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    Mareks or Ocular Mareks? Could this be why my birds are getting ill?

    HI there, I have done a few quite a few posts now about sick birds and I think I am coming to the bottom of it. Maybe? I have read a lot about Mareks but I still have some specific questions. I have had 2 birds get sick and I have had to kill from things that were a little different. One had...
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    General poor chicken health... Why?

    I am just looking for some general advice here. I have a sick chicken at this moment who I can only figure has possibly water belly or something like internal laying. She is a red sex link. I got her and 6 other hens a year and a half ago as already mature layers. They were supposedly 1 or 2...
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    Help! One chicken died and now another is acting sick.

    I am really struggling to figure out what is going on with my chickens. Around a month ago I got two buff orpintons that were probably 2 or 3 months old. Supposedly they were siblings of another one I got a few weeks before them. Suddenly one of the new buff orpintons started acting ill. I...
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    Very Lethargic Pullet with closed eye and not eating and drinking!

    So a couple weeks ago, I came outside and suddenly one of my 3 month old pullets had a closed eye. I thought it got pecked on by an older hen while out free ranging with them. It did not look very swollen or have any puss coming out from it. I decided to leave it and see it if healed on its own...
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    Chicken suddenly will not open eye! Possible injury or illness?

    HI All, My almost 3 month old buff orp was out free ranging in the yard with the big hens. There was plenty of space for them to stay away from each other. However, I think that maybe one of my big girls may have pecked the little one in the eye. She was completely fine and an hour later her...
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    10 week old chick wobbly on legs and curled toes

    Looking for some advice on my 10 week old chick. She seems to be wobbly on her legs. She can walk and stand up but it seems that her feet turn out more and her hock joints seem to almost touch when she walks. I can see flexibility or instability in her "hip" area. Also two of her toes on one...
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    2 week old chick is suddenly not walking well

    Hey everyone, I have had four new chicks for a week now but they are just over two weeks old. They have been doing great until today. I went down to check on them for the third time today and one of my Dominique's does not seem to be able to walk well. She will take a few steps and sit down...
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    Chicken laying lash "egg" is someting wrong with my flock?

    Hey there everyone, I have read and read about the possibilities of what is going on with my bird or birds and I still cannot figure it out. So I am reaching out to this community to see if I can get some ideas from the experts. The main issue is that I have one hen who has been seeming sick...
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    Sudden sick chicken

    Hey all, I have been searching the internet to find answers but am having a hard time figuring much out. I have a small flock of 7 hens that I have had since November. This is my first time raising hens and I admit I do not know much about this illness category. Everyone has seemed to be fine...
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    treating a chicken with frostbite inside

    HI There, It's official, the frigid temps of MN have gotten to my girls combs. I now have a couple girls with minor frost bite and one with a bit worse. My hen with the biggest comb has it on a pretty large part of her comb. It is not yet black but it is white/grayish and swollen. She also has...
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    Cold Chicken Coop and possible frost bite

    Hi all, I am a new chicken keeper of 7 hens a few weeks ago. I live in Minnesota and the weather as gotten cold/snowy and windy pretty quick. I moved into a new house that has a log building on the property. It is obvious that the previous owners had chickens in it at some point. So I decided to...
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    Peaking order and roosting during cold nights

    Hi Folks, I have just gotten a flock of hens that have been divided out of a bigger flock. I have seven total. It has been a week that we have had them and I see that they are establishing a peaking order. I live in Minnesota and am thinking about cold nights to come and am wondering about how...
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