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  1. Allieharmon

    Fighting sour crop

    Oregano essential oil is great for sour crop. Dilute 2-3 drops in a spice jar of water. Give 1 or 2 syringes full 2 x day. Doesn’t help impacting but will get rid of sour crop.
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    At my wits end with mites

    Have you sprayed the coop with permethrin concentrate diluted in water? I used a pump action sprayer and dusted the chickens with Poultry and Garden dust. Panty hose works well to hold the poultry dust and comes out easily when you pat them with it.
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    Rooster with strange heel injury

    No, it is in the crease of his heel so it is up under him when he roosts.
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    Rooster with strange heel injury

    Been treating my rooster for severe mites but today found this injury that may have been the biggest problem all along. It is on the front side of what I would call the knee but is actually his heel. Large abscess that is healing over on both legs. I have never seen this before and am baffled...
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    Sick Cochin

    My 2 1/2 yr old Cochin is sick. She is extremely malnourished and became so while acting normally. I had the same thing happen about 3 months ago with one of my Marans. I had to cull her. I have 25 other chickens who are perfectly healthy and a good weight. (I checked everyone). She eats and...
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    What is this chicken thinking?

    Here's my picture...
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    Greedy chickens

    I'm sorry about your RIR. That is never a good thing to go through. I had two other SS chicks who seemed just as eager to eat as Zillah is. I wish I had kept them instead of selling them. I love this breed! who else has a greedy chicken?
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    What is this chicken thinking?

    The sky is falling! The sky is falling! I must go and tell the king!
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    Greedy chickens

    Everybody has one. That greedy chicken who never stops eating! Yesterday evening as I was putting the chickens up for the night, I opened corn bin. I turned around to look for something to scoop it out with, and low and behold, this is what I found. My Speckled Sussex named Zillah was stuffing...
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    What is the strangest thing your chickens ate? Mine just ate crawfish Monica and aligator tail

    My favorite hen Hazel ate my diamond earring right out of my ear. I have learned to never wear jewelry near them. I never did get the earring back. I'm sure it's grinding up her food with all the other grit.
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    Dark combs, weight loss

    I need some help! I've had chickens for two and 1/2 years and have never seen anything like this. Some of my hens have darkening combs and are showing weight loss. One is severely underweight. Last night she was walking backwards and today my rooster almost fell over. I know these are signs of...
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    What have we created?? Meet Ragnar

    He sure is pretty! We let one of our hens hatch eggs. We got a Cochin EE mix. He is absolutely gorgeous. He looks like a big, jet black Cochin except that he has black muffs and a black beard. I still can't get over how beautiful he is. Enjoy your gorgeous boy!)
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    Can this baby live?

    Gorgeous roo! Love the feathers on one foot and not the other!
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    When Do Hens Start Laying?/Share Your Laying Experiences

    The earliest one chicken laid her first egg was at 17 weeks. I have another who didn't start laying until she was a year old. But the other commenters are right. If it gets cold and they haven't laid yet, they will wait till the spring. There are very few times I have run through the yard...
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    2 hens weak legs, NOT MAREKS

    I have had one chicken who has had weak legs off and on since she was a pullet. Every time it started, I treated her with calcium and she recovered. She is 18 month and molting now. Her legs are pretty weak now despite me making her rest and take calcium. Now another of the 18 month chickens in...
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    Tell me why you keep Roosters...

    I keep a rooster because I fell in love with him! When I first got chickens I got straight run chickens. So I ended up with 3 roosters. One died of Marek's and I kept the other two named Gus and Adah. They were both EEs but Gus was grey with orange and Adah looks more like what i thought a...
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    Comment by 'Allieharmon' in item 'Orpington'

    I have 2 Buffs and one is already broody at the age of 7 months. It's driving me crazy. Otherwise they are both gentle, sweet birds. The broodiness might drive me nuts tho.
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    What do you wish you had known before you got your chickens

    1. Most of the time you will have to be your own vet. Research before you have problems. 2. Buy birds of the same size. If you put a three lb. bird in with a 6 or an 8 pounder, the little one will get picked on. 3. If you have more than 10 birds, have a water hook-up near the coop. You don't...
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    Official BYC Poll: How many chickens do you have?

    I have 25 chickens. They keep me busy and happy! Adah the rooster, and hens Henrietta, Zillah, Hazel, Clementine, Josephine, Lady Mary, Edith, Bluebell, Snowdrop, Charlie ( who pecked my eye and gave me a terrible scratch on my cornea), Fuzzy Top, Ghost Chicken, Jemima, Ruby, Bologna, Garnet...
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    vent gleet, 1 hen weak legs-Need help please

    UPDATE: After doing more research and looking at the hen's weak legs, diarrhea, and inflamed skin, I realized my 3 hens have mites! I finally saw them climbing on my arm (eww!) and ccan't imagine how the hens feel. Promptly went out and got Garden and Poultry something or the other and dusted...
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