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    life with Waterbelly

    how long can my girl comfortably live with water belly?? she has had it for at least a month and has seemed happy till this morning... she is hiding in the nesting box.. I'm wondering if this is the end for her and if i should end her misery or just wait it out???
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    is my chicken dying? consistent wind eggs...

    i heard they can internalize the yolks and then eventually die... is this true? she is only laying these.. 2.5years old barred rock
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    roost design (pic)

    ok I'm posting this pic because my hubby is convinced that my natural tree limb roosts are giving my two heavier birds bumble foot... so in your opinion how does this roost look? They are flatter softer and larger than our previous roosts... are they too poofy.. not sure that this is gonna make...
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    won't drink electrolytes

    Hi all, I have a chicken with what seems to be a sprained ankle and she is eating and drinking water verashiously, but won't touch her vitamin water! I was told to give her some vitamin b to narrow down the sickness it could be. but she won't drink it! any suggestions... I tried only putting...
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    When to operate/ bumble foot

    There are varying opinions on when to preform the bumble foot surgery. I have just noticed bumble foot of varying degrees on my flock. I am not afraid to do the surgery however I don't want to cut my birds if I don't have to. Here is one mild case. Would you cut this out? I am changing my...
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    leg warm to the touch

    Ok so my chicken woke up lame this morning. She made her way out of the coop but is limping and one of my other chickens is bulling her. Her right leg, is the leg she is favoring and it appears to be swollen and warm to the touch. I attached some pics so you can see how swollen it is. it is...
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    My chickens haven't molted yet?

    Hi everyone I have chickens that hatched last February so that would make them a year and a half and they have yet to molt. I have barred rocks, RR ,and ameracaunas. As Murphy's law would have it I am headed out of town and I am worried that they will start to molt while I am gone :/ I have...
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    Winterizing questions

    Ok, So I'm getting ready to get my coop ready for winter and this will be my first winter with my girls... With that said I have yet to winterize, and im looking for helpful advice. I have 5 urban birds 2 RIR, 2 BR and one EE with a fairly large uncovered 20'x15' run and a small covered run...
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    Shell & membrane free egg

    One of my barred rock started laying at 21 weeks she laid one egg skipped a day then appeared to lay an egg with no covering/shell or membrane at all! How normal is this? And now I'm worried she may and maybe the others have had a taste... Should I be worried she will be destroying / eating...
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    Birds seem to prefer open water feeders?

    Ok so I have been going back and for between using a open water gravity fed watering container and nipples and though my birds seem to use the nipples ok...whenever I break out the open water container they act like they haven't had water in days.... So the question is are they really thirsty or...
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    Containers for nipple waters

    Hello I am trying to figure out if I can attach a single nipple waterer to the lid of a container similar to a soda bottle so I can quickly and Inexpensively switch out water?The container would need to be light in weight so my younger children could help with this chore. Thanks in advance!
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