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    How to keep a hen in the infirmary crate entertained and subdued!

    Our poor hen Henrietta has some internal injuries (confirmed by a vet who did x rays and found several spots of concern on her back and ribs) that most likely occurred from her falling off a perch during a rough molt and has been confined to the infirmary crate for a month!! She has only been...
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    Can’t persuade molting hen to eat

    We currently have a 3 and 1/2 year old Rhode Island Red (Henrietta) that is going through a rough molt. She started with a decreased appetite last Friday but acting normal otherwise, digging scratching, talking to us, drinking, just a decrease in appetite. Yesterday we found her sitting in the...
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    FYI for those in recent fire burn areas!!

    Hi everyone, We live in Santa Barbara County just below the Thomas Fire burn scar. We got tons of smoke and ash during the fire (we did evacuate including the chickens to another area) but our chickens seemed to be fine afterward with no respiratory problems. Unfortunately, over the past...
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    Egg eating or egg broke inside??

    hi everyone, helping you can help me figure out what is happening here! We currently have one hen (waiting till Newcastle disease is more contained before we get more) who is a 2 and a half year Rhode Island Red. Went to go check on her as it is quite hot today! I found a broken egg shell in run...
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    Is this blood??

    We have been treating our 3 two to three week old chicks with albon after a confirmed cocci in fecal matter. They have been on the antibiotic for 4 days and have been doing well but the past couple of days we have seen some poop with orange (maybe red?) strands( see attached picture) is this...
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    Agressive Chick

    Hi everyone! I am a first time chicken mom raising 3 chicks (a 10 day old sexlink, a 10 day old easteregger, and a 2 week old new hampshire red). The easter egger likes to peck at the sexlinks beak when it tries to eat and chases it back under the eco glow brooder. We try to watch them and...
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