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I have a chicken (almost 3 yrs old) who was about to die from ascites two weeks ago, and amazingly, she's still alive. The vet prescribed an antibiotic (Tribrissen) and it seems to have cleared up her swollen, water-logged belly. The vet also did an x-ray and found that her crop and gizzard...
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My 2.5 year old New Hampshire Red (named Ticker) is possibly egg bound. I just lost another chicken, Ruby, last week to internal laying (I think that's what it was), and I am in knots over this situation with Ticker. Today I went and read a whole bunch of threads here about egg binding and...
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My 2.5 year old New Hampshire Red is just coming out of a molt. Her comb is still a dull pink, not the vibrant red is normally is when she's laying. There is something obviously wrong with her because she is walking funny. Her bottom hangs down, kind of like a penguin. She is out and about...
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This is my second time hatching with a styrofoam incubator that I am renting from our local cooperative extension office. Today is Day 22 and the chicks are starting to hatch. The incubator sits on the wood floor in my living room. It's an old drafty house with a wood stove in the room. I...
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I always find so much useful information here, just when I need it! Hoping you can help me.
I have 10 pullets that I incubated and they are now 7 months old. One of them was scratching and giving her feathers a shake today and I noticed that she had a little white bump on her skin - in the...
...clearly they are not. Can you help me identify them? I rented the incubator and purchased the eggs from our local cooperative extension office and was told that the dozen I got were all Red Sex Links. Some are, but some are not. Here are photos of the three that are not.
Thank you for any...