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  1. GrayAcres

    which antibiotics do I use

    I have not had to treat any of my hens yet, but would like to have meds on hand (because you know it will be on a Sunday night when they get sick.) Can anyone tell me where to find a list of meds for treating the most common injuries/ailments? I keep amoxicillin on hand for the cats but would...
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    molting question

    My 5 girls are now 1 year old. For several days I've noticed feathers around their run but didn't think about molting. This week one girl came out with a bald neck. We thought she had been pecked so we isolated her and applied BluKote. The skin was not bleeding or raw really. This is our...
  3. GrayAcres

    Broody or sick?

    We have 5 hens and a rooster. They are all almost 1 year old. We think one of the hens has gone broody. she sits on the nest ALL of the time unless we physically move her. We make her eat and then she goes right back to the nest. This is not really a problem to us because we make sure she...
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    bringing in chicks at night

    Our 5 hens are 9 months old and we just finished their pen. (They have been living inside on our back porch.) I was confident about leaving them out all the time until I started reading the posts. Now I'm worried our pen won't stand against the racoons that live in the yard. My question is...
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    thing hanging out of vent

    I have a very pretty hen in my backyard that has adopted us. We cannot get near her but have noticed something very long and "wet looking" hanging from her vent (touches the ground). It appears to be kind of white, like a mucus. I have searched to try to find answers but have been...
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    need help breaking broody hen

    I have a hen who has been broody for over a month now. There are no roosters so there will be no chicks and we collect eggs everyday. All of the hens lay in the area and when they lay she takes their eggs. We force her off the nest 2x a day and she eats/drinks well. Her poops are good, firm...
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    roosters sitting on eggs

    I am new a new chicken mom and have noticed that my roosters sit on the eggs. Is this normal? They appear to care more about them than the hens.
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