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    only one

    I have 6 chickens, 3 brown,two white leghorns and an astrolorp. The astro is the only one laying at the moment. occasionally i get a brown egg, but the lleghorns, who are the youngest have gone off the lay as have the browwn hens. One of the leghorns has been eating her eggs so have separated...
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    jools again!!!! please help

    I am now not sure what is wrong with my girl. She now cannot walk. have given antibiotics, sulpher and next is worming in a couple of days. Asked so called experts and now more confused than ever. She is still eating but have to syringe water in her. Tried all the remedies for eggbound and no...
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    listless chook.

    Have a white leghorn who is very listless and slow. She is not eating a great deal but is drinking. Sitting down a lot. Cannot source antibiotics from fodder store anymore so was wondering if there is an alternative antibiotic to give to her in case she has disease of some sort. Have dusted her...
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    malting bird in winter.

    my red chook is almost bald. Im in australia and its the middle of winter here. She doesnt have any mites and is eating and apart from needing a a jumper i dont know what to do .
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    i li

    i live in australia and it is the middle of winter and one of my red chooks is malting really badly. she is almost bald and wondering why in winter is this happenning. i have checked her for mites and she has none.
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    sad

    A sad day today. Our chicken 'Youngy' passed away peacefully in her sleep in her bed of straw. She contracted sour crop for the second time and did not respond to antibiotics this time. We suspect that she had some form of cancer from what we researched. She was a lovely girl and even came to...
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    leg

    My leghorn chicken is limping and the bad leg has green spots on it. The other leg has no spots. She pulls her leg up when standing. What would cause the green spots. Could it be gangrene because circulation is cut off. Dont know what to do.
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    sulfa 3

    I am treating my girls with sulphur due to bacterial problems. How long do i have to discard their eggs for after treatment.?
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    chicken crop full of water.

    my red chickens crop is full of water gave her olive oil and all sorts came out. Not pooping. Could it be sour crop or maybe blocked gizzard. Very quiet just starting to eat a little bit Help
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    crook chook

    My red chicken has a crop full of water. When pushed she vomits up the contents which contain mainly fluid. Very listless not pooping all but yellow water. Is it sour crop or blocked gizzard.
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    crook chook

    have red chicken that is not feeling well. Very listless not eating and when i picked her up she vomited water all over me. Havnt seen it my other girls. Should i separate her from the rest or just leave her in with them.
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    mites

    one of my rir is losing feathers at a rapid rate. I found mites on them so i have dusted and they seem to have gone. The leghorns didnt have any ,neither did my astrolorp. The reds all had them. Is this the cause of the feather loss? I live in australia and it is winter here so i dont think it...
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    broody

    Hi I have got a broody chicken. She is the one the others always pick on. What do i have to do to stop this. Also just got 2 new pullets in a different pen. Could that have anything to do with it or is it that i didnt get the eggs for a few days?
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    subdued chicken

    I have 4 chickens and one of them is not acting right. She is not eating well and tends to stay away from the others and just sits under a tree and makes a small chirping sound. When i have tried to catch her she still runs away ok and doesnt like it much but then she just sits. Should i put her...
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    chick poo

    I have just bought two 7 week old leghorn chicks and one of them has blood in its poo. What could be the cause of this
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    citrus

    Is it ok for chickens to eat mandarins.There is a tree in the chicken coop and we dropped some segmants and they gobbled them up. I have never heard of chickens eating citrus before
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    New chicken in the flock

    hi all. How easy is it to introduce a new hen to the flock. Im thinking of adopting a rather neglected austolorp from my friends niece as she has lost interest in it. They arnt even collecting her eggs anymore so im wondering what impact if any would that have. I would be interested in any...
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    scaly around crop

    One of my chickens seems to be a bit scaly around its crop, so i checked it for mites and there seem to be very small white rounded things running about and a few larger oval shaped light pink translucent colour. I have checked out some pictures and cant seem to find anything that looks similar...
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    egg shells

    one of my chickens layed an egg in the middle of the run and the egg was perfect apart from the shell which had the consistancy of a balloon with what looked like a small tube on one end. I dont know which chicken it was but on of my ladies is looking like she is not well. She wont eat much and...
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