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    Head Bob and Eye Twitch - when do I know if it’s Newcastle?

    I don’t have a picture of the clots, sorry - now I suspect she may have been eating the pink insulation in our barn. I may upload the video of the head bob later today for reference - imgur was malfunctioning before but of course youtube would work. However, she seems much better after the 12...
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    Head Bob and Eye Twitch - when do I know if it’s Newcastle?

    Update: I came back to find her doing much better, active as usual, but vomiting mucous with pink clots. The pink clots concern me but otherwise I see no reason to find a different source for the head bob and the gurgling. I will be looking into treatments for sour crop - unless the pink stuff...
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    Head Bob and Eye Twitch - when do I know if it’s Newcastle?

    Hello all - My 3 y/o Black Sex Link hen has been a little lethargic with little to no egg production for a couple months. She stopped flying up to her coop, but doesn’t mind if I place her there and gets down fine. She keeps up all right with my energetic Leghorn...sometimes. But just today I...
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    Second Hawk Attack in Two Weeks?

    Thanks everyone for your replies! We're keeping them on watch for now when they range, and planning to construct a covered run for when we have to be gone. The lack of feathers at the scene was what perplexed me, too--granted, it was a windy day. Do foxes and other land predators usually not...
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    Second Hawk Attack in Two Weeks?

    We've free-ranged our four birds for more than a year and never had any problems with predators--super-secure coop, always put them in before or just after dark. But two weeks ago, our neighbor who was putting them in couldn't find one, and the next morning there was no trace of her anywhere on...
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    Hen Limping--Bruised Foot?

    Thank you! She is limping less today. I will look more at that foot.
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    Hen Limping--Bruised Foot?

    Having not seen BJ the Black Sex Link yesterday, I came home today to find that she was keeping weight off her left foot (behaving normally otherwise). Here are pictures of her feet and a video of her walking: I checked for broken toes and bumblefoot, but both feet look/feel the same...
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    Sour Crop, Heat Stress, or Something Else???

    Update: She is back to normal! The problem must just have been those eggs...
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    Sour Crop, Heat Stress, or Something Else???

    Update (with pictures) I went out to the coop and Star (the hen) appeared to have fallen asleep with her wattles in the small dish of water I had put out for her. She woke up, but still didn't return to her normal stance: Then I noticed something behind her: two eggs, one soft-shelled...
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    Sour Crop, Heat Stress, or Something Else???

    Hello, Some things I have to clear up: 1. I am only with my chickens for 1/2 the week, and was not been around the one who is now sick a few hours ago (before 6:00). 2. I will be leaving for vacation first thing tomorrow morning (someone will check on them every 2 days) so I need to know...
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    Need to stop feather pecker fast w/ limited options

    Just this past week, my White Leghorn has been eating the butt and neck feathers of my (accidental pet) Cornish Rock. I very much doubt that she has a protein deficiency; she eats a regular layer crumble supplemented about once a week with a hard-boiled egg. I think she is probably just bored...
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    Coughing, sneezing--should I treat with tylosin? What could be the cause?

    Thank you! They seem better today, but I will keep looking for ways to address the ventilation issue.
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    Coughing, sneezing--should I treat with tylosin? What could be the cause?

    This morning, we let our birds out to free-range for the first time in months because the temperature had risen a few degrees above freezing. I noticed that one of my 10-month-old pullets was coughing and wheezing. She had difficulty breathing and eating at the same time but her appetite didn't...
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    Laying an egg without a shell?

    Just a couple of hours ago (in the evening), I was shoveling out the coop and had to shut my pullets out of it so I could open the back door to access the wheelbarrow, which meant depriving them for a little while of water (something I didn't notice until I let them back in and they were...
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