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    Sick Hen - Poo Evaluation

    Good news! She has passed an egg, is eating, drinking and spunky again! I’ve reunited her with the flock and am keeping a close eye on her
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    Sick Hen - Poo Evaluation

    Morning update: Under her vent her belly does seem slightly enlarged and sort of squishy. She did eat some of the scrambled eggs overnight and now is eating her feed. Poos seem to have improved with no yellow present and minimal dark green but overall back to the typically brown/white.
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    Sick Hen - Poo Evaluation

    I do have some antibiotics on hand I can give her. I’ll also double check her belly in the morning to feel for an egg in case she is bound - her vent was kind of pulsating which made me think it could be a stuck egg. I didn’t see her eat yet today but she may have before I got her into the crate...
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    Sick Hen - Poo Evaluation

    I was wondering if that was the case, the green threw me off. She has had two more smaller poos since last check that are just the yellow, no green. Her last egg came either yesterday or the day before (I collected yesterday & Thursday)and she is typically an everyday layer. She is supposedly a...
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    Sick Hen - Poo Evaluation

    Hi all, One of my 3 year old hens came out of the coop lethargic today. I’ve quarantined her and given her poultry cell and a scrambled egg. She has drank but I haven’t seen her eat. When checking on her she pooped this. Any ideas of what might be ailing her based on this color/consistency...
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    The age old question… pullet or cockerel

    Hey chicken community! I have 10 five week old chicks, a handful of which I’ve been raising for a friend while he gets his coop built. These two speckled Sussex are the same age but their tails look totally different, one shorter and more upright and one longer and sitting flat. My friend will...
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    Chick question - open mouth shaking head

    Hey BYCers! Hoping for some advice on my 4 week old Bielefelder chick. Last night she was doing this open mouth head shaking action. Her crop is empty this morning and she is eating and drinking. Any ideas advice as to what could be going on?
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    Shell-less egg?

    @Wyorp Rock Thank you SO much for this experienced advice! This is all very, very helpful and I so appreciate you taking the time! My local Wilco is about 20 miles away so will go pick up the dust tomorrow but it looks like I’ll have to source the Permethrin 10 elsewhere. I’ll look around and...
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    Mite or Louse?

    Thank you, I thought so. Now excuse me while I go scrub my skin off 🤣🤢
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    Mite or Louse?

    Can y’all experts help me identifying this pest found on one of my pullets today? I’m not confident in my identification. Attached are photos at various levels of magnification. Thank you!!
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    Shell-less egg?

    Welp upon closer inspection we do appear to be dealing with either lice or mites (EW!!!). While I didn’t find any on the Brahma I found this gross lil bugger on one of the others and now my skin is absolutely crawling and I’m considering shaving my head 🤣 Crazy because I pick them up and look...
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    Shell-less egg?

    This is helpful, thank you!!!
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    Shell-less egg?

    @Wyorp Rock Thanks for always coming to the rescue on my posts, your advice is always so helpful and appreciated! She is acting normal, nothing seems off with her behavior at all so that is reassuring. I’ll get her dosed with some calcium and do a thorough lice/mite check and report back...
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    Shell-less egg?

    My light Brahma pullet is 26 weeks old this week and is having much more trouble getting in the swing of laying than the others did. Her first egg was laid in the run by the feed, like she was eating and it just popped out unexpectedly. I had seen her in the nest box earlier that day (2/6) but...
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    Hoarse Pullet

    @Wyorp Rock I am happy to update that her crop was empty this morning and her voice had returned to normal. Thanks again for nailing down this one for me! I still can’t believe stridor never came up in my books or searching and you really gave me peace of mind. Hopefully this helps someone in...
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