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    Healthy Chicken Poop Looks Like......

    Hi Everybody. I need some information. One of my three hens is excreting thin tan colored liquid. The other two are pooping puffy tan and white blobs. I assume the blobs are just perfect. What does the tan liquid indicate? These chickens have been given wormer in their water.Thanks!!
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    Unknown Disgusting Smell- Rescue Chickens

    Hi All, Okay, I wasn't planning on it. Daddy came home from some place where the owner was getting busted for having too many filthy, uncared for animals. They were going to euthanize the chickens so Daddy took two home. Of course I did NOT put them in with my healthy ones. They are in a large...
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    They're Nearly All Dead

    Hi, Some months ago i posted several times in the thread about fowl pox. I had about 8 chickens and one silkie came down with fowl pox. I used the suggestions given and treated her several times with iodine. This chicken has survived all that awful pox stuff and she's fine now. Meanwhile four...
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    Weaken, Fall Over and Die Disease

    Hi, I've had chickens on and off for years. They are kept in a secure coop that has a dirt floor, hay and roosting boxes. Predators can't get in. I bought four silkie pullets about 4 months ago. I also have 3 other pullets and a rooster. One of the silkie pullets weakened and died overnight...
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    Butt Dragging?

    Hi again, Still no eggs. Now, though, I am seeing a symptom of something wrong. My large Australorp hen is dragging her butt. Also she's off her feed. The muscle back there opens and closes like she's trying to get something out. She came to me slick and healthy three months ago, laid lots of...
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    White Growth on Eyes??

    Hi Everybody. I have a black silkie hen, almost 5 years old. Two weeks ago I thought I saw that her nostrils were enlarged. Now there is a white growth covering each one and a white growth covering an eye. What is this? What can I do for her? She is lively and eats but I'm sure she can't see out...
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    Feeding Too Much?

    I have week old chicks. They are doing great and eating like crazy. They are eating pulverized chicken scratch and chicken pelleted feed. Is there any such thing as feeding them too much? Thanks
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    Emergency Brooder

    Hi, I posted this somewhere else on BYC but thought I'd do so here too. I have a hen who jumped out of her nest when 5 out of 8 eggs hatched. The babies jumped out too and all are doing great. But she has abandoned the others in the nest. I candled and two look alive. I put them in a dish. I...
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    Black Eggs/Infrtile Rooster??

    Hi, I have two eggs that are a few weeks old. They are solid black when candled. Are these duds? Also, does anybody know how long a rooster is good for breeding? Mine bred successfully four years ago. But now all the eggs seem infertile. He is about 5 to 6 years old. Thanks!
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    Went Radical - Culled All but 3 "Black" Eggs

    Well, first, a thank you to all who answed my question about how long to wait for eggs to hatch. After Day 30 I really became skeptical. I read about candling. Today I candled all the ones that were left (hen threw out two). Of the nine left some were liquidy inside. I threw them out. Three...
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    Okay, When is "Time's Up"?

    I have two RIR and two Silkie hens, one Silkie rooster who created chicks in the past. They've got 11 eggs with a silkie on top. but she pushed two eggs to the side. I cracked them and they were rotten. The other eggs have been under her for at least 21 days. When should I throw them out...
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    Heater in GA in May?

    Hi, My silkie broody is sitting on eleven eggs. They should hatch around May 5. If I keep the mom in with the chicks in an old rabbit hutch is that enough room? Should I take her out? If I do should I put a heater in there for temps 50-80 degrees outside? Thanks
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