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  1. MimiChick

    Can chickens get Hemorrhoids?

    I have a Rhode Island Red who has laid BIG eggs from the time she was a pullet. The past few days she has laid a couple of super jumbo eggs. She's a little lethargic tonight and when I checked her vent there's a couple of nodule like protrusions on the bottom part. It looks like hemorrhoids...
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    Winter Molt - Need some reassurance

    I have 2 hens that seem to be going through a hard molt right now. They have bare spots on their rumps, neck and chest. I can see new feathers coming in, but I'm a little concerned because of the cold. They have a dry, draft free (but well ventilated) coop, and they are coming outside even when...
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    Lobster?

    I'm cooking up a batch of lobsters and am wondering if I can give the shells, etc. to my chickens. It's not on the treat list or the do not feed list and for some reason my search function is not working properly so I can't find another post about it. Can someone give me a clue? I'd really...
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    New Coop! And I made it myself!

    I just finished the new coop and I'm really proud of how it came out. I designed and built the entire coop myself (54 year old woman ). My nephew helped me put the sides on the base and my husband helped me put the plywood on the roof and the apron and rocks around the run, but the rest I...
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    Fox Attack? Injury Recovery Information Please

    I think we had a fox attack yesterday. My CM Chocolate is missing and I found my Orp, Tangy Po (8 mos old), just sitting in the driveway. I checked her over and found some shallow puncture marks on her back and leg. I cleaned them and applied blue kote, gave her a few drops of PolyViSol, then...
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    Info on Little Rhody Chickenstock Please?

    Could someone give me some information on the Little Rhody Chickenstock? I'd love to bring my granddaughter to one so she could see the different chickens, etc., but since she's only 5 I'd like to keep it close to home. I've seen on some of the other posts that it's on April 18 and would really...
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    All 4 Girls laying! Easter Egg Basket!!!!!

    I am so thrilled All 4 of my girls are laying and each one lays a different color egg. This is the first egg from each of the girls, with the date they laid it. I blew the eggs out so I could keep them as a memento of that first thrill The picture doesn't really show the difference between...
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    How late in the day will chickens lay?

    I know it takes about 26 hours between eggs. So, if a chicken is scheduled to lay an egg after it's dark and they've "gone to bed", will she get up and lay it? Or will she just wait 'til she gets up in the morning?
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    My First Egg Ever!!!!

    I'm so excited our very first egg, and it's from our 38 week old Ameraucana, Rainbow. I thought our CM, Chocolate, was going to be the first because she began squatting earlier this week. Imagine my surprise to find this lovely blueish egg in the nest box this morning. It's next to a jumbo...
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    She Squatted!!!!!! How long until she lays?

    I'm so excited Yesterday my cuckoo marans, Chocolate, squatted for me. She's 30 to 35 weeks old and has yet to lay an egg (freeloader). None of my other 3 girls (28 to 38 weeks, orps and an ameracauna) have layed yet either so I've been waiting for eggs forever How long does it usually take...
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    WTB in RI Area - All set. Please remove.

    We recently lost my granddaughter's BR pullet. She was just about ready to lay at 5 mos. old. My other 2 girls need 1 or 2 more flockmates to keep them company. I'm looking for 1 or 2 pullets at POL, standard size. Any breed is fine although I'm hoping for a white egg layer and a brown egg layer...
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    she can't walk - SAD UPDATE - We lost Blueberry this afternoon

    My BR, Blueberry, started having trouble walking on Monday. She's 22-26 weeks old, eats layer pellets, veggies, fruits, scratch, etc. She has 2 flockmates and lives in a tractor style playhouse coop. I use DL method in the roost box. Yesterday, I thought she might be egg bound with her first...
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    *I think it's more serious than eggbound? Please help!*

    My BR, Blueberry, seemed to be having a little trouble with her balance this morning, a slight limp, tail down and twitchy. She was eating and drinking fine and I followed her around until she pooped; that was fine too. Sometimes she would walk and run around like normal. Then she'd kind of lose...
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    Can I OD my chickens with Ivermectin?

    I’ve had a problem with mites on one of my chickens, did all the usual (DE/Poultry Dust/Clean Coop/Bath, etc.) and still had a problem. So, I decided to go the Ivermectin route. Went to TSC to get it. The pour on is 14.99 for about 8 oz. I only have 3 chickens and would probably only use about a...
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    I need information on vitamins please - what to get & how to dose

    One of my chickens has been plagued with mites. It's obviously draining her and it was suggested in another post that giving her vitamins might help make her less susceptible. I've treated w/permethrin and DE and am going to get some ivermectin. She seems to be growing more slowly than the other...
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    Why does only ONE chick have mites? Please Help

    I've treated all 3 chickens with poultry dust, but poor Chocolate (CM) keeps getting mites. She's getting a lot of feathers in - I can see them. But the base of the feathers also has a lot of dirt and the sheaths don't seem to be coming off easily. I gave her a bath last month and a lot of dead...
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    WTB RI - Ameracauna Pullet *Update* We got one

    My 4 year old granddaughter's white Ameracauna, Snowflake got taken by a hawk and I desperately need to buy a replacement. She's heartsick because she told all her friends at pre-school she was going to get blue eggs and they didn't beleive her. We only had 3 chicks (now 2) and Snowflake was the...
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    Granddaughter Heartbroken *Update* We have a new chick

    We let our 3 chickie girls out this afternoon as usual and something got our Ameracauna, Snowflake. They were in the yard, and always forage right near the edge of the woods, but I think a hawk caught her before she could get under cover. The other 2 girls were so afraid to come out of the...
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    Do you think she might lay eggs soon?

    I got my 3 chicks as pullets in July. I don't know how old they were, but I'm guessing about 8 weeks. Here's my barred rock, Blueberry, with my 4 year old granddaughter a couple of weeks ago. Since then she (Blueberry) has started to develop wattles and her comb is getting a little bigger. Does...
  20. MimiChick

    Pooping in the dust bath

    I have 3 chickens that I have to leave in their run (4x8) on the 3 days I work outside the home. I have a kitty litter pan for a dust bath for them (sand, dirt, DE, wood ashes). So far the only thing they seem to be using it for is to poop:/. I scoop it with a litter scooper, but I'm...
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