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  1. MichelleT

    Lame Chick

    Hello everyone! Bleeding heart chicken and bunny lover here. I just got a text from a friend of mine that her cousin has about 40 chickens and one of her "4ish week old" chicks has a leg problem. The cousin isn't willing to take the chick to a vet, so I said I'd do some research and see what I...
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    Perpentual Crop Problems

    Hello everyone! I have a Speckled Sussex (3 years old) that has had a perpetual reoccuring crop problem for over a year now. I can usually get it cleaned up with massages, crop bra, anti-fungal meds and the occasional stool softener and we have a couple months of reprieve before it starts over...
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    Adopt a Duck?

    Okay, crazy crazy question here.... I have 5 hens (about to be 4😢) in a backyard environment - it's a large backyard (1/3 acre) but within city limits. I am not looking to get more hens/chicks because I have Marek's in my flock, so that's a whole 'nother story. I have recently come across a...
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    Thoughts on respiratory distress

    Before I begin, here is my disclaimer. I have a Marek's infected mini-flock, infected 5 years ago. I have done in-depth Marek's research, and do not need comments on Marek's but rather on the respiratory infection that is infecting one of my girls. I know that these two things cannot be...
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    Saving a baby bunny?

    I know, I know. Most people would rather NOT have rabbits around, but I don't mind them. This morning I found a baby bunny (a little bigger than a softball) in our chicken yard area. It appears to be paralyzed other than small movements and it's breathing and it's little nose is going. It's...
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    Dry ice to kill rats

    Hello! Like most chicken keepers, I have pest problems in the form of mice and rats. The mice I can deal with pretty well, but rats? Not so much. I have tried snap traps, live traps, electric kill boxes and poison. The first three work well for 1-2 rats, but then they learn. The poison I hate...
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    Supportive Care for Lame Bird

    Hi! I'm not sure if this should go here or in "Managing Your Flock" so please let me know if I should repost in that forum instead. I have a 2+ year old hen that has survived a bout with Marek's disease. (Yes, it is confirmed in my flock by multiple necropsies.) I did not euthanize her when...
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    Thin Shelled Eggs... an epidemic

    Hello all! I have 7 layers and 3 pullets close to POL. 1 is older (6-7 years is our best approximation) 1 is 2 years old the other 5 are a little over a year old. The older gal has had some thin-shelled eggs as she has aged. The others have been fine... until now... as of about a month ago...
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    19 week old chick/pullet not improving

    1) 19 week old Cream Legbar/Buff Orpington mix... yes she has lost weight since this began about 2 weeks ago. 2) A week and a half ago I noticed that she was less adventurous than her peers (and she had always been the most adventurous). After keeping an eye on her she began going 'downhill...
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    Oxine in a Bird Bath?

    Hello everyone! I wasn’t exactly sure where to post this, but since my birdbath is in my garden I felt this was the closest spot.:) I have, for quite a while now, been using oxine to disinfect my coop, feeders and waterers. I know that some even put it in poultry and livestock water. I have...
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    Growing Greens for your Girls (and boys)

    Hello! We're expanding our "chicken yard" and I have the ability to protect some crops from foraging poultry. I already grow extra greens in our garden (kale mostly) and feed them any extra veggie tops as we don't eat them (carrots, beets, etc.) BUT what I'm looking to do is to grow something...
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    Lame bird in a matter of minutes...

    1) What type of bird , age and weight (does the chicken seem or feel lighter or thinner than the others.) Black Australorp, 8 months, lost weight within the last week 2) What is the behavior, exactly. My Black Australorp, Greta, came down with an eye issue last week. She had no...
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    Elevated coop bedding...

    This is our second elevated coop (chicken math!) and while I love the ease of cleaning, I get a LOT of used bedding that is slow to compost. The POW coop has sand as the bedding of the elevated coop and i thought “sand! hmmm...” If you have an elevated coop, do you use sand on the floor? If...
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    Repiratory Illness or Something Else?

    I'm not sure if this should be in this forum, or in the Raising Chicks forum... it's a little of both. 12 days ago we brought home 6 chicks of varying ages - 6 days to 3-1/2 weeks. I got them from a certified NPIP breeder. They're inside (basement) in a brooder with a mother hen pad. They...
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    Droopy wings normal maybe?

    I just got our six new chicks yesterday. They range in age from one week to almost 4 weeks old. This one, a speckled Sussex, acts like all the rest but her wings droop. I’m wondering if it’s just because the feathers are so long (none of the others have feathers this long yet). Or is it...
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    Thicker Shells?

    Four years ago we adopted some “retired” organic industry layers... all red sex links. I did my research and realized that because these birds were bred to lay a lot of eggs early in their lives, we would probably end up with some sort of reproductive problems at some point. And this has been...
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    Sick pullet... Mystery! Thoughts about next steps?

    Indie, approx 11 month-old Easter Egger, started self-separating about 3 weeks ago. She started being bullied by the old girls, appetite decreased and she became very timid. I treated them all with Corid in case of Cocci. She has lost a good deal of weight (and she was small to start... both...
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    Adding to a Marek's infected flock?

    Last year we had a chick that was supposedly vaccinated for Marek's that died. The necropsy showed that the cause of death was Marek's. I have to admit, I have done a LOT of reading on Marek's disease, and I just get more and more confused. I'm not sure if I inadvertantly carried it in or...
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    Head Shaking?

    I have a pullet (10 months old) that a week ago started acting a little slow... she separated herself from the rest (two other 10-month-old pullets and two 5-years (or more) old hens) at mealtime, waiting to eat until the others were done. Then she would often head off by herself. She quit...
  20. MichelleT

    Tape Worms??

    Sorry in advance for the length of this post... I just wanted to make sure the full story was considered... For the past 2 months or so I've had an on-again-off-again situation with loose stools. I wormed the flock (5 laying birds, 2 hens and 3 pullets) with Safeguard in early October and all...
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