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    I have a chicken of 3 years that is sick

    She is pooping a watery, white foamy poo and it looks like there is blood in it. Her crop is never full, but is watery and soft. She has stopped laying and is having a hard time getting up on her roost at night. She is excited to see worm treats and runs to them, looks like she is eating, but...
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    My Girl is laying two eggs

    I have a chicken who had some stress a year ago form the other chickens. I separated her and reintroduced her back into the flock a few months ago. She seems to be doing fine now, except now we she is laying two eggs every other day. One is always a regular strong shelled egg and the other is a...
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    My Chickens and Worms

    We notice little white worms in our chickens poop. So I used Wazine as directed and they came back within a week. We did this twice... during that time we had to throw away the eggs... I was wondering if any one knows of a good and natural way to rid my chickens of worms without having to throw...
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    Fire Ants

    I'm having a hard time fighting off fire ants in and about my chicken run and coop. Does anyone have a good non-toxic way to kill or get rid of fire ants? Thanks
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    Elongated Eggs

    I have a girl that is laying a elongated egg everyday.... They are normal other than being 3 inches long....a couple of them have had double yokes. She is almost a year old...I have 5 chickens... they all seem healthy..... any place for concern?
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    Can anyone tell me if this is normal....

    My hen has a black cluster of bumps on her comb.... I'm trying to find out if this is something I should be worried about.... Picture attached...
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    8 month old chickens not laying

    Hi Y'all...... I'm hoping someone can answer this question.... I have 5 Rhoad Island Reds.... they were all from the same lot. They are 8 months old....three of them are laying, two are not.... is this normal? Sorry for the stupid question for all you experts out there....but I'm just...
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    Bugs in Feed

    I just found some very small black bugs in the cracked corn that my chickens love to eat... is it ok to continue feeding them this feed or should I discontinue feeding them this and get more...we use this as a treat.... they go crazy for it... just not sure about the bugs... Appreciate any...
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    Chicken laying two eggs at a sitting....

    I have five chickens and they are almost 4 months old....they are Road Island Reds... One started laying the other day...I opened the coop and found that she dropped two eggs from the perch the night before.... they were rubbery and transparent.... so I opened a nesting box and placed two fake...
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    Chicken Coop Question

    Our five Road Island Reds are right at 4 months old.... we have been opening the coop at sunrise and herding them in and closing it at sunset.... during the day we keep the coop door shut and they stay in the run....is there any reason we cant just keep the door to the coop open all day and...
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    Hey Chicken Lovers

    I'm new to BYC..... my wife and I bought some chicks on April 1st 2016..... I built a brooder out of a plastic tote from Wally World and the rest is history. I guess I went a little crazy building the coop.... I was told that it was over kill by friends who have had chickens for some years...
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