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    drunk chicken ???

    I have a six month old buff ORP pullet that's not doing well. I noticed a few weeks ago she was off balance and favored one leg. Checked for injury and found lice not many just a few. I treated her with poultry dust twice in two weeks and once with Adams. She seems to have a neurological...
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    Sad day today.

    I have a small flock of chickens that free range by day locked up at night. I have lost my favorite little birds. I had a rooster named Saul who would fly up and perch on my shoulder, always a character. Fearless too, bout the size of a dove....hawk got him and my little Brahma hen.... I'm so...
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    has anyone seen a chicken fill up with air like a balloon, alive?

    i had a dog kill one bird and injure 2 others, now the little roo is filling with air on the right side. it has been going on a week.Every morning I stick a needle in and let air out, he is not sensitive at all on the skin. I think his lungs may be leaking air? I don't know why else he would...
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    sums up my life lol

    This is Saul and "turkey" my best barnyard friends, follow me anywhere and always funny. Saul is tiny but backs down to no one.
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    crowing as a chic???

    I bought 2 one day old chics. The guy said they were English game bantams. Well at four weeks old I was SHOCKED to find one crowing "squeaking" sure enough he began crowing. Still had fuzz on head and parts of body. I know they were day old because I picked them out and they had no wing tip...
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    does anybody know if pyranha pyrithin spray is toxic

    It seems to be pyrethrin pirithrin lanolin and citronella, I used dome to kill mites now birds appear sluggish. But they were already a bit sluggish from mites.I'll never forgive my self if I hurt them.
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    waging war on mites, help

    I have read and studied a lot on mites online, at least what's available. What's a fool proof way to really get rid of them and give relief to flock. Keep in mind I don't have infestation. I noticed a patch of feather missing from her back. They don't seem to be bothering but a few but I know...
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    sniffles in 3 week old chics

    I noticed a couple of 3 week old chics sounded like they were sneezing a bit, out of twenty only two or three have sniffles. They are strong and healthy eating drinking and moving about. Anyone have any ideas of cause or remedy? Thanks
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    cuckoo maran or barred rock?

    I rescued 3 hens a few months ago, two I assumed were barred rocks one Columbian wynnadotte. Well I have several barred rock hens and roosters. After reading a article on cuckoo marans I looked at the picture and they looked exactly like my two "barred rock" hens. I took a closer look and found...
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    Some info on acites.

    I had a hen develop a water belly, her comb flopped over and turned blue due to weak heart. She became immobile. I did research on this site reading peoples experiences and saved her. Thank you. I prick her with a 16 gauge needle and gently get water draining remove syringe and let water...
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    early hatch?

    I counted the very day my hen began setting she had a few eggs accumulating in nest before setting. At day 14 I was shocked to see a fuzzy chic under her. Could this egg have began developing before her setting? Anybody seen this. I interact daily with chickens and every detail so it wasn't a...
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    3 month old burbon turkey broken leg

    I came outside this morning to let the birds out and found my turkey laying under coop. After picking him up I found his broken leg. Its broken in the ankle area. The skin is damaged and he will not bear weight on it. I wrapped the site in gauze and athletic tape to keep it stable. He will eat...
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    hey ya'll i have two small biddies i need help figuring out what breed they are

    I bought two from a farmer yesterday their mother was brown with black in feathers the male was black with colorful tail. They are very small not sebrights not mixed bred bantam. I think brown was in the name. I don't have his number or I'd call. Any ideas? The biddies are brown with two stripes...
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    Trying to save my pet, Penny from acites.

    She is our beloved buff orp hen, she had symtoms leading up to today just sitting all day. Im about to drain the water from abdomen. Ill update later
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