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    My broody hen has diarrhea bad.

    My Buff Orpington hen has a nasty foul smelling diarrhea lately. Today I got a hold of her and cleaned old feces that was crusted around her vent, and also some new fresh stuff. Two days ago when I went into the coop where she is sitting on 13 eggs, she had just gotten off them and dropped a...
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    Using water to tell if embryo is growing

    Good morning. Quick question regarding growing embryo's. We have about nine eggs in an incubator due to a snake issue lately. They all have a very dense shell that is very difficult to candle through. The last couple of days the incubator has developed a real stink and I think I have a rotten...
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    From hen to incubator back to hen?

    Good morning all. We had a snake get into our hen box the other day and ate about four of the 13 eggs I had under a hen. I pulled all the eggs, washed the poop off them (scared the crap out of her apparently), and then set up the incubator. What I am wondering is whether or not I can slide...
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    Do I need to isolate these hens?

    Greetings to you all from South Carolina. I have a question today about isolating birds. We have a friend that we gave a couple of our hens to last year and she has said she'd be willing to take another one or two out of our flock of 22. For the last couple of years our flock has been a...
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    Do I need to quarantine fowl pox?

    I have an Buff Orpington hen with what I believe to be dry fowl pox, after looking at numbers of pictures online. I currently have her quarantined in a cage in the hen house which is covered with 1/4" wire so that any of the other birds cannot get to her. Is this enough of a quarantine, do I...
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    Do I need to quarantine fowl pox?

    I have an Buff Orpington hen with what I believe to be dry fowl pox, after looking at numbers of pictures online. I currently have her quarantined in a cage in the hen house which is covered with 1/4" wire so that any of the other birds cannot get to her. Is this enough of a quarantine, do I...
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