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    Respiratory infection vs mouth/tongue infection?

    I have a small backyard flock of 5 hens. They are free-range in our smallish back yard during the day, housed in a large for 5 hens coop with pelleted pine bedding at night. My 2-year old Rhode Island hen has been doing poorly the past 2 days. Yesterday, I noticed open-mouthed breathing &...
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    Chicken anatomy/biology books?

    Children were discussing chicken's GI system & eating grit, which led to looking for pictures of chicken anatomy (which of course BYC forums provided, thanks!), which led to a discussion of how the egg forms. We would like to find a book or two that details chicken anatomy, organ function, egg...
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    Damaged skin - broody hen & feather picking?

    Hi Folks, One of my Orpington girls is broody as of yesterday & of course plucking the feathers from her breast. I noticed this evening that there are two red areas of skin where she's plucked feathers, one is circular w/ a dry, peeling patch in the middle. She is acting fine (besides...
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    No eggs in months - do I need to worry?

    We have a small, mixed-breed backyard flock of 1 easter egger (was sold as ameraucana, but. . .), 2 buff orpingtons, and 1 Rhode Island red. All were hatched late Feb/early March last year. Our Rhode Island started laying in mid-July, all the others had joined her by mid-August. We were...
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    mild early molt or sick hen?

    We have 4 backyard hens that were hatched in late Feb/early March. So our Ameraucana hen stopped laying around 4-5 weeks ago. Up until then, she was our best layer (other hens are Orpingtons & a Rhode Island - go figure). No particular reason I can figure why she stopped laying, but we have...
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    Roo behavior?

    One of our (sexed, of course) 6-week old chicks started crowing on Friday. S/he has been the dominant in our group of 6-7 week old chicks and has been growing rapidly but otherwise doesn't show any other overtly "boy" appearance differences. Except the crowing. Loudly. Frequently. We can't...
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    Actual Corid DOSE (not per gallon) by body weight

    Hi Folks, Trying to start aprolium treatment for our six 5-6 week old chicks who I presume are not supressing coccidia since their poops are becoming more and more runny, black, and some blood now. Our feed store only sells Corid labelled for cattle use, same concentration (9.6% solution)...
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    Lethargic, droopy chick

    One of my 10-day old Orpingtons is not doing well. She's really quiet, looks hunched & puffy. I think this started yesterday, at least she seemed less active to me when I had them outside in the afternoon. Weight gain has been good up until now, but she hasn't gained in the last 24 hours (we...
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    Mass or unabsorbed yolk in 48 hr old chick

    Sorry if this is not the correct forum; I wasn't sure if this should go in the baby chicks section or here! Picked up our second batch of chicks at the feed store yesterday. I just found this evening that one of the chicks has a dark, eraser-sized mass on her abdomen. Veruca is a Wyandotte...
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    Hello from California

    Just joined the forums after lurking for months. I have so appreciated the collective knowledge available here as we start our backyard chicken journey. Coop is (mostly) finished, with ideas/suggestions from the forums, including several things we would not have thought about had we not been...
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