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    Green Diarhhea and multiple deaths

    Can someone please guess on what might be occuring with my girls? They turned two in March, and I have lost three since then. Basically, egg production was great until the middle of last summer. Then, I started getting alot of soft-shelled eggs and general poor production. I was feeding...
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    Reintegrating............

    Hello All, About a month or so ago, I had to pull Margartet from the flock because she was absolutely trying to peck right into the head of Aunt Francie. I had another hen, Lily, die back in May, and this is when it started. For awhile, I had taken Aunt Francie and brought her into the house...
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    Sevin versus Poultry Dust

    I have begun treatment for a possible mite infestation. Last week, I cleaned out the coop and dusted everything and my girls with Sevin 5% dust. I was a bit concerned with the toxicity, as it is clearly toxic to honey bees. I will be doing follow-up in the next couple of days, so I have been...
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    Vitamins & Electrolytes - How Much?

    After trying almost everything to get my chickens in better health, I finally found a feed store that carries a vitamin/electrolyte supplement. It is the Durvet brand, and it states it is a water soluble premix of vitamins and electrolytes for poultry, swine, ruminants and horses. It somes in...
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    Getting Rid of Mites.....

    I know this info is on here in many posts, and I'm just trying to clear everything up. I have been dealing with health issues for a very long time, and I have been trying to take the necessary steps. I lost one chicken to some type of ascites a month ago, and now I have another inside because...
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    Chicken getting picked on REALLY BAD - Seperated

    I lost one of my hens Lily a few weeks ago, and since then Aunt Francie has been bullied off and on by the other girls. I am not sure of the dynamics of flock relations, but this just started when Lily died. I guess the pecking order was disturbed in some way and Aunt Francie is taking the...
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    Green diarhea, lethargic, getting picked on - Should I seperate?

    About two weeks ago, I lost one of my hens Lily. She had had green diarhea for quite some time, and then she developed some form of ascites. For about the last week, one of my other hens Aunt Francie has developed the same watery green diarhea with alot of white urates in it that Lily had...
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    Abdominal Draining Advice?!

    I have spent so much time reading so many posts, and I have become so confused. In the meantime, my dear Lily is sitting in my bathtub suffering, waiting for me to do SOMETHING!! Lily has something that is causing her belly to become extremely swollen. Her breathing has become very labored...
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    Hen Possibly Dying

    Well, here I go again, fumbling through another post. It appears as though Lily is in a state of decline. I guess I should fill in on some history. I have been dealing with some flock issues for quite some time, and I have been trying to address them as best I know how. Basically, I have...
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    MITES - Lots of MITES!!!!!!! Urgent!!

    Well, my flock has not been in the best of health this winter, and I have tried to rule out so many things. I have switched over their feed, started adding Wormguard to their diets (not sure if it's working, though), and done some coop tweaking. I have tried to keep things as close to organic...
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    Bloody Eggs!!! - Urgent - Graphic

    I am hoping that someone can help me determine what exactly is causing this problem. Some of my girl's have been in a general state of ill-health for quite some time, and after posting some of the 'symptoms' on here, it was suggested that they had internal parasites. I have been saving up for...
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    Indicators of need to WORM?

    Sorry, about my repeat posts, I've got a few out there right now and I'm trying to get my info straight. I have decided that I need to worm my chickens from numerous other posts I've read lately. They will soon be two, and I've never done it. I just want to explain some of the 'symptoms' I've...
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    Does a Broody still lay eggs?

    This is probably a silly question, and I'm sure it's been answered. But, do broody hens lay? I'm wondering if maybe Margaret is broody. I find her in the nest several times throughout the day, just sitting there. I don't think she ever lays anything. If she's not broody, I'm not sure why...
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    How can you tell which members of your flock are laying?

    I'm always reading posts where people will know which of their hens are laying, and which eggs are theirs. I have never been able to figure this out, save for the handful of occasions where I've been right there when one of my girls lays. I have 3 RIR's and 3 Br's, they all lay brown eggs. I...
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    Run/Coop maintenance after WORMING?

    Well, if I can figure out the proper worming regimen from all the posts, I will soon be worming my two year olds for the first time. So, if I do it correctly, and they become worm-free, how do I keep them from re-infecting themselves in the run and coop? They have a 17x8 run, and a 4x8...
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    Is GRIT always necessary?!

    I'm just trying to get a concensus as far as grit goes and it's use in different environments. I've had my girls for almost two years, and I've never used grit. I live in Colorado, up in the foothills. My ground is very sandy and rocky, and has alot of decomposed granite in it. When I got my...
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    Finicky!!!!!!!!!!

    My girl's have become little Prima Donna's over the last several months!!! They eat everything I give them, EXCEPT their feed! I have switched numerous brands, and gone back and forth between pellets and granules. They pick through, scratch, and fling their layer food everywhere, and then...
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    How to feel for an egg?

    Well, there seems to be alot of talk about eggbound and internal layers lately. I am suspecting that at least one of my girls has this problem. I am trying to pilfer through all the posts to find my answer, but I'm still a bit clueless. I guess I am hoping for a bit of an anatomy lesson...
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    Got Mice?

    Hello- Just wondering what everyone thinks and does about the mice around the run? I have had my chickens for about 1 1/2 years, and have seen mice here and there. For the past several months, there has been quite an increase in the amount of mice 'tunnels' I see coming into my run, and I...
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    Molting?

    Hello, Wasn't sure which topic to post this under, but I'm wondering if my hens are going to go into their first molt? I have six hens, all around 15-16 months. Today, I noticed that most of them are beginning to thin out their feathers around their necks. Their combs and wattles also seem...
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