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    Comment by 'beautifulbirds' in item 'Orpington-521'

    Gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous! :-)
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    Dog attacked chicken!!

    I had a chicken badly bitten by a dog about six weeks ago and she has almost fully recovered, based on that experience this is what I recommend. Check that she has no open wounds anywhere on her body. If she does then these need attending to immediately. (Open wounds: swap with antiseptic and...
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    Considering starting over....What to do now?

    If your first flock didn't have anything wrong with them then chances are (high) that you have brought this in with your second lot of hens. Don't cull just yet, investigate first, it may be minor.
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    Runny excrement with yellow through it?? Any ideas.

    Patient: 1 yr old bearded silkie hen; very small, has only ever laid one tiny, tiny egg. Symptoms: Standing around, lethargic, not eating, cold feet, sticky rear end, shivering slightly when asleep, head tucked around to the left when she sleeps, sleeps standing up. Faeces are loose and have a...
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    GOOD and BAD NEWS- Update?**Shaking Girl

    It sounds like you have some sort of deficiency; vitamin or mineral perhaps? I use wheatgrass juice and garlic juice for mine. The wheatgrass juice is a food and has nearly all the vitamins you need, the garlic juice is a powerful, but natural, body disinfectant (or cleanser). I would use the...
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    Aracona laying hen has swollen abdomen and hot

    Have a look at this site; http://ultimatefowl.wordpress.com/2008/ … r-poultry/ Crop Impaction – aka – crop binding This condition affects the crop, the inlet for feed, and thereby affects the entire bird. You will notice an enlarged, sour smelling crop which is filled with feed and roughage...
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    Help sick Roo, Frostbite?

    Hi there, you need to get his energy levels up and maybe warm him up. How cold is your coop? I would immediately do the following. Move him somewhere warm and put him under a heat lamp. Steep 10 cloves of garlic in boiling water, cool to room temperature. Mix up honey and molasses and feed to...
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    Pullet, 24 Wks, Heart is Racing (UPDATE: She Just Died)

    What about using garlic/molasses and honey as an energy/health booster and good all-round tonic? I find garlic invaluable and in many cases stabilises the bird within a few hours.
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    GOOD and BAD NEWS- Update?**Shaking Girl

    What exactly are you feeding your hen?
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    Buff orp death

    Hi John, so sorry for your loss. As a precautionary measure you could get some molasses, pour a goodly dollop into a bowl and add another dollop of honey and then pour boiling water on top of that. Mix up and allow to cool to room temperature. Meantime take 10 cloves of garlic, steep in boiling...
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    i think my hen has ILT help?

    Do any of them smell bad?
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    She was fine, then one day wouldn't stand

    Hi there can you get hold of garlic juice and wheatgrass juice?
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    BRAND NEW CHICK - ONE CLOSED EYE?

    Never had this before so I would appreciate some advice. Silky Hen hatched 4 chicks, mysteriously now I only have 3. I have moved her so that we keep the 3. One now has a closed eye, pretty sure it didn't have it when it first hatched. Am wondering if it is predator related, am assuming so...
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    Hen injured and not walking on leg - can she live/lay etc?

    What you normally feed her plus meat, lettuce (lots of greens would be good) bread, fish. You could put a vitamin supplement in her water. Making it easy for her to get in and outside so that she is not using all her resources on just moving around would be good. Treat her as you would someone...
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    red hen sick need help fast.. she might be dying..

    No I disagree, you never feed them their own, and an egg comes from a hen. Also, she is not moving around and not getting any grit or anything in her crop to help break up the food. I would give liquified (in a blender) food such as ground up grain, greens, meat, fish before I'd give egg (well I...
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    a rooster behavior question...

    How old is she? What breed?
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    red hen sick need help fast.. she might be dying..

    DON'T GIVE HER EGG it will constipate her and you NEVER feed an animal it's own kind, doesn't matter what the 'experts' say, how do you think we got foot and mouth disease? A baby bird, in the egg, has egg yolk, an adult bird does not. Liquified foods would work for your tube; meat, greens...
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    PLEASE ANYONE??Older chick with swollen eye

    No, no grasping going on If it looks ok then all you can do is put it back with the flock and carry on. As a precaution you could add garlic to their feed, honey and molasses in a separate dish of water (honey is so good as a health tonic), and give a vitamin supplement in their ordinary water...
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    possible re intro of roo to flock...

    Or... just a thought. You have 13 hens and two roos; if you get another 7 hens that means 10-a-piece and then they shouldn't fight because they will be so busy covering the hens. Personally I would get another 10 hens because some eventually have other duties like mothering chickie-babes for...
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    possible re intro of roo to flock...

    No. Once you take him out then the other lad is going to assert himself as soon as he is able to (I mean that's what Rooster boys do, right?), and possibly the girls picked on him because he is not as strong as the other boy? Find him a new home asap.
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