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    Is this a prolapse? (Photo)

    I'm still a newbie and have never seen anything like this. She was standing hunched outside, straining periodically. I brought her in to keep the others from pecking at her and for treatment; am I right to assume this is a prolapse? Thanks!!
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    Pecked vent - intestine hanging out? (Pics)

    Yesterday afternoon I discovered two hens with bloody heads and one with a bloody vent. Brought the pecked girl in and drenched the area with wound spray. A bit later I realized something that looks like a long string of intestine is hanging down, dripping poo. She's standing hunched up and...
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    Can chicken with bald spot stay in coop in -20 windchill?

    I noticed when I was doing my nightly check that one of my nine hens has a bald spot on her rump that I assume the other girls did to her (they've been bored, despite having scratch thrown out in a greenhouse with pine bedding to scratch in, plus I think I've been giving too many treats). There...
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    Returning healed chicken from warm house to flock in very cold garage

    I have a hen in a dog crate in my laundry room. She just finished a course of Baytril injections for a respiratory illness and seems fully recovered, but she's lonely and bored out of her mind. It's 65F in the laundry room but around 30F in the garage, where I'm keeping the other eight hens in a...
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    Vet says gapeworm, recommends unavailable treatment; options?

    I took my sick girl to the vet today with symptoms of standing around inactive, drooping tail, and open-mouth breathing. She could find nothing wrong on exam or on throat swab for bacteria and parasites. She thinks it's probably gapeworm because there are wild pheasants running around on our...
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    Egg-bound with first egg? (Hunched, tail down, open-mouthed)

    I have a five-month-old pullet who seemed less active than usual yesterday but with no other symptoms. Today she is standing in place, looking a little hunched, with her tail down and mouth slightly open. There is no nasal discharge and her eyes look fine. She has not yet started laying eggs...
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    Afraid I'm somehow (accidentally) killing my pullets!

    Hi, all, thanks so much for any advice/suggestions you may have! Of course whenever I find out that something is really wrong, it's after all the vets have closed for the day. I have nine, nine-week-old pullets. They get organic chick starter and "chickie-puffs" supplement from MPC plus...
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    Separate a weak/pasted chick or no? Newbie advice, please?

    Hi, all! I have my first-ever brood of chicks (started with ten but lost one the first night ). Eight of the nine remaining are super-energetic and growing like weeds but the ninth has pasty butt that is probably my fault for having the brooder too warm at first and keeping sugar water in too...
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    Sweeter Heater and ambient temp & light for brooding chicks?

    Hi, all, Rank newbie here so please don't laugh too hard at my stupid questions. ;) I have ten chicks arriving next week and am trying to decide where to set up the brooder. I'd originally planned to use my garage since it's usually brighter and a little warmer than the basement. But then it...
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