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    how far to release caught mice?

    I bought a catch and release mouse trap as I am scared of the potential of any other of my animals eating poison. I've caught 7 mice so far in the coop. My question is how far away from the coop should I release the little boogers? Obviously I don't want them to come back to the coop, but I...
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    Poultry electrolites for cats?

    I have been giving the Merrick's Poultry Electrolyte and Microbials for my chickens, especially when we have a hot spell. I have kittens who have diarrhea and one thing I read is to give them yogurt which have the microbials in it. Will the Merrick's work. Will it hurt my kittens? Thanks
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    information overload-looking for info foamy eyes

    i can't find an answer for my chickens' bubbly eyes. both have bubbles in the lower corners. no other symptoms. i'm getting ready to go to town & buy antibiotics. looks like tylan or terramycin? i'd like to treat in water for all 12 chickens. any info/links would be great!
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    died in my arms-why?

    I just had a beautiful americana die in my arms. She was about 3 years old. The only symptoms started about 3 days ago. They were lethargic-but not too much, she'd still go out and graze. I was able to pick her up yesterday & looked her over. Her crop was airy with a few seeds I could feel. I...
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    anyone feed their chickens kandy kid dried molasses?

    I'm looking through a flyer from my local farm supply store and see a bag of Kandy Kid Dried Molasses by Stockade. I googled Stockade and it explains its product as a soy granule sprayed with molasses and it stimulates appetites and enhances growth and productivity of livestock. The reason I'm...
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    poopy feathers & black skin on bottom

    I have a 5 year old layer whose first symptoms I saw were her walking gingerly like she hurt her hips. Now she's got poopy feathers. The poop is brown-I don't see any blood. It smells but not tremendously bad. I just examined her and found the skin on her bottom is black and hard. It's about a 2...
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    lame, won't stand-won't eat

    my chicken acts like her hips hurt. not sure if she hurt herself getting down from the roost or what. i've got her in a kennel so she can rest & not move around alot. she'll stand-then almost immediately sit down on her honches (?) not a normal sit anyway. she's not eating or drinking. i've...
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    can fireworks cause heart attack?

    I put my chickens to bed last nite. All was well. Then this morning, one of my 3 year old hens lay dead. She showed no signs of illness. Could the fireworks have scared her so much she had a heart attack? That's the only answer i can come up with.
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    how long to treat before culling?

    I've been nursing a chicken with sour crop for 5 days now. I've done the vinegar/water, yogurt, bread & oil, egg yolk, softened pellets. I've massaged her crop several times a day. She has spit up brown-stinky liquid. She is still pooping-watery brown/green/white. I noticed today her comb/waddle...
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    can't get crop to deflate

    it's been 2 days now. i've been massaging the bottom of her crop, giving her vinegar/water by drops on her beek. she won't eat bread soaked in olive oil or the yogurt. what can i do? do i try to make her vomit? please help my little girl.
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    massaging sour crop-how much pressure to use?

    i have a chicken with a sour crop. i picked her up this a.m. to check for bugs & ALOT of brown, stinky liquid came pouring out, along with a blade of grass. i felt her crop and it is huge and soft-full of air. i have massaged it at the bottom of it as i read-trying not to push anything up she...
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    won't use dust bath

    how can i get my chickens to use the dust bath i've provided them in their coop? i'm dealing with mites so i made them a dust bath with sand, DE and carbaryl. they won't use it. i then added some dirt and still no go. any ideas?
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    closed eye lids-no symptoms

    I have a chicken who has an eye shut. There's no crust, swelling, oozing, nothing. it's just shut. Her other eye had shut about 9 months ago, and now is open but has an eye-lid colored bump on the lower eye-lid. it maybe has grown slightly since it appeared. there were no other symptoms with...
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    eyelid bumps

    I've searched and searched. It looks like her outer eyelids are slowly growing shut. No discharge, no other symptoms at all. She's about 2 yrs old. I haven't tried anything on it.
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    poopy butt, brown liquid from mouth, lethargic

    i've scoured the website looking for answers. i decided to ask. i have a approx. 3 yr. old red. she's been lethargic about a week. she was eating until yesterday, pellets and scratch, and i saw her drinking. her bottom is brown-poop covered. don't know if she'd laid recently. she's not...
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    weak legged hen, nothing else obvious

    This is my second chicken with the same symptoms. She acts weak legged, can walk, but looks painful and very slow. Lays on floor in coop. Doesn't go outside when I let the others out. I lost a girl last week with the same symptoms. She ate the day she died, but had lost alot of weight, but no...
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