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    Possible Coccidiosis or Worms in Adult Hen? Mucous-y poop and squishy crop.

    Hoping you lovely people can help me with my hen Houdini (Deens). Yesterday I noticed her suddenly laying alone puffed up in the nesting box and there was a big huge mucousy poopy mess near her and her bottom was very messy with a whitish mucousy poop. We quickly separated her and cleaned her up...
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    Help with Swollen Eye

    Hi all! I'm going to post some pictures of my girl Petunia's eye. Her left eye is incredibly swollen. She has had respiratory issues her whole life, she is just over 1 year old. In July of 2020 we rescued 12 pullets from an animal hoarder who was not properly caring for his birds, and she was...
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    Looking for any Hail Mary Ideas for my sick silkie while we wait to hear back from vet

    Hi everyone. I seem to have been on here a lot with chicken emergencies. It's been an unlucky year for my flock. I have a 3 year old silkie hen Peanut, she just celebrated her 3rd hatchday last weekend. About a week ago I noticed she was uninterested in treats and we quickly isolated her because...
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    Lethargic, pecking at her sides, I don't know what's wrong

    I'm again turning to all of you wonderful people for help. My 7 month old pullet Maggie is very sick. She isn't standing or able to stand, not eating or drinking, and keeps pecking at her sides. Some background: -Maggie was rescued from a neglect situation about 4 months ago and came to us...
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    Tapeworm Deworming Question

    Hi everyone! About 6 weeks ago I noticed tapeworms in my chicken's poop. I am 99.99% sure they are tapeworms. Photo is attached for reference. I have treated the flock twice with Safeguard (fenbendazole) in their drinking water. When treating I make sure that water is their only water source so...
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    Foamy Eye Issue

    Hi everyone! Hoping I can get some advice. My Amerecauna/EE Houdini has come down with very foamy eyes (picture attached). I've had her almost a year and she's always been sneezy but this is the first time she's ever had foamy/bubbly eyes. She isn't acting sick at all. I have isolated her from...
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    Scaly leg mites? And white beak/vent

    Yesterday I noticed that my white Silkie girl Littlefoot's beak had a whitish color to it. (normally it's light translucent blue). I looked closer, and it's almost like her beak is covered in a white chalky powder. It does scrape off. So I brought her inside and also saw some white powder...
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    Trimmed curved nail, now she is having trouble walking

    I had been noticing that my Barnevelder hen Samantha was spending a lot of time sitting and was walking very cautiously. I thought maybe she had a bumble but when I looked closer I noticed that her middle nails were very long and twisting around and it seemed like that was giving her trouble...
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    Rooster Logic!

    Just for fun, love this rooster logic!
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    Looking for Advice about Ivermectin, etc.

    Wanted to get some advice from you more experienced BYC members! I have a large coop with 8 hens (2 Black Sexlinks, 2 Gold Sexlinks, and 4 Laced Orpingtons). My smaller coop is for my Silkies, 3 hens and 2 roos. I have only been getting 1 or 2 eggs a day from my big girls, and we have added...
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    Question about Prop 12 in California

    I am extremely confused about the Prop 12 Farm Animal Confinement Initiative in California. Does anyone understand if this is a good or bad thing for chickens? From what I have heard, it will actually legalize the 1 by 1 foot cages under 2022. But it's so hard to read between the lines. Would...
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    What could be wrong with my Orpington - big "butt bump"?

    Over the last month or so, my black laced Orp has developed a sort of tumor looking growth below her vent. It literally looks like she has a billiard ball hanging from her butt. She is molting now - but that started recently and she had the "bump" before that - but she acts totally normal, eats...
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    Help! Iridescent green feathers on my black silkie - does this mean she's a rooster?!

    Hi everyone, I would love some help with this even though I'm terrified of what the answer might be. I have 3 10-week old black silkies. 'Sofia' is the largest and has longer foot feathers than the other 2. She also has a few iridescent green feathers on her back. I am praying she isn't a...
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    Broody Hen not eating or drinking

    One of my sexlink hens has a tendency to go broody, but usually 3 days in the "broody box" - aka her own cage - snaps her out of it. This time however, she has been in isolation for 3 days and is not snapping out of it. She just lays there, won't eat or drink, and has bad diarrhea. Her comb is...
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    Introduction

    (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? I have had chickens for just over a year. (2) How many chickens do you have right now? 11 (3) What breeds do you have? 4 Sexlink (2 red, 2 black), 4 Orpington (1 blue-laced, 3 black-laced), and 3 black silkie chicks. (4) How did...
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    How to mark Silkies to tell them apart.

    I have 3 6-week old black silkie chicks who just went out into their coop full time. Two of them are almost identical, and the small one 'Peanut' is catching up quickly. For our other grown sexlink and Orpington hens we use leg bands, but I'm afraid by using them on the silkies they will get...
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