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    Emergency! Foot infected blister, other foot joint warm and swollen

    Help My Americana hen somehow has an infected leg.... Two days ago I noticed my hen not able to place her left foot on the ground and bear weight I had a look and both leg joints (by foot) looked swollen but it's hard to tell.... Nothing looked broken I cleaned off the poo on her feet she...
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    Need help! -40c winters & wAter

    Our winters get to -40c or colder here. We've already got a cold snap (from -3 to -25 overnight) and in that I lost my 3 silkies. I just lost another bird tonight because I think she was dehydrated. The water froze and I don't think they're drinking enough. How can I keep their water from...
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    Winter water?

    How cold do your winters get. We get -40 c here. Do u think this will work here.
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    Emergency!!!!Broken bone protruding out of leg

    The bone is just above her elbow, sticking out of the skin. I can't move it back in. The injury is a few days old. Is it too far gone? How can I help her? How exactly should I splint it She can't bear wright on her foot but can move her leg. She barely grasps my finger with her toes.
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    Emergency!!!!Broken bone protruding out of leg

    So after closer inspection my silkie seems to have a broken leg bone, which is sticking out of her skin. It's broken just under her first "knee" and the knee is swollen. Will I have to put her down? Should I splint it? What do I do? She's 4 days old. It's been broken for a few days... Doesn't...
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    Broken leg? Need help

    I'm worried about her. Her leg isn't broken I don't think. It's attarxhed to her body, feels no different than her other one. Other then this " thing" on the back of her " knee ". It's yellowy, crusty feeling, she peeps when it's touched... Could it be bone? It looks like there's a clear hole...
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    Broken leg? Need help

    So my 3 day old silkie is hobbling. She was limping yesterday so I gave her a quick once over. No blood. Felt her leg, seemed fine. She's eating/drinking no pecking going on. Today I noticed her hobbling quite a lot. So I lifted her and checked her foot and leg. Her foot is sort of curled. She...
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    Ameraucana Temperaments

    I have a blue ameracauna and she's awful ! She's very aggressive to other birds, to the point where she's attacked and killed our rooster. When she was little she was our pet and lived in the house with us. We eventually moved her to the coop but she immediately started attacking our flock of...
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