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    Need leg brace idea for chick

    Got a three week old I found in tsc when she was 2 days old with other chicks pecking her hock making it swell. She held it up to get around. Brought her home and put her under my hen who just hatched one chick and they’ve done well together. The bad leg is better and she can put pressure on it...
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    Sapphire sky early guess roo or girl?

    My hen hatched out one chick so I got a few more to go with her. Got one sapphire sky chick from tsc. The sign said pullets. The lady said oh if I hold a chick upside down and they fight to get upright that’s girl and see these wing feathers that’s girl. I said yes another girl here told me...
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    It's HOT here and mom was standing up off egg for up to 4 hours

    Do you think her egg will survive? Temps in barn were about 100 degrees when this happened. She was so hot out there that she was just standing up with egg under her. Egg was not hot. Was not cold either. I have since brought mom and her one egg into my air conditioned house and she's in a dark...
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    Need tips on how to manage hydration with peritoneal fluid draining.

    I've got a production red who is 8 years old. I'm shocked to see this breed at her age, but she has been a fantastic hen. She started looking wide in the hips about six weeks ago. No fluid at that time. Started a week ago with fluid. Seemed to come on overnight. The last two times I had a...
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    Please help me identify this breed

    This is Ms Thelma. I had one just like her in 2019 that I took in from a neighbor and she died soon after to being egg bound. Ended up giving a home to some hens from a friend in 2021 and I was so thrilled to see another one just like her, Thelma. This one got killed by a predator recently...
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    Bumblefoot, hot foot, limping

    Hi I’ve got about a 11 yo australorp with bumblefoot. She’s had a scab for a few months. I used decolorized iodine for a while but didn’t continue long enough apparently. Saw her sitting middle of yard last night an hour before dusk. The little scab was still there. Foot slightly swollen...
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    Hen eating feathers - impacted crop/gizzard

    Hi, last year during a bad moult, my now 7 yo buff orpington ended up in a horrible crop yeast infection. Crop surgery got rid of all the blockages and then she was on meds for the yeast. She didn't have much debris in her crop last year during surgery, but opening it up and cleaning her out...
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    Hen won’t eat feed after digestive issues

    Hi I’ve got a 6.5 YO Buff Orpington girl who started with a moult in august and stopped eating feed. Didn’t realize at the time but she backed up slowly over time with grass until it all came to a head a month ago with a really bad case of sour crop. She was dehydrated and about to die so I...
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    How many days to treat sour crop with acidified copper sulfate?

    I found the dosage is 1/4 tsp per gallon, but could not find how many days to do this. Is it 7 days like the other yeast treatments? Is it okay for the other girls to drink it at the same time at this dose? Would copper or a fungal medication be better? My hen is six and started feeling rough...
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    Need help identifying what happened to my feed

    I mistakenly had moved my entire bag outside for about a month where it was kept away from rain (it has rained here a lot this past year) in their chicken run but the ground was damp. It apparently soaked in through the bag but the temps have been very cold. Had not noticed any issues with the...
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    Mustard colored urates, stool otherwise normal

    My rooster is 20 weeks old. Two weeks ago he started acting weak, sort of falling to one side and decreased appetite. He also started with yellow urates. I have had mareks here in the past and was afraid he was falling into it. I increased his protein and his stability improved (though still...
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