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  1. Amelia Egghart

    One FAT Barred Rock!

    Ok I know BRs can be a bit over zealous when it comes to food but my Fatty Ophelia (Oafie for short) .... takes the cake. It's gotten to the point where you can hear her running to you before you can see her. Running to you, because she thinks you have treats. Her feet pounding and heavy...
  2. Amelia Egghart

    Moldy waterer! Now 2 sick hens. Crop/ intestinal issues.

    It's like the bird issues never end! Who said chickens were easy again?? ACV: apple cider vinegar ACS: acidified copper sulfate Ok so about a week ago I noticed a hen had runny poo and a dirty butt. I washed her a couple days ago and found she had a squishy crop as well. She's a 4 year old...
  3. Amelia Egghart

    Moldy waterer! Now 2 sick hens. Crop/ intestinal issues.

    It's like the bird issues never end! Who said chickens were easy again?? ACV: apple cider vinegar ACS: acidified copper sulfate Ok so about a week ago I noticed a hen had runny poo and a dirty butt. I washed her a couple days ago and found she had a squishy crop as well. She's a 4 year old...
  4. Amelia Egghart

    Rooster with multiple sores on face

    I have a 2.5 year old phoenix rooster who had an injury on his right lower ear lobe this past spring. It healed over with a lump. I didn't think anything of it until the lump started getting bigger and then opened into a sore. Took him to the vet who did a quick cut and stitch and put him on...
  5. Amelia Egghart

    Extremely stinky dark poop with high moisture content (not cecal) and swollen abdomen

    Ok, here goes! She's a two year old marans and I've noticed a higher foot temperature when I pick her up than the others. The poop is dark, gnarly stinky with high moisture (like a slurry) and her abdomen seems swollen. I'm thinking she has a gut infection. Enteritis? But what do you think? 1)...
  6. Amelia Egghart

    Blue Olive Egger cockerel for sale in San Diego, CA

    I'm terrible at posting with pictures, but managed to get a craigslist ad up, so I hope it's okay for me to just put a link here: https://sandiego.craigslist.org/nsd/grd/6236246580.html My faverolle broody hatched only one chick successfully on May 20 and of course he's a boy! I am at my...
  7. Amelia Egghart

    Yellow and green poop, lethargic hen

    I'm leaning toward EYP but I'm not sure, first time I've seen this and of COURSE she's my favorite hen (and the name I chose for this site): 1) What type of bird , age and weight (does the chicken seem or feel lighter or thinner than the others.) Barred Plymouth Rock. 2 years, 3 months. She's...
  8. Amelia Egghart

    Anyone successfully put a fat hen on a diet?

    Hi there, BYCers! I noticed a bit of occasional tail bobbing on one of my two year old barred rock hens who also happens to be the Food Cop of the flock. I picked her up and felt her keel all the way from front to back and instead of staring at a point and ending at a point, she started at a...
  9. Amelia Egghart

    Stressed rooster acting crazy

    Nero is my 1.5 year old Easter egger rooster. I'm concerned there's something wrong. 1. I think he's molting but it's not going head to tail, he's lost tail and wing feathers and a bunch of body fluff. Have only seen a few new feathers growing but he doesn't have any bare patches (other than no...
  10. Amelia Egghart

    Best way to euthanize a chick?

    Hello! I came home from the feed store today with a runty 3 day old silver Phoenix chick. At first I thought it might just need some TLC, vitamins and special attention as I thought it just had wry neck and a curled foot. But now that I'm more acquainted, it's looking like it might be deformed...
  11. Amelia Egghart

    Help! Rooster has a throat problem!

    This morning when I let the birds out of their run into the yard, the secondary rooster wasn't acting right. He's letting out a horribly weak sounding whine with every exhale. He's following the others but isn't very into digging and scratching, he's just making that sound on exhale and closing...
  12. Amelia Egghart

    New to chickens and BYC!

    Hello BYCers! I'm new here and to the realm of chickening. I'm in sunny San Diego, CA in the town of Fallbrook on a half acre with a small flock of five... "pullets." Yes, those quotation marks come with a cost: 2/5 of my girls are looking (and sounding) like big, beautiful boys! :/ At 13 weeks...
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