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    Impacted Crop

    Hey All- I have a hen who is molting and her crop is impacted. Did oil and massage last two days. It seemed like I moved some of the impacted material down into the gizzard. When I left this morn for work it was a tennis ball size and after the massage was more like a lime. Should I keep...
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    4 mo old Brahma's won't hang with the existing flock

    So I merged the two Brahmas with my existing flock of 4 (all mixed breeds) and the babies are so afraid of the big girls that they won't even hang while free ranging in yard. Will get kinda close but run away asap. at night they fear for their lives going in the coop but, no blood has ever been...
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    26 deg tonight have to leave coop open... ok?

    I'm going overnight and it's going to be 24-26 degrees. I usually close the coop door and open in the morning at daybreak. The coop is inclosed in a predator proof run. Is it too cold to leave the door open?
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    Buff - watery white poo, eyes closed, slight wheezing,

    Help! I lost a chicken about 2 weeks ago... (autopsy done and no results yet... a little white on the liver.... waiting for biopsy) now I have a Buff that is sleepy, and watery white poo, little wheeze I did worm her about 4 weeks ago and gave another dose incase that was too low 2 days ago. I...
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    how long to nurse a sick chicken b4 deciding to put down?

    I just don't know how long to try and nurse her back... My chicken had worms and mites... treated 2 weeks ago for the worms just found the mites a few days ago... hand feeding her as she's too weak to walk- how long do you think it will take her to regain her strength?
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    Wasn't Merricks was worms!

    I posted about my broody girl becoming so weak and no longer able to walk... thought is was merricks, but had her stool tested and found roundworm and another type of egg... That's what's sucking the life out of her! Being broody make her not strong enough to fight off or deal with worms. Many...
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    Merricks and my broody hen? : (

    I take my 2 broody girls out often hoping to break them as we have no rooster... and so they drink and eat. Yesterday our miniature leghorn could no longer stand- think it's merricks. I hand fed her avacado, and some plain yougart hoping the fat and probiotics would help. Perhaps it's a...
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    Two different issues and 1 crazy me!

    We have a broody for almost a month now... A 2nd one started! Oh boy... And two chickens sleep outside the coop in the run on perches... I think that's ok as it's not cold yet and they're enclosed .... I'll take opinions please! And help!
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    Broody girl

    Yes I've read it all on broody hens! Ha! Our Pullet has been broody for over a week. We have "let" nature take it's course, but are removing all eggs asap, taking her out 4 times a day to eat, drink and establish her place in the order, even took her in the pool to try and cool her off... she...
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    lone pullet sleeping outside of coop in run

    Checked on my Chickens when I came home tonight... My BO who is near the bottom of the totem pole, was sleeping out on a roost in the run. Everyone else was in the coop... why? I did pick her up and put her in the coop. I leave the coop door open and secure the run as the heat is too much...
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    BO is often alone seems sad...

    My BO was the last chicken to join our flock 3 months+ ago. She is at the lower end of the pecking order and is overly docile. I find her sitting alone in the mulch out front while all the others are foraging in the woods out back... she has stopped letting me pick her up as well. : ( Maybe...
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    My chickens see really really well...

    Do you're chickens see you really well? They look at me through the window even when I'm far away... they know when I'm watching. It's really cool but, weird! My dog doesn't see that well! Anyone else?
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    Spoiled little flock

    My 7 chickens are 6 months old and spoiled. All different breeds, all our pets... They free range the property but, our dog is out to watch and we are around most of the time. Had company over and we were sitting by the pool eating dinner. Our road island red came behind my son and took his...
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    Sounds woke me up...

    First the normal rooster alarm... then wild weird crazy chicken noises. Looked out window and there was the biggest fox I'd ever seen... I just screamed out the window and ran outside with a broom. Leaving my dog inside- worried for him. They are so freaked out it's been an hour now and they...
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    Stupid me!

    I've Had to divide my flock as I have new chicks in w older ones. 6 live inside coop and 2 live in run in a tub with chips and a wood barrier for rain etc... Tonight I noticed the leghorn was not in the tub with the other- she was on a branch I put in the run on the babies side. So I lifted her...
  16. Cuccismith

    Hi

    Hey I'm Jill - have 6, 2-3 month olds, and 2 9 month old laying hens... just trying to get everyone together... this is difficult! Here to learn. Thanks
  17. Cuccismith

    Escaped!

    our 2 New hens (2 weeks in pen) 9 mos old wandered out of the run while I was cleaning... will they know to come back? I feel silly as I want them to learn to free range but, am worried. It's a rainy day and I've left the run's door open.
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