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    Crop problem? Greenish Diarrhea.....All suggestions appreciated!

    I've noticed my five year old Barred Rock, Wild Thing, has not been her usual self for the last few days. She has had greenish yellow poop around her vent. I put wax paper under her spot on the night roost and will try to post photos of her very liquid poop. When I let the girls out this...
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    Zen or Hen?

    Is it a sign of my mental lapse that I believe each of our hens has a very distinct personality and that my mind decides that I will assign each hen a fantasy/cartoon type voice that seem to match her nature? I mentally create little interactions between them as well as their thoughts and...
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    Painless exit method?

    We are going to be away from home for five weeks and our very kind neighbor will be keeping our chickens supplied with food and water. The heat here will continue to be very miserable but we have done the best we can to provide shade and ventilation for the hens. They will be confined to...
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    DFW area chicken sitter

    Any suggestions for how to find a chicken sitter for DFW area (Keller/Grapevine/Southlake)? Any local groups I might contact?
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    Mosquitos in coop....moth balls?

    I thought that once a chicken had fowl pox (dry) they established immunity for the future. Not so for my girls....Each year when mosquito season begins chickens get black sores on their combs. So far they don't seem terribly bothered (I dab antibiotic cream on the scabs) but I hate the idea that...
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    Salpingitis? Calcium? Antibiotics?

    Yesterday morning an egg was found under roost with no shell or membrane. By afternoon Blondie, 2 year old Buff Orpington, was definitely sick....back hunched up, little interest in treats, lethargic.....totally different from her normal behavior. She was first to go into the coop yesterday...
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    Why is it always the favorite chicken who gets sick?

    Why does it seem like it is always the most friendly, favorite, lap sitting chicken who gets sick.....I'm waiting/hoping for a phone call from the avian vet who has treated my 22 year old Cockatiel for several years. I've never had to take a chicken to see this excellent doctor but she has told...
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    Ivermectin for depluming mites

    Since depluming mites give live birth shouldn't pour on Ivermectin require only one treatment? I can see why more treatment would be needed if these mites laid eggs which would hatch out later, but everything I've read (that seems legitimate) says these mites give live birth.......
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    Is this normal?

    Is this color comb and all the little scab like "stuff" on the faces of our older girls normal? Our three old hens have had problems with scaley leg mites and I'm wondering if the lack of color in their combs and kind of gunk bits on their faces are a problem. They have always been kept...
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    Tried everything/ can't break broody/ advice appreciated!

    I've read and tried everything I can find on how to break a broody (days and days of chicken jail 4 ft off the ground with ice packs all over floor forcing roosting on 2x4, along with cold water dunks). Nothing has had any effect. With last purchase of chicks sixteen months ago I got two Buff...
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    scratch grain with bugs? Powder?

    I'm not sure if the scratch grain we just bought has a problem and should be returned. I haven't noticed a problem with scratch we've bought in the past but I didn't really examine it carefully. We store feed on our covered back porch in metal garbage cans and keep the lids on to discourage...
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    Overproductive (?) Buff Orp

    We got 5 day old chicks on March 12th--3 Barred Rocks and 2 Buff Orpingtons. One of the Buffs is very friendly and is definitely my favorite. I'm concerned because she laid her first egg, pullet sized, on August 31 and has laid an egg every single day since. The other Buff began laying small...
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    First time worming. Valbazen...unsafe?

    Four Barred Rocks are 4+ years old; never wormed. I've ordered Valbazen, but just read worming could kill them if they have an overload of worms. They've always been healthy until just recently when I discovered mites (unfortunately assorted). Sprayed coop twice with permethrin, dusted chickens...
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    Risk of scaley leg mite transfer?

    We have one group of 4 older hens. When checking them over a couple of months ago I noticed reddish marks on the legs of the oldest hen. There were dark edges around the scales on her feet and those of another hen which did not wash off as I thought dirt would. I treated all four by washing...
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    molting or sickness: Vet says blood transfusion or euthanasia

    Pepper is worse. Took her to the avian vet this AM and was told blood work indicated severe anemia. Normal red blood count 45 and Pepper at 5. Vet says only chance is to bring in another chicken and do blood transfusion at cost of $1,500 and several days of hospitalization will be needed...
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    molting or sickness?

    My Barred Rock hen has molted with no problems in the past. This time seems much worse. She is hunched over and I'm worried that she is actually ill. She has eaten scrambled eggs I've hand fed her, she seems to have food in her crop and I've seen a normal poop, but her posture and general...
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    Medicated feed after Marek's vaccination?

    My one week old chicks have been on medicated feed, although I did have them vaccinated for Marek's. Does this mean their vaccination no longer gives them any protection? Should I change to regular feed or is it too late? I read somewhere that MannaPro was supposed to be good feed so that is...
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    Best date to order chicks?

    Dates available to order are Oct. 1 through end of October. I will have to be away from home at Thanksgiving. If I order for first of October, will I be able to leave the chicks for 3 nights? I'm only getting 3 BRs.
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    Slow, slow, slow.....

    Since the changes in BYC it takes forever and ever to try to read anything! We are on fios and everything else is super fast....just BYC is dragging. I don't enjoy it at all anymore and am going to begin looking for something that works quickly enough that I don't fall asleep while staring at...
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