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    Young Rooster with Old Hens

    Someone dropped three very feral roosters off at the end of my road. Animal control was able to catch two and take them to a no kill shelter, for three weeks no one was able to catch the remaining rooster. Today, I finally caught him. He is very scared and doesn’t want to be around humans but I...
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    Mareks Disease

    I have a 3.5 year old dutch bantam that is showing clear signs of Mareks Disease. Both her legs are not unusable and she is refraining from eating. I have not had any new additions to my flock and I stay away from other flocks (although 4 neighbors do have chickens and I can only control...
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    Correcting Behavioral Issues

    I have a LF Partridge Rock that relentlessly attacks my Dutch Bantam. The LF will jump onto the Bantam's back with both feet and grab her by the feathers on the back of neck and repeatedly yank her. They are both hens and the Bantam is lower on the pecking order. Last night the LF jumped up on...
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    Hertiage Chicks ONLY Wanted No Hatchery Lines

    I am searching for heritage plymouth rock chicks (not barred), orpingtons and any other breed that is LF, cold hardy and has a docile, friendly temperament. I want females, no straight run. I only want (3) chicks total and I do not agree with shipping them. I am willing to travel anywhere in...
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    Maryland Chicken Breeder? No Hatcheries

    I'm trying to find a good stock chicken breeder in Maryland. I do not want to purchase from Hatcheries or get chicks that came from hatchery hens anymore. Does anyone know of any chicken breeders in my state?
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    Lethargic Hen with Yellow Watery Diarrhea

    My 3.5 year old hen is lethargic, she just sits with her eyes closed. Her poop is very watery, yellow and had some green in it. Now it's just yellow water that comes out. She is drinking but she is not eating. She looks interested in eating food but just picks it up and puts it back down. I have...
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    Heart failure?

    My 3 year old hen died last night and I'm just trying to figure out why. She has been having labored breathing since the winter time, I put her on Tylan then thinking she had a respiratory issue. Since then she has been on and off with the labored breathing. Yesterday she was lethargic and...
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    Swollen hock/knee?

    My hen is 19 weeks old, since she was 8 weeks old, I noticed she always sat down leaning to the side with one leg kind of out and she has always skipped instead of running. When she sits on her roosting rail, most of the time she will stick out one leg and sit on her leg instead of her foot. She...
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    Raspy breathing

    my hen has had raspy breathing for weeks now. She is showing no other symptoms, she is eating, drinking and has normal energy. There is no nasal discharge and nothing coming from her eyes. She is not gasping for air at all. If she is sitting quiet, there is no raspy breathing but when they start...
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    Best Overhead Netting

    I recently just lost a chicken to a fox in my fenced in run. I have since raised my fencing to 6' and placed the bottom of the fencing in a 3' asphalt path all around the perimeter to keep any digging predators out. I want to put netting over top of the run (fairly large run) but don't know what...
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    Soft Eggs even with Oyster Shell

    One of my hens has laid soft shelled eggs for the past 3 days and another hen was egg bound with a soft shell egg last night. I am confused as to why I am having this problem since I have 2 separate dishes full of oyster shell for them to pick from. I feed them Layena Layer pellets, probiotics...
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    Fluffed Up with Half Hard Half Soft Egg

    One of my banty's was fluffed up this morning and not really walking and pecking like normal. I noticed where she normally sleeps was a half hard and half soft egg. She is red in her face (almost redder then usual) and I did not see anything out of the norm with her vent. Her abdomen is soft as...
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    High protein diet linked to egg binding issues?

    One of my hens has been having problems with becoming egg bound for about 6 months now, I also had another hen (most likely half sister to the egg bound issue one) become egg bound about 2 months ago. I have them on Nutrena's Feather Fixer for feed due to there feathers looking awful with the...
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    Egg laying issues

    I have a RIR about 2 years old, a few months ago she became egg bound an I was able to get her to lay the egg naturally by soaking her in warm water and keeping her inside. But ever since then, she has been laying soft shell eggs and sometimes taking much longer then her usual time frame to lay...
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    Whitish discharge from vent

    One of my hens was sitting in her nesting box much longer than usual today, when I pulled her out, it looked like a clear watery substance had came from her vent. She's walking really slow with the feathers around her vent open like she's going to poop but her vent is closed. Her vent looks...
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    Sour Crop?

    I believe one of my little roo's has sour crop. His breath smells just awful but he is eating and drinking just fine. He's had the bad breathe for some time now with no change. I do not have a chicken vet anywhere near me, are there any easy but fast working solutions for this before he gets too...
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    Sweet Tasting Eggs

    I'd like to find out if anyone else has "sweet tasting" eggs? I let my hens free range (as much as I can during the winter) and give them lettuce during the winter when everything is dead. I also give them layer pellets and some mealworm treats. And I do not have a roo. Does the sweet taste...
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    Wry Neck??

    I just bought 3 new pullets, 2 are Old English Bantams and the other is a Pyncheon. I have them quarantined right now and I noticed on all 3 of them, there crops seem to be more to one side of there chest, noticeably more to one side. One of the Old English was doing a twisting of her neck...
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    Aggressive Hen

    I have a 7-8 month old Serama Hen, I just got her about 2 months ago. She is really aggressive towards me, I spend alot of time with all my chickens, talk to them, give them treats and what not. But my Serama bites the crap out of me when I try to pick her up or pet her, actually will charge at...
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    Runny nose with green snot

    I recently got a Serama hen, she started sneezing and had a runny nose with clear snot but now she has green snot and crusty's clogging her nostril's, what does this sound like? Should I give her Tylan or should I give her something else?
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