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    Enlarged liver with white nodules

    I have butchered a lot of chickens over the years but this I have not seen before. I've had several mystery deaths in point of lay pullets that I was not able to examine. This was the last one. Seemingly fine one day and dead the next. The body cut open you can see how enormous the liver is and...
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    POSSIBLE FATTY LIVER SYNDROME; WARNING GRAPHIC AUTOPSY PHOTOS!

    WARNING WARNING WARNING!!! GRAPHIC AUTOPSY PHOTOS TO FOLLOW! IF YOU CANNOT STAND THE SIGHT OF GUTS CLOSE THIS PAGE NOW!!! WARNING WARNING WARNING! The following photos are of a nine month old Orpington pullet. At about the beginning of her seventh month she laid a little fart egg. She laid...
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    Chicken pulls head to chest

    All right I have a young silkie, probably a pullet, probably 5-6 months old. Has been fine until the last couple days. I noticed she didn't come out with the others last night but it was almost dark when I got home from work and let them out so didn't worry about it. This afternoon tho I looked...
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    Cross Beak Genetics Help please

    I have 11 Buff Orpington chicks, 6 from one hen, 5 from another, all from the same roo; hatchery stock. They were hatched March 3 & 9, some from each hen both times. About 3 weeks ago I noticed one's beak looked a bit off. It's crossed and in 3 weeks it has gotten very very bad. Am I correct...
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    Water Baloon Chicken; WARNING GRAPHIC AUTOPSY PHOTOS!!!!!

    WARNING! WARNING! WARNING! THIS POST CONTAINS GRAPHIC AUTOPSY PHOTOS! IF CHICKEN GUTS ARE GOING TO BOTHER YOU PLEASE CLOSE THIS PAGE NOW! WARNING! WARNING! WARNING! With that said, I am doing this to help others in case they see a similar problem. A few days ago one of my EE girls, about...
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    Setting Feb 16, want to join in>Hatch-Along

    OK I wasn't going to hatch any more right now, just got the Dec babies all outside a couple weeks ago. BUT! I have a real meaner roo going to freezer camp this weekend and decided to go ahead and collect and hatch some eggs before I put the girls in with another roo. So I'm setting eggs...
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    Tips for Duck Plucking?

    I have both Muscovy and Welsh Harlequin/runner ducks. I have been having trouble plucking the Muscovys (haven't done the runners yet, they are scheduled for next weekend). I tried some dry plucking and tore the skin. Tried to dunk them (140-145 degree water with a little dish soap), still...
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    BRxBO, all boys?

    all right I hatched 4 chicks from my barred hens and my BO roo; all hatchery stock and probably not really purebred. I've know that two were boys from about ten days old but still not sure about the other two. These hatched Nov 16 so about 8 weeks now. A boy for sure, there are two pretty...
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    Hoop Coop Brooder House

    I've really needed to be getting some chicks out of the house; the dust they are kicking up from the pine shavings is choking me up. So I've been working on a hoop coop brooder house, which could also do double duty as a greenhouse in the future. This is the basic framework. Some more...
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