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    5-year-old EE attacked by young hens. Wry neck?

    Hi all, Can a wry neck be caused by an attack from other hens? My dominant hen, a 5-year-old EE, was visciously attacked by a group of 2-year-old hens when she went into a molting funk. Since then, she has been cowering and confused. Her neck has been slowly twisting and today her head is...
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    How do you dust a chicken for parasites?

    I've been treating a hen and chicks for what appears to be quill lice, but I'm not sure if I'm doing it right. I keep finding the critters on the feathers. I'm basically catching the frantic birds and shaking the can of permethrin dust on them and quickly rubbing it into the feathers. Should...
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    Mother hen and chicks with creepy crawlies!

    My Cochin hen has a case of either lice or mites (can they be white?) crawling on the spines of her abundant feathers. Some of her mixed breed batch of four-week-old chicks are showing them on their feathers as well. I've treated the hen with Permethrin-based poultry dust twice this week and...
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    Help Needed with Broody and Bird Lice!

    My daughter has a standard Blue Cochin who has been broody since late April, and we've tried every trick we know of to break her of the habit. Now, she's developed a bad case of bird lice. We tried bathing her today in soapy water, but that didn't do much. We're completely frustrated with her...
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    My molting hen keeps TIPPING OVER! What's wrong?

    My bantam Brahma is going through a horrid molt! Now she can't keep her balance toddling around. Is it because she has no flight or wing feathers left? She's stumbling like she's dead drunk! What to do?
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    My hen is molting and has lost almost all her feathers at once!

    My 1 1/2 year-old-hen is in the midst of a horribly dramatic molt. She's lost almost all her feathers at the same time and she is freezing! The temperature here at night has dropped into the thirties. I've just brought her into the house because she looked so pathetic. How can I help her...
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    Daisy's 3-week-old "only chick" has the head shakes...what's up?

    Three plus weeks ago, I posted about my bantam Cochin hen Daisy who wanted a chick really badly. She finally hatched out an "only" (Chrysanthemum) three weeks ago. They're doing great (they've been living in my laundry room with daily visits out to the garden and dust baths), but now, the baby...
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    Is it ok if a hen hatches only one chick?

    Hi! My kids have a mixed flock of backyard chickens, and one of them, an exceptionally small black Cochin bantam, has been broody since early June. We kept trying to break her of it (we have no rooster) and have been completely unsuccessful. In July, we brought home a few fertile eggs for her...
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    Is my EE a roo or a pullet?

    I have a trio of twenty-week-old EEs. Two just began to lay this week, and the hold out is a VERY large and tall rusty red gold bird. It has the fluffiest beard and a slightly larger pea comb than the others. It's body stance is taller and not as hen-like as the others. It's appearance says...
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    First Timer with a Question--Do chickens get allergy eyes?

    Hello to all from the Jersey 'burbs. (Yes, we can have chickens on my cul-de-sac!) We're on our second season with a new batch of Easter Eggers (supposed to be three pullets, but I'll be darned if one's not a rooster) and a gigantic blue Cochin pullet (my 10-year-old's 4H project). Last year's...
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