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    Hen with diarrhea

    I have a hen with diarrhea. It's not and odd color, just looks like a normal poop just watery. Her comb is flopped over and pale and crusty looking. It's been the high 90s for the past week and I'm not sure if it's an illness or the weather. The girls have multiple waterers and plenty shade. I...
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    Impacted crop?

    I have a 10 week old Black Austrolorp that has a golfball sized mass on the LEFT side of her chest. Can this possibly be the crop? everything I've looked at show it on the right side.
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    Impacted crop?

    I have a 10 week Black Austrolorp that has a mass on the LEFT side of her chest? Could this possibly be her crop? Everything I've tried to look up shows it on the right side of the breast.
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    Rickets?

    I have terrible luck this year. Bought 13 chicks in 2 batches from a local hatchery I have used for the last 8 years with out a problem. Of the first 8 chicks 5 died in the first 12 hours. In the second batch of 6 I lost all of them in 36 hours. I've been doing the same stuff for 8 years with...
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    Odd hen behavior

    Several of my hens are pouncing on each others backs and acting like they are trying to breed. I don't have a rooster and I've had all of these girls for a few years. Any ideas?
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    Paperthin shells

    One of my older girls has started laying eggs with paper thin shells. Not shelless or rubbery just really thin. I know its one of the older girls 4-6 years because of the size of the egg but I don't know which one. They get layer feed and free choice calcium and they all look good. Is there...
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    Help! Sick chickens

    I have 14 laying hens of various breeds and ages. Lately my 2 year old Sapphire Gem has had a droopy comb. I noticed a few days ago she has some nasty smelly diarrhea. She is a little lethargic is drinking and pecking the ground. Today 2 other hens of the same age have combs that are starting...
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    Bumblefoot

    My 2 year old Jersey Red Rock has bumblefoot. My neighbor and I successfully removed a huge scab with a lot of stuff attached to it. Under the scab was some stringy yellowish white and then healthy looking flesh. How can I be sure we got all of it? The scab was over a quarter of an inch...
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    Fall molting

    Does any one have experience with their birds molting in the fall. I live in NJ and have 6 Jersey Red Rocks that are 18 months old. One of them started molting in late September, she has almost all her feathers back now another has started. I checked them for mites but did'the find anything...
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    Chicken with hurt foot

    Last night all my hens were fine but this morning when I went out to see them one of them was holding one of her feet up in a "fist". She was trying to walk on it using the wing on the same side for balance. She has no other injuries. Any ideas.
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    Chicken with hurt foot

    Last night something was trying to chew it's way into my hen house, unfortunately it was to dark to deal with it, I just heard it. This morning when I went out all the girls were there but one was holding her foot up. She was trying to walk on a "fist" and was putting the wing on the same side...
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