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  1. GardenTeacher

    Missing feathers around vent and lower back. Can't figure out why!

    Hi everyone, I appreciate any help you can offer me. My chickens have been having serious feather loss for the past few months and I can't figure out why. I don't see lice or mites, they are on a balanced high-quality feed, they have enough space. Maybe they are bored? The feather loss is mostly...
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    What is going on with my chicken's skin?

    After a full year of no pecking, my birds have started pecking each other's backsides (around the vent) and backs. I can't find any signs of mites or anything else (though I'm not 100% sure I could identify them) but their skin and the nubbins of their new feathers look odd and sickly. Here are...
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    This is coccidiosis, right? (warning: contains image of poop)

    Chicken friends! Just found this on my droppings board. Just one looked like this. Not sure which chicken it came from... It's coccidiosis, right? I just want someone to confirm before I start treatment. I'm neurotic!
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    My 7.5 month old chickens are molting? in mid-winter?

    Hi all, I'm a new chicken keeper so maybe I'm being overly cautious but it just doesn't make sense to me that they would be molting now. We live in cold New York. They had roundworm but I haven't seen any evidence lately. They are eating and drinking normally and I haven't seen much pecking...
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    Roundworm in my chickens. Should I treat!?

    Hi all, I keep 9 chickens in a public school (it's so fun!) and unfortunately just found roundworms in some feces. So far I have just found one wormy poop but I assume that all my birds are infected. Honestly it explains a lot: They are 8 months old and all hens but we never get more than 6...
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    help me diagnose my girl!

    Hi everyone! Please help me out with my little Easter Egger, Superwoman! She is squatting with ruffled feathers but open, alert eyes. Not eating much at all. So, yesterday I wrote thinking my chicken had an impacted crop issue. But it didn't really make sense because I wasn't feeling anything...
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    crop problem!

    Hi all, I have an easter egger Superwoman who is suffering from impacted crop... I think. Her crop is really hard but doesn't feel round, it's more bony and long feeling. She is also super low energy and not eating much at all. She's lost considerable weight. I've been feeding her olive oil...
  8. GardenTeacher

    Ooops. Bought the wrong feed.

    Hi folks! I accidentally ordered the wrong feed and now I'm stuck with two bags of grower feed and 9 egg-laying chickens. Can I supplement to up the protein content? I will definitely get the right feed but it might take a while to come and that one was expensive. All opinions welcome! THANKS...
  9. GardenTeacher

    Help! Possible Prolapse?

    My chickens started laying eggs less than a week ago. Today I happened to be in the coop when one of our lovely ladies (an easter egger) was laying. She turned her body so that I had a direct view of her vent. The vent was bright bloody red and clearly slightly prolapsed. I watched the egg...
  10. GardenTeacher

    identify my friend's chicken?

    She just rescued this bird and knows basically nothing regarding age, sex, breed... Any help would be appreciated!
  11. GardenTeacher

    Is this a rooster?

    No spurs yet and this chicken is almost 4 months old. Light brahma. Help me identify, please! Thanks.
  12. GardenTeacher

    bloody poop?

    Hi all, My ten lovely girls (and maybe one boy. oops.) are just over nine weeks old and doing great. Or at least I thought. Today as I was cleaning up I found some bloody something in somebody's poop. Not sure who it belongs to. I saw some blood in poop a few weeks ago when they were younger...
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    Is this 8 week-old chicken a rooster?! (light brahma)

    First this is Ethel, the other light brahma, for comparison. Pretty sure she is a hen! These pictures are all of our other light brahma, we suspect she is a he. She is also feathering out really really slowly. At first I thought she was getting pecked but I have seen nobody ever her ever...
  14. GardenTeacher

    Help me make a chicken checklist!

    Hi everyone! I am keeping chickens for an elementary school's garden. I am "the chicken manager", which is a hilarious title! The 10 chicks have spent the past month brooding in my house and they just moved to the coop at the school. I will be taking care of them on weekdays, when I am at work...
  15. GardenTeacher

    4.5 week old chick with a minor prolapsed vent. Is it cause for worry?

    It is only a little prolapsed and she is pooping normally. Her stool is loose but consistent. Should I worry? Thank you in advance!
  16. GardenTeacher

    one month-old chick much smaller than the others.

    Hi all! My 10 chicks are about a month old and enormous. They have feathered out, eat like champions, go on fieldtrips outside, eat tender greens and there is barely any picking. Mostly things are going really well, I think, but I have one or two concerns. I have one chicken (an australorp, if...
  17. GardenTeacher

    How many hours can chicks be alone?

    Hi everyone! This is my first post here. I am getting chickens to keep at work (I am school garden teacher working out of a 1/2 acre garden.) Since i'm not at school on the weekends, we decided that it would be best to brood the 10 chicks in my home before bringing them out to their new...
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