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    Have you had an experience with your chickens that made you sick? ...

    I was not sure where to put this post - and so this seemed the best place. Not sure of even the response I expect, but a conversation about it would help. A week or so ago, I found one of my girls was sick, very sick. She somehow got injured, and was infested with maggots. I had to put her...
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    Is that the inside of my chicken? - Should I put her down?

    My Blue Laced Red Wyandotte - was fine 2 days ago. She is just under a year old. Today - I wanted to check her because I see she is suddenly losing a lot of feathers. I turned her over after a bath and it looks like she is split up the middle. She has white worms - which I assume are maggots...
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    Prednisolone & my hurt chicken

    So - it's been weeks now and my hen was finally diagnosed with sciatica - and was placed on prednisolone for a few weeks. She finally came off - and is still not walking right, but she is getting along.. okay. I am on the fence about it still - but right now she is okay and with the flock. She...
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    2 Weeks- still not walking - is there any hope?

    For the last two weeks we have had this hen who won't walk more than a few tentative steps. She mainly sits down. Her foot does not place as a normal foot would, and she slips and slides with it. We were keeping her inside for a few days while we tried to figure out if she was egg bound. We...
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    Malnourished...It is the feed....?

    It's 5am on Sunday and I can't sleep because I have been worried about my first sick hen all week. She started limping and stopped being able to walk. (You can find several posts from me earlier on this across forums trying to puzzle this out). We took her to the vet last week, and the vet said...
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    How long does it take hen to recover?

    So I am on day three of being worried about my hen - trying to get calcium into her anyway I can. She is eating and drinking - but won't stand or walk. Her right leg is weak. Took her to the vet yesterday they gave her a Vit B shot and said give her calcium. I gave her oyster shell and some...
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    How does your hen say "I don't like that?"

    We are struggling with one hen. She can't walk - her left leg is just not working for her - and the vet thinks it is calcium deficiency - so we are trying hard to get her to take in some calcium. She told us to give her tums - GREAT, I have those, easy peasy! She said you can put it in cottage...
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    Hen Issues - have no clue.. UPDATED - is she starving?

    For a few days now, one of my five hens has me concerned. I wrote this post https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/one-hen-overheating-sick.1574085/ about her possibly overheating. And we took measures to provide more shade and since they were all panting and they stopped, I thought the issues...
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    One hen... overheating? sick?

    I have 5 hens in my first flock. I just got my first 5 eggs yesterday. One hen, the biggest, is panting and kinda seems to be separating herself from the others. Yesterday, they all seemed hot - so we added more shade and gave them a mist for about 1/2 hour, sprayed everything down to cool them...
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    25 Weeks - and only 6 eggs so far... is this normal?

    My flock of 5 produced their first 2 eggs on 3/19 (25 weeks after being born) - since this production has been 3/20 - 2 eggs, 3/21 - 1, 3/22 - 1, 3/23 - 1, 3/24 - 0, 3/25 - 0, and 3/26 - 1. They all seem healthy and happy - temps have ranged from 19 - 70 degrees. We have heat and heated water...
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    Questions about my first flock and egg laying...

    Good Morning - I have questions! I got my first two eggs yesterday! We are so excited! Today - the temp is 19 when I wake up (ouch!) and another two eggs are in the coop - but they feel frozen. What do I do with frozen eggs? Also their water is frozen - I plugged it in to turn on the heater -...
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    My Girls - my first flock

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    3 of 5 Hens with pecking injury???

    We are new to chickens and have had our flock outdoors for about a month. Today we went out to feed/water noticed three of the five have slight injuries to their cheeks and head combs. Looks like it just happened. We are building a coop extension this weekend (was already planned). Do I need to...
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    Chicken Coop Company Litter Tray Questions.. concerns...

    So, if you're thinking about buying a pre-fab from www.chickencoopcompany.com consider your littler choices before hand. This coops (https://www.chickencoopcompany.com/collections/chicken-coop-designs/products/the-rhode-island-homestead) -removable tray for cleaning is not deep enough to do deep...
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    4 Week old questions about moving

    Chicks will be 4 weeks on Tuesday. They are in my office, which is remaining way too hot to get them acclimated and ready to be outdoors where we just had our first freeze. My plan is to build the run in the garage - and keep them there two weeks to acclimate . I plan on keeping the brooding...
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    Chick Identity

    I ordered 6 - and one did not make it. It was identified as a silver laced wyandotte. My (now 5 chicks) all look different except two. I purchased 2 Silver laced Wyandotte, 2 Blue laced red Wyandotte and 2 Light Brahma's. The two biggest (numbered 1 & 2 below) (which I would think would be...
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    Sick Chick

    Hi everyone - I am worried for one of my chicks. They are just over a week old. I was out of the house for the day and came home to find one chick not as active as the others. When I picked her up I found she had some pasty butt and worked to clean that off with warm compresses and a sitz...
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    I think I made a mistake …

    My week old chicks jumped out of the baby pool today! It was a smaller one and they just jumped into the bigger one so we’re easily found. I had to work and saw it on the chick cam - my husband took the little pool out and now they are in the big pool. The pool is only 10-12 inches deep and...
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    Scratch & Peck

    So - newbie here... My chicks appear to be doing great with a few pasty butt issues. I have that handled. My question is the birds are scratching and pecking the floor a lot ..but there isn't anything there except some pine bedding and a little pee pad. Should I be putting something down for...
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    My first chicks...

    So got my first six chicks ever today - 1 day old from MyPetChicken - a few questions - I can search later if this is not allowed but of course I am def a Mother Hen today so worried about them all... 1. I have one that is not doing well - gave him some sugar water per the providers...
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