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    Head Bob and Eye Twitch - when do I know if it’s Newcastle?

    Hello all - My 3 y/o Black Sex Link hen has been a little lethargic with little to no egg production for a couple months. She stopped flying up to her coop, but doesn’t mind if I place her there and gets down fine. She keeps up all right with my energetic Leghorn...sometimes. But just today I...
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    Second Hawk Attack in Two Weeks?

    We've free-ranged our four birds for more than a year and never had any problems with predators--super-secure coop, always put them in before or just after dark. But two weeks ago, our neighbor who was putting them in couldn't find one, and the next morning there was no trace of her anywhere on...
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    Hen Limping--Bruised Foot?

    Having not seen BJ the Black Sex Link yesterday, I came home today to find that she was keeping weight off her left foot (behaving normally otherwise). Here are pictures of her feet and a video of her walking: I checked for broken toes and bumblefoot, but both feet look/feel the same...
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    Sour Crop, Heat Stress, or Something Else???

    Hello, Some things I have to clear up: 1. I am only with my chickens for 1/2 the week, and was not been around the one who is now sick a few hours ago (before 6:00). 2. I will be leaving for vacation first thing tomorrow morning (someone will check on them every 2 days) so I need to know...
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    Need to stop feather pecker fast w/ limited options

    Just this past week, my White Leghorn has been eating the butt and neck feathers of my (accidental pet) Cornish Rock. I very much doubt that she has a protein deficiency; she eats a regular layer crumble supplemented about once a week with a hard-boiled egg. I think she is probably just bored...
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    Coughing, sneezing--should I treat with tylosin? What could be the cause?

    This morning, we let our birds out to free-range for the first time in months because the temperature had risen a few degrees above freezing. I noticed that one of my 10-month-old pullets was coughing and wheezing. She had difficulty breathing and eating at the same time but her appetite didn't...
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    ⠀ CoQ10 Dosage for Cornish X Pullet

    I recently purchased some veterinary CoQ10 for my 5 month old Cornish X Pullet (who seems to be doing fine so far) after reading that it can help strengthen the heart. The directions say to dilute it into the water, but since all 5 of my pullets share a water supply, I would have no way of...
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    VERY high concentration of worms in feces [RESOLVED]

    Four of my pullets have always slept on the board on top of their nesting boxes rather than on their roost. Since I now understand that this is a major hygiene issue, the coop they will move into in a month or so will have measures to prevent this. However, today, after leaving them in someone...
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    What temperatures can a Cornish X survive?

    The hen in my avatar is a Cornish X that I am keeping--not for meat, I just received "him" accidentally. It's gotten up to 96 degrees today where I live, and I haven't had a chance to check on him. He pants even at 80 degree temperatures, although he cools down when he gets a drink. He has...
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    What breed might my black pullet be?

    This is Big Jeff. A friend got her for Easter at a feed store in a very mixed bag. She's 10 weeks old (at least, I'm fairly sure she's a pullet--her comb's always been redder than the others' but not bigger), and she's got me completely stumped on what breed she is. She's got some green sheen to...
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    Hello, everybody!

    Hello! I'm a longtime chicken dreamer who recently acquired my first 4 week old babies. It was rather sudden, however, and all we had time to do was throw a coop together. For the past 5 weeks, they've sadly been mostly confined in an indoor, 24 square foot area (although we have just had an...
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