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    Is my chick ok?

    @Wyorp Rock @rosemarythyme @Altairsky @nuthatched @Debbie292d a quick update: after a few days on vitamin therapy, the chick looks noticeably better. I'd show a photo, but she moves too fast. I'll keep the therapy up until she's all back to normal. Thanks for the advice!
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    Is my chick ok?

    Thanks for the clarification @Wyorp Rock. I made the changes this morning :)
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    Is my chick ok?

    I did powder from 1 selenium capsule, a few drops of E oil and a couple B pills (they dissolve quickly in water) all mixed into the mash of the non-medicated food with water.
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    Is my chick ok?

    Thanks all for your help! I've replaced the medicated food with non-medicated and made a paste of the new food with vitamins and selenium. How long should I keep up the extra vitamins (in the food + nutridrench in the water)? Will it help the chick recover -- or simple prevent it from getting...
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    Is my chick ok?

    I have a ~2 week old lavender orpington who has overnight developed a noticeable curve to the right in her neck. Is this wry neck? Whether or is or not, what should I do? So far I added some nutridrench to the shared waterer. Additional context: - this chick is capable of moving her head to...
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    Ill and lethargic blue copper marans hen

    Hi @coach723 thanks for your input. Here's an update and answers to your questions: Yesterday, I isolated her in a tiny coop with a mini run in the main run area and since then, she's been mostly sleeping. Before I separated her from the rest of the flock, she was up and about more than she...
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    Ill and lethargic blue copper marans hen

    Not sure what to make of my blue copper Marans. She's acting lethargic, appears to have lost weight. When she stands, her head is down and back, like her neck has disappeared. Her head often is tilted to her right side. Her left eye is often closed. The way she holds her head makes crop appear...
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    Sick hen won't leave coop

    Thanks, I'll try that! I have wooden eggs in all the nesting boxes to encourage them to use different boxes. (They used to fight over just 1 box even though they have 4 to use). So, she's been trying to hatch a fake egg
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    Sick hen won't leave coop

    ...or anything like that. If I pick her up out of the box, she'll walk around a little bit, get a drink and then retreat back to the box. What should I do for her? * * * The rest of the flock all seem healthy. They are all same age (hatched in July last year) and are a mix of different...
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    Injured hen -- should I sequester her?

    Thanks @coach723! I checked on her a bit later and she was up and about like nothing was wrong. There are 7 hens in the flock and they have access to 4 next boxes (I know, it's too many boxes), but each day they will choose one next box and only use that one. And it changes every day. lol. So...
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    Injured hen -- should I sequester her?

    I found one of my EEs in the nesting box with a small head injury: I am guessing that this was caused by another hen as I don't see any evidence of predators infiltrating the coop or run (all the other hens are fine, no missing eggs, no signs of forced entry through the doors or walls)...
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    Is this a Speckled Sussex? Hen or Roo?

    So, it turns out she is an EE. She lays lovely green eggs. She's pictured with my other EE and aside from the beard they have basically the same feathering with one black and white and one orange and brown.
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    Ended 2024 Valentine's Day Contest Series—Some Poultry Are Red, Some Are Blue, But Let's Not Forget, They Can Be Barred Too!

    Thank you! The kids named their chickens whimsical things things like Chocolate Milk and Favorite. I named mine after breakfast: Frijoles (beans), Scrambled, and Coffee & Cream.
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    Ended BYC's 15th Annual New Year's Day Hatch-Along—2024—Winter on the Farm Photo Contest

    Entry #4 Another view of Cloudy, the Blue Copper Marans in the snow in front the coop. (Read about the coop rebuild here).
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    Ended BYC's 15th Annual New Year's Day Hatch-Along—2024—Winter on the Farm Photo Contest

    Entry #3 Everyone line up! My 4yo marching with Chocolate Milk (a red sex link the 4yo named) and Favorite, (a white cochin my 8yo named)
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    Ended BYC's 15th Annual New Year's Day Hatch-Along—2024—Winter on the Farm Photo Contest

    Entry #2: White on white -- a white cochin (named Favorite by my 8yo --can you guess which of the flock she likes best?) in the snow.
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    Ended BYC's 15th Annual New Year's Day Hatch-Along—2024—Winter on the Farm Photo Contest

    Entry #1 Cloudy, my Blue Copper Marans surveying her snowy yard
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    Ended BYC's 15th Annual New Year's Day Hatch-Along—2024—Chilly Coop Contest!

    Entry #3 The new flock experiencing their first snow. I rebuilt the coop in the background this summer (documented with a how-to article here). Pictured in the front are a Blue Copper Marans, a Blue-Laced Red Wyandotte, and a Red Sex Link.
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    Ended BYC's 15th Annual New Year's Day Hatch-Along—2024—Chilly Coop Contest!

    Entry #2 Sunrise over the coop, run, and vintage tractor (1952 Ford 8N)
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    Ended BYC's 15th Annual New Year's Day Hatch-Along—2024—Chilly Coop Contest!

    Entry #1 A light dusting over the coop, run, and vintage tractor (1952 Ford 8N)
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