl he My girl luckily started taking her vitamin again, but only if I squirt it on the lettuce that's grown in the garden - She won't touch it if the lettuce is store-bought. What I do personally is buy her vitamin E gel capsules, 180 mg. Since mine is only three...
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    Wry Neck Trouble

    I've tried to give her the vitamins with water, watermelon, boiled egg, scrambled egg, two kinds of baby food, and lettuce. Nothing has worked.
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    Wry Neck Trouble

    Yes, vitamin E. And egg yolk with it to get her some selenium too.
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    Wry Neck Trouble

    So, one of my Easter Eggers has wry neck. I've been treating her for two weeks. The first week went by very smoothly and she showed a lot of improvement- She stopped loosing her balance and started turning her head straight if she put in the effort to. It's week two, and she stopped accepting...
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    Hatched Chicken Problem!

    Asking this for a friend: Can I get some insight on a chick? This little one just hatched and it's stomach is big and black. It also has a red lumpy piece of flesh connected to the umbilical cord. I don't remember seeing it on the other chicks. Is it any cause for alarm?
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