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Can I Eat an Egg With Blu Kote?
I have an Easter Egger who was having problems with losing feathers due to picking done by other hens. I treated her small beak cuts with Blu Kote. One bare spot was around her vent and when she laid an egg soon after I applied Blu Kote there was a little bit of the purple dye on the shell. I...- MissMaple
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- blu kote easter egger eggs safe to eat
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- Forum: Chicken Behaviors and Egglaying
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Infected Comb?
My friend has a EE chicken that is about 1 year old and seems to have an infected comb, in the means that it is round and about the size of a sunflower seed, but the shape of one. Over the past few weeks, it has been increasing in size, and has scabs on it that are possibly from her friends...- MissMaple
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- comb easter egger infection
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- Forum: Emergencies / Diseases / Injuries and Cures
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Losing Saddle Feathers
I just (About 1 month ago) rescued 3 adult chickens (1 RIR, 2 EE) and I will be getting chicks in April. One of my EE is missing a palm sized patch of feathers in her saddle area. I have not seen any of the other chickens pecking her there but I have seen the rir HEN mount her once. (Is this...- MissMaple
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- easter egger feather loss newbie saddle feathers
- Replies: 15
- Forum: New Member Introductions