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  1. Wilmer Gehman

    Mold or algae on water container

    I noticed it last year and now again this year. There is a clear, sticky, filmy substance around the bottom edge of my chicken's water container. Water does not get it off, and soap did not do much either. When I sprayed it with water, the water had white goo in it. If I scrape it off, it's like...
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    Chicken's eye is infected and bulging out. What should I do?

    We have a young chicken not fully grown that apparently got pecked in the eye. The eye swelled and bulged out of the socket. It is all black with a thing film covering it. We can tell the chicken is blind. She is always very nervous and alert. However, she is noticeably thinner than the other...
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    Pale, lethargic chicken, unsure what's wrong

    I have a year old easter egger who has been wandering around very slowly for the past month. She is the last one to come out when it's time for free ranging, and stays huddled up in a corner by her self. She has been eating, and has been drinking a ton! Just today she was standing in a puddle...
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    How much should I feed my chickens? and what about wild birds?

    Hello. I have two questions: First, How much should I feed my chickens every day? (Also considering about my question 2, the wild birds.) I would like to be able to save as much as I can on chicken feed. Currently I am feeding the chickens about 5 and one half quarts of regular chicken feed...
  5. Wilmer Gehman

    chicken attacked by dog...any suggestions (not an emergency)

    A german shepherd jumped a fence down the road from us and apparently came after the chickens. I was not aware at all that anything had happened till the dog was stalking the run. It attacked one of our hens, and with mouth or claws ripped a pretty deep gash in her back about 2 inches long and...
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    How do you cure bad sores on a chicken's back?

    I have a Barred Rock hen who is basically at the bottom of the pecking order. She constantly gets pecked by a number of my other hens. They seem to peck at two certain spots (probably from blood all ready there). The sores are red and swelled and are where her wings connect to her body. They are...
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    chicken may be constipated or have large egg stuck! Please help!

    I have a Russian chicken who has not been acting herself lately. She is walking slow and her back end is sagging and it looks like she has to go to the bathroom. her rear vent was bleeding and producing whitish liquids yesterday, but as far as i know the bleeding stopped. She is eating and...
  8. Wilmer Gehman

    red feet and moving slow! (not an emergency:-)

    I have a Russian chicken that is slow in going after treats and walks more on her toes. Here legs are orangeish red on the side and her feet are red between the toes. When I throw treats to the flock, she almost gets runover!:rolleyes: I checked her crop and its fine. She seems other wise to be...
  9. Wilmer Gehman

    Help! chickens keep escaping! :-) How do I clip their wings?

    Three of our chickens,(Henry the rooster) and Michigan and Cheyvannah keep escaping!:th:( My neighbor and I clipped their wings but they still fly over a 4 foot fence! Which wings of the chicken do I clip? How far down should i clip them? I think they are jumping on the side of a small canopy we...
  10. Wilmer Gehman

    Pale Comb and waddle, also, shakes beak!

    I have a Rhode Island Red that has been acting strange lately. She is two years old,(This is her second winter), and has already molted. Her comb and waddle are abnormally pale and small. She shakes her beak and looks like she has something in her mouth that she wants to spit out. When I let out...
  11. Wilmer Gehman

    How soon will chicks lay eggs?

    Me and my neighbor share 22 hens. Back in June one of our chickens went broody. we gave her three chicks and she raised them beautifully. right now the hens are in molting season and so i am not sure who is laying. How soon will our new chicks lay?
  12. Wilmer Gehman

    Does light in coop help chickens lay more eggs?

    Me and my neighbor share chickens. We have 22 hens and 1 rooster. Are chickens lay on and off. About a month and a half ago the chicken were laying from 13 to 20 eggs a day. Now we are only getting 5-10. My neighbor is getting worried and doesn't want to buy eggs. I told her that they probably...
  13. Wilmer Gehman

    broody hen not accepting chicks!

    i had a broody hen and we gave 3 chicks to her. She has been a great mom! Me and my neighbor talked to a employee at a feed mill who said it would be all right to sneak her more chicks. We got two and put them with Michigan(broody hen) at night and all was fine. The next morning, Michigan was...
  14. Wilmer Gehman

    limping hen!

    Me and my neighbor noticed one of are Rhode Island Reds seriously limping. We looked at her foot and found nothing to unusual, but a small round hard spot at the back of her heal. We checked her other foot and didn't find anything. We put a cotton ball and some Vaseline on it and wrapped her...
  15. Wilmer Gehman

    Chickens not laying eggs

    Help!I have a flock of 20 hens and 1 rooster.(I also have 3 chicks.) Well, even though this time of year is when most chickens are laying lots of eggs, mine are barely laying anything! We get from 9 to 13 eggs a day even though I have 20 full grown hens. They get free ranging one or two times a...
  16. Wilmer Gehman

    Broody Chicken....

    I have a Easter egger named Michigan and she has gone broody! (Sadly:() She plucked the feathers off her breast and often feels very warm. She also doesn't lay eggs anymore. She always tries to get to her nest and sits in it even if there are no eggs to sit on! I tried putting ice cubes in her...
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