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    Malnourished or starved hens, once they recover will they lay normally?

    Malnourished or starved hens, once they recover will they lay normally? The question kinda sums it up but once a rescued hen or flock recovers will they lay again as they would normally? We are assuming no illness.
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    Help so confused! Ongoing illness causing wasting slowly loosing 1 bird after another, very spread o

    Ok so i been having ongoing issues. I lost a few birds and sent 2 of for necropsy, it cam back mostly inconclusive. (kidney where pale, breast tissue was depleted) some signs that they had cocci maybe but no signs that led the vet to telling me to treat for cocci. So the signs I see are pale...
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    Picked on Hens, 1 is sneezing.... caused by Stress or what?

    So frustrated! I have two hens that are getting picked on, seemingly out of nowhere. I have been using pick no more the last 2 days I think its helping. However, one is missing more tail feathers and they got a bleeder. She just finish molting and now is getting picked on, while applying the...
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    is occasional sneezing normal?

    my flock has sneezed occasionally for some time....... well over a month they don't seem to get worse no other symptoms at all. I have been told this is not normal and to have them tested for MG.... but it seems like they would get worse or better or the situation would change in some form if...
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    How close the the base of feathers can I trim a Polishes Crest?

    I don't want to hurt her i tried trimming a little but i just don't know how much I can take off with out hurting her.... She is getting badly picked on and cant find the other polish so ends up by herself all the time or surrounded by the chickens that pick on her. I am about to try to...
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    integrating new flock members and parting with some... suggestions needed!

    I have 5 hens that are around 7 months old. I have been integrating 5 new chickens that are 2 and 3 months old. 3 of the newbies are 2 months about and are all polish 1 boy and 2 girls 2 of the newbies are 3 months 1 polish & 1 ameraucana right now there are 5 of each group so...
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    Polish - Help me figure out if they are boys or girl!!!

    I have 4 2 - Gold Laced 1 Silver 1 black with white crest. Polish 1, 2 and 3 backs - 5 plus weeks gold laced 2 silver laced 3 silver laced 3 white crest you can see a sliver of the waddle that is reddinging up more back feather shots of polish 1, 2, 3 POLISH 4 - 8...
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    Integrating new flock members

    Introducing my 5 olders girls (just started laying ~6 months) to 6 new chicks (maybe 1 and 2 months or older fully feathered) of the new chicks 4 are polish and can't see the big girls as well as possible. I tried trimming their crest feathers and it helped most of them but one girl as some...
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    Blood still in dropping after a week of treating for cocci....?

    So i am still finding bloody dropping from time to time after a week of them being treated with Corid ... 2 teas per gallon mixed fresh each day. I had them on corrid the 2 week prior but was not mixing fresh each day. It seems like I should not see bloody dropping anymore is this correct...
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    Training egg keeps getting moved out of nesting box...

    So i have 5 hens very very close to laying. I got several training eggs and put them in the nest boxes. My SLW keeps pulling one of the eggs out into the coop. I have no idea why or how to get her to leave it in the box. ther are 3 nest boxes 2 with 2 training eggs and 1 with 1 training eggs. Is...
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    Coccidiosis? or something else need advice... ***photos***

    Once Upon a Time: I got an Ameraucana and an Isbar from a local small breeder...She cared for them the 1st week until they were strong and healthy then gave them to me. My husband really wanted a polish chick, I searched hi and low to find one the same age as these 2 so they could be in the...
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    How do I flush my chickens eye with Vetricyn eye wash

    it comes in a squirt bottle but it seems like that would be really intense. Do i just spay it on her eye wile trying to holder it open? I googled and you tube this and got nothing so figured someone must know how since it is often recommended.
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    Chicken eye has something going on

    Ok need some advice. New to chickens and they are testing my knowledge. Planning on heading down to TSC or Farmland to pick something up... I noticed yesterday one of my girls is not opening her eye all the time. I took a close look and it kinda looked like she had something in her eye...but i...
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    question about Pumpkin/Melon box brooder

    I got a melon box from a grocery store! Super excited to give the chicks ample space. I just have a question about the floor and the folded cardboard. there are substantial lips where the folds are... these seem like large tripping hazards? I was going to tape over them to seal it for the...
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    Kitsap County Feed Options?

    what are my best options in Kitsap county for feed? any local places make feed/? is there a brand that is good? I didn't realize the different brands made such a difference until I had issues with my chicks while on Albers and then had multiple people tell me that brand was garbage. So what do...
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    Ok need help figuring out what wrong and what to do ... warning photos

    I have 2 chicks that seem to have problems. I think it might be vent Gleet .... I could be totally wrong. I am not sure whos poop it whos. But I have 2 that have icky butts. I have seen this one poop normal poops but she seems to have fluid leaking out of her vent and her vent is "pulsating?"...
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    chicken math has hit me!

    ...I started my adventure as a chicken owner in march of 2015. I had a plan to build a little coop 4x4 not including nest boxes, it was going to be so cute! I got 4 chicks all would be good layers and cold hardy so I got a Silver laced wyandotte, a danish leghorn, Plymouth Barred Rock and a...
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    New chick sneezing

    other then the sneezing she seems fine but I have other chicks and have limited space so dont know what to do...... She is a polish and has large nostril maybe thats why? does look like there is dust or something in there .... is this normal?
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    Looking for advice on adding to my flock and traveling with a baby chick!

    Looking for advice early on... I am adding 3 chickens to my flock soon. Right now I have 2 of the new little ones in the brooder and will be picking up the third little girl on saturday. They will be in the brooder for a few weeks so I am just needing suggestions on how best to introduce the new...
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    They got brave enough to leave the coop and go into the run!!!!

    It took them 3 days to decide that they should go down the ramp and into the run, I even put strawberries on the ramp and they didnt go for it. They kept staying up at the top and looking around then going back into their safety zone. We have 1 that is still up in the coop making all sorts of...
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