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  1. summerhatch

    Sudden wheezing

    Hey all-so I was on my front porch and heard this weird sound. Turns out it was coming out of one of my hens. She’s walking around and eating as usual, just making some odd wheezing sound. She is really hard to catch so not sure I can get her away from the rest of the flock. I do not have a vet...
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    PEKIN BUMBLEFOOT QUESTIONS

    Good morning-I have a few bumblefoot questions throughout this post so please bear with me: A few months ago I adopted 4 pekin ducks from our local waterfowl rescue. I was assured they were healthy and vetted. Two weeks later, one duck started limping, losing feathers and stopped foraging...
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    PEKIN BUMBLEFOOT QUESTIONS

    Good morning-I have a few bumblefoot questions throughout this post so please bear with me: A few months ago I adopted 4 pekin ducks from our local waterfowl rescue. I was assured they were healthy and vetted. Two weeks later, one duck started limping, losing feathers and stopped foraging...
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    Dropping one by one

    Happy New Year! Can someone help with my medical mystery? So my free range hens seem to be dropping slowly, one by one. I don’t notice anything until they start acting isolated, then loss of appetite, and their bottoms are a bit crusty. No respiratory issues. They had worms a few months ago...
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    Rhode Island blue vs Black Sex link

    So I was really excited to grow my flock with some new Rhode Island blues since I don’t have any. I bought 6 of them, and added 2 more black sex link chicks. The guy at the store was not the sharpest tool in the hardware store, and he proceeded to give me sex links from the blue cage, and...
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    OFF BALANCE!

    Help! Just yesterday I noticed my very large Orpington began to walk with difficulty, losing her balance and falling backward after a step or two. She did make it back into thebcoop last night, but did NOT get up on the roosting pole. I also have a Wyandotte who, since yesterday, seems to lie...
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    Need advice: swollen crop

    My Americauna is about 1 1/2 years old and very healthy. Yesterday, she got fairly wet in the massive rains we had. When I picked her up to put her to bed in her coop, I noticed that, not only was she all wet, but her crop was really swollen. She is acting fine and gave us a lovely egg this...
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    Egg safety?

    Ok, I really hope I'm not asking a "duh" question here ...So how long is it safe to leave the eggs in the coop before they're collected and stored for consumption? It's been three days since I've been able to go out and collect, so I felt better just disposing of them rather than taking a...
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    Help! Orphaned babies!

    Please help! I have two pet hens - one who just finished raising 3 chicks from eggs we placed under her when she turned broody...We just gave away the three 8 wk old babies yesterday...At our friend's barn today, a horse stepped on a mother hen and killed her, leaving her 6 one week old chicks...
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    Ok, Heart disease in a 7 month old chicken? Seriously?

    Wow. I think it must be me...I've lost two dogs (totally unrelated) to genetic heart issues, a kitten on the spay table (heart attack), another dog dropped dead (heart attack), another cat had a heart attack in the hall way, and I have a kitten with a heart murmer. Now, I just brought Nugget...
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    Update on Eggbound vs. infection

    Ok, Nugget's been on antibiotics for three days now. She's been kept in the kitchen since then, and she seems to be improving. Not knowing how a chicken's belly is supposed to feel, I compared her with another chicken but Nugget's belly still feels full of liquid. I still don't feel any egg...
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    Egg bound? Peritinitis?

    Hello new friends! I'm a new chicken fan with three girls hatched in July '09. Two are Americaunas and I have one Rhode Island Red. The two A's have been laying faithfully for a couple of weeks. I've been waiting for the Rhodie to start, but she seems to have a problem. Lately, she's...
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