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    chicken has diahrea stuck under her tail feathers, has been lethargic for 4 days

    Today she was breathing with her beak open so I brought her in the house where the AC is on and it helped, but her breathing is still labored. She has diahrea stuck under her tail feathers and has been lethargic for 4 days.I put sulfamethazine sodium "Sulmet" in her water. Any ideas what might...
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    very few eggs, what they do lay they are eating

    My chickens used to lay 8 - 10 eggs per day , are now laying maybe 4 per week and I find broken shells and saw one run over and peck open an egg when she saw me come in the coop.They are well fed with vitamins added to their water, organic chicken crumble, chicken scratch, lots of fresh veggies...
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    Dead flattened chicken

    This isnt the first dead chicken I have had but it is the second one that I cant figure out what happened. Perfectly healthy and vigorous today, went out tonight to close up the coop and it was behind the grain bins looking like something sat on it. I found one last week the same way. No...
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    What do I mix with sand in my chicken yard?

    I was reading some info on using sand for my chicken yard and there was something I was supposed to mix in with it but I lost the info. Anyone know what it is? It was abbreviated using initials. There is an odor like fermenting broccoli coming from the pen area, I think its because I am missing...
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    Have I used the wrong medicine?

    I put Neosporin on my chickens wound from an attack, it has the pain relief feature, is that a bad idea?
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    Hen has puncture wound

    I started a thread about my chickens getting attacked, one died, today noticed a triangle shaped chunk of skin about 1/4 of an inch wide out of the side under the wing, not really deep but the edges of the wound are apart. How do I treat this? I cleaned it and put Neosporin on it, I do have some...
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    Something be-heading my chickens

    I have had hawk attacks, but this looks different. The body is found in a different place from the head, one time intestines were with the head, body 20 feet away. Sometimes the flesh is striped from the neck with the head still on, the body is never eaten, sometimes a big hole in the breast...
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    My silkie is suddenly getting picked on.

    I have been treating my chickens with Corid and wormer after getting advice from a vet online. My Silkie is still feeling under the weather for the past week, and the last 2 days has been bullied and had the back of her head bleed after being pecked by 2 Rhode Island Reds that she has been...
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    still losing one chicken every 10 days

    I have used sulfamethazine in their water as suggested by my local feed store where I bought some of my chicks that are now 6 months old, they act lethargic for a few days and weak, then they die. They die one chicken at a time about every 10 days. So far its been all my 6 month olds, not my...
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    Sick chickens

    I have lost 3 chickens one at a time to some kind of illness. They start by getting inactive and listless, then they just lay still and stop walking, then they die in a couple days. No other symptoms that I can see. Any ideas or what I should do?
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    Thanks for such a friendly Welcome!

    I was searching for info. online about illnesses in chickens. My young hen looked all oily and has a bad odor, I have noticed the odor on other things in the coop, and on one of the eggs. I took her in my house, bathed her and kept her in overnight. She perked up next day and seemed ok,but still...
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