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    Raising a rejected baby chick

    So for some reason, this baby chick was rejected by its moms, and I say mom's because the 2 mother hens are raising their chicks altogether. When I went down to the coop this morning to see how everyone was doing, I saw this chick all by itself and when it went over to get some food, the mother...
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    *Can't decide if it's gapeworm or upper respiratory cold*

    So I have a beautiful barred rock hen who is about 7 years old who for the past almost 2 weeks has symptoms that I can't figure out what it might be. She has *breathing with her mouth slightly open, sometimes neck stretched other times not * can hear rattling/ heavy breathing when I pick her...
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    What kind of animal has killed my hens?

    I have to chicken coop houses. They both have a small outdoor run that is completely enclosed and no predators can get in there, and from there I can open up a door, and then they all can run out to the larger. Run area which has grass and everything else but is I thought, pretty well to...
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    *Help my hen...Broken egg inside hen?*

    So I have never encountered an eggbound hen before but have heard about it. I think this may be the case for my Brahma but realized it too late. I've been giving her Tylan50 for the last few days thinking that may help. When it didn't I did more research and came up with eggbound hen. It may be...
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    Hen can't walk after Tylan 50 shot in breast

    My Americana, Goldilox, is on her 2nd day of Tylan when she didn't want to eat and just wanted to stay in the coop. This morning, after given the shot last night, she looked great...her tail feathers up and wanting to eat. So tonight we gave her the 2nd dose (.5) and within 5 minutes she...
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    Hen throwing up gooey water **Please help me save her**

    I've been having a hard time with Esmeralda lately (my fault for not being more knowledgeable about bird health but have been learning)and so I've been feeding her yogurt and scrambled eggs every day. I wormed her with Valbazen about 1 month ago (once and then again 10 days later) since she...
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    Esmeralda and Buffy...2 best friends

    Well, as I'm writing this story, I have tears in my eyes. It's a story about Buffy, a Buff Orpington and Esmeralda, a Australorp. Both birds have been with us for about 8 or so years. They came from 2 different homes but have bonded over the years. Buffy lost her eyesight in 1 eye years ago...
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    Is this a breast bone sticking out or a growth?

    Here is my Australorp, Esmeralda. She has been getting thin within the last month but she still has been eating and drinking the usual amount. Last year she injured her feet and had been walking fine up until last week and now she can barely walk. Is this a growth on her chest or is this a...
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    *UPDATE* dying her own way.... please help with hen trying to recover from predator attack

    Hi all, I was sick to my stomach when on Tuesday morning I went down to the coops to let the chickens out and looked over to my other coop that housed 2 guineas and 2 other chickens to discover probably an opossum got in there and killed my beautiful, guineas and partially attacked one of the...
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    Guinea Hen still broody after 30 days.....

    I know this is for chickens but perhaps some of you might have experience with guineas as well. My guinea hen went broody a little more than a month ago and the eggs have not hatched. I also wonder when a hen goes broody, doesn't it take some time for her to lay a bunch of eggs so perhaps it...
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    Please help with rooster's bleeding mouth from fight

    My rooster go into another fight where he killed the other bird and his mouth is bleeding. It's not from the beak but looks like it's the bottom of his mouth at the very front. I have been trying to wipe away the other dried blood from around his face. He is separated from his hens and...
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    Help with rooster, he got beat up and I don't think he's going to make it

    Yesterday one of the male guineas (Big Bully) pulled out a bunch of Mr. Roo's back feathers. I didn't realize how badly off he was until last night....he could barely stand. He ate but did it lying down or on his side. This morning, he look like he was dead because he didn't move. I picked him...
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    To continue on Tylan 50 or not......?

    I have 2 black copper marans pullets that are 3 1/2 months. For awhile they were sick, with one of them a bit more than the other. They had red swollen eyes, watery eyes, sneezing, runny nose, and then this past weekend they were getting lethargic. Last week they were on Albon, but it didn't...
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    Tylan 50 dosage for pullet w/ respiratory problems

    My 3 month old pullet has been on Albon for 6 days (in water) and not showing any signs of improvement. She still has the watery eyes, dried dishcharge from nose, and lethargic now. I want to give this to her orally but not sure of the dosage...thanks for any help.
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    Please help with my favorite chicken

    I have 4 pullets, 4 guineas, and 5 chickens. The pullets are in their own coop and playyard, the older ones do have a playyard as well and free range during the day. My 2 baby marans are now 12 weeks old, I have raised them since 1 week old. My little girl (that's what I call her) started...
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    Slighty swollen eye...what to give chick and how much

    My male chick will be 6 weeks old on Saturday. His right eye is slightly swollen, not sure how, he's in a big box in our dining room until he's ready to move out to the coop, there is one other chick in there with him. It's been like this for awhile, didn't think much of it, just thought it...
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    Infected Eye?

    Hi everyone, I have a chick who is almost 6 weeks old and I do not know what is wrong with his eye. I've noticed for the past 2 weeks, his right eye is sometimes closed (very short periods of time) and on the inner corner of his eye is pink. That eye is not as open as his left eye at all...
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    Another newb seeking help w/ broody hen and hatching eggs*please help*

    Well, I'm still debating whether or not we are going to let Mrs. Rude hatch the eggs or not. This is the first time a chicken has gone broody for us and so she is sitting in a box w/o any straw in it and for one I'm wondering if we should now attempt to put straw in it for the chicks, should we...
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    Blood on egg.....is this ok?

    Today when I gathered eggs from my 4 hens that I have, I noticed that one the eggs had a little bit of blood on it, is this normal or is she having a problem? Thanks for your help!
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    I thought roosters were supposed to be tougher birds

    I recently purchased 2 adult hens and 1 rooster to add to my "flock" of 1 hen and 3 guinea birds. The rooster is afraid of the alpha guinea and just kinda hangs out in the coop almost all day long instead of the playyard w/ the other birds. The guineas don't really bother him so I don't know...
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