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  1. Abriana

    BYC Member Interview - Abriana **UPDATE 03-29-24 page 3**

    Thank you!! It is a very niche sport, I barely ever meet anyone else who sails! I mostly teach on lasers but my sister and I LOVE taking out the big sailboat out after work for a few hours.
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    BYC Member Interview - Abriana **UPDATE 03-29-24 page 3**

    Thank you! I am very excited! Thanks! I do try to find time! I’ve done a few portraits here and there. I’m so glad you still love it! and thank you!
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    Chicken breathing heavily after fox attack

    Very happy to report that Alassë is now back out with the flock :) she is still a bit unsteady on her feet but she can jump up onto the roosting bars and go up the ramp at night. A big improvement from not being able to stand at all! Thanks to everyone who offered suggestions/advice!
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    Chicken breathing heavily after fox attack

    She is able to stand now, and I often find her standing rather than laying down. She doesn’t have much interest in eating but does not seem particularly sluggish/lethargic. She will drink. I’ve been giving her warm water mixed with nutridrench and she will drink it from a dropper. Her breathing...
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    Chicken breathing heavily after fox attack

    I lanced the spot and felt air coming out! So I guess she must have a ruptured air sac, I’ll keep a close eye on it and lance it again if needed. She is still not really eating but I may try bringing her outside tomorrow and bringing another one of my hens over and see if some competition for...
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    Chicken breathing heavily after fox attack

    I have sterile needles that I could use. It definitely feels like there could be air or fluid in there. I will check again in the morning and see if she’s still breathing labored, if so I will try to release the air.
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    Chicken breathing heavily after fox attack

    I was checking over her back and her feathers are coming out like crazy around this one specific area, and the difference in skin color is very noticeable. I can’t tell if the area is just swollen, it feels like there may be blood under the skin. I found some spots that could be puncture wounds...
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    Chicken breathing heavily after fox attack

    She ate a tiny bit of scrambled egg and I got some fluids in her. She is still breathing so heavily which makes me worried
  9. Abriana

    Chicken breathing heavily after fox attack

    I have tried to look for bruising/wounds, I can look more closely though. I have nutridrench that I can mix with some warm water, she seems to be drinking on her own when she wants to though. She is eating very little. I have tubed in the past but I’ll probably stick to the syringe for now...
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    Chicken breathing heavily after fox attack

    It has been 24 hours and she is still breathing heavily and sitting very quietly. I gave her a little nutridrench in her water as well. And yes, it is ready, don’t worry
  11. Abriana

    Chicken breathing heavily after fox attack

    Hey everyone! It has been a *while* since I’ve posted on here After 8 years of keeping chickens we had our first fox attack yesterday in BROAD DAYLIGHT. Unfortunately our dogs were not outside and we didn’t realize the fox was in the chicken yard until it had killed a bird already (it ran off...
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    Please any advice graphic pictures

    I used to have this happen quite a bit with my previous rooster. It looks like his spur tore into her side when mating, it can look pretty bad with muscle and whatnot exposed but don’t panic! Rinse the wound with a saline rinse (put the mix in a ziploc and cut a hole in the corner if you don’t...
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    BYC Debate Thread- What's The Friendliest Chicken Breed?

    I’ve personally found that the friendliest breeds are buff Orpingtons and Colombian Rocks. Between the two Colombian Rocks win though! All the hens I’ve had of that breed were lap birds who loved to be petted and held.
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    Breed suggestions for docile roosters?

    I have a maran x Cochin named Uriah who is the sweetest boy ever. He isn’t a fan of being pet/picked up but he RUNS to follow me wherever I go in the pen. On top of that he’s beautiful and adorable. A good way to find a sweet rooster is to go on Facebook and look for roosters who need homes...
  15. Abriana

    🍪 Cookie Decorating Contest! 🍪

    Snowbelle is my favorite!
  16. Abriana

    Picture Of The Week (POW) Information & Submissions

    A frizzle and his photobomber :)
  17. Abriana

    Hen broke her upper beak back to the nares

    I had a rooster that this happened to. My sister was raising her foot to prevent him from rushing her at the same time he pecked and the combined force broke his upper beak. Oh it looked so so painful. I clipped the dangling piece off and rubbed Neosporin with pain killers on the exposed quick...
  18. Abriana

    Official BYC Poll: Which of these health problems has affected your flock?

    Lice have been so not fun :/ they’ve had it twice in the last few months, coop cleaning and permethrin spray are my best fiends! Also the rooster I took from a lady who had too many last year has respiratory issues that I can’t seem to make go away, he’s had antibiotics once or twice. I just...
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    Help with newly hatched chick

    Ok, I’ll do that. Thank you!
  20. Abriana

    Help with newly hatched chick

    We went on vacation and due to a misunderstanding with the chicken sitter there were 10 eggs left under a broody hen, so we had a bit of an accidental bunch of chicks. Over the course of the 3 weeks we had 4 eggs break but thankfully they were not developing. We have two chicks out in the coop...
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