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    Egg bound vs. Water belly

    hi. I have a hen who is walking a little wobbly. After picking her up, we realized she had quite a swollen underside. I wanted to know what symptom differences there were between water belly and an egg bound hen in order to treat her correctly. Her underside feels kind of like a Water balloon...
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    sulfameth/trimethoprim dosage

    I have a hen who has been having leg issues for some time now. She is an about a year and a half old light brahma. We noticed her limping about a week ago, her foot is very swollen and red. We have soaked her foot in epsom salt multiple times with not much improvement.. given her baby aspirin...
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    What is wrong with my hen?

    We have a light Brahma hen who we thought has been molting for the last couple of weeks. You can tell from the picture that she has lost feathers and is much smaller than our other light brahmas. I noticed that she has been laying down pretty often and I will catch her lying while eating or...
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    Olive egger (hen) with Spurs

    We noticed today that one of our olive eggers, which we thought was a hen, has Spurs. Is this commin for this breed or have we had a roo without knowing? She doesn’t crow and does not show any signs of being a rooster
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    Mites

    Our roosters comb has been pale and he has been lethargic. Most days he separates himself from everybody else. We checked him and he definitely has mites. We put Vaseline on his legs and spread DE in between his feathers. What else can we do to get rid of the lice/mites that he has?
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    Pale comb.. some sneezing?

    I noticed recently my roosters comb has been pretty pale. It seems like it’s only his that looks different. I couldn’t find anything with a solid answer as to why it’s so pale. I also have a hen who I noticed sneezing (see link to video). She was only sneezing for about 5 minutes, and nobody...
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    Turkey abandoned her eggs.. advice

    One of our turkey hens has been sitting on eggs for probably a month and a half. We thought the were all rotten because they haven’t hatched, so we got her two chicks from the store and planned on taking her eggs because she has gotten extremely skinny (she probably started mid April). we...
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    Is this normal chicken droppings? (Photos)

    One of my Buffs had a very watery poop. It was all water with some poop in it, but it worries me because I noticed a little bit of blood in some of our turkey poop. I haven’t seen anything else to indicate any illness and everyone else is normal. Nobody is acting different either. It’s not hot...
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    Respiratory disease or injury? Advice needed!

    The past few weeks have been hectic with my mixed flock. First it was my chick with a leg problem, then my guineas chasing hens, then my toms were constantly fighting, then I had a raccoon problem. I’m hoping this is the last problem I have for a while. I recently posted something regarding my...
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    Very swollen eye with pus.. urgent help

    My rooster has an extremely swollen eye with what looks like a pus film over it. I thought my chickens had fowl pox because they had black dots on their combs (it’s gone away drastically in the hens) , but I can’t tell if the rooster has it still and that it’s turned into wet pox. It’s possible...
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    Can these guys go outside?

    I have 18 chicks that range from 6-8 weeks old. They are all fully feathered and seem like they’re ready to go out. I’m in the process of rebuilding the coop, but would like to put them out within the next week. This isn’t my first time with chicks but I want to make sure I’m doing it right this...
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    URGENT MINK PROBLEM!!

    we’ve lost 5 BIRDS in 3 DAYS!!! We have been letting them free range for a couple weeks now and we noticed two days ago one of our hens was dead behind the coop with breasts eaten and head ripped off. We live in a rural area and have lots of foxes, coyotes, hawks, barn cats but have never had an...
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    AGGRESSIVE GUINEAS (bonus turkey question)

    Last year I purchased four guinea keets and six turkeys. They’re all full grown now, but recently I started to notice some behavioral issues. I raised the turkeys and guineas together, and then introduced them to my flock of ten chickens and one rooster. I am now down to two guineas ( 1 male, 1...
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    Best deworming methods.. roundworms!

    I’ve been letting the chickens/turkeys/guineas free range since winter is passing and the sun has been out. I was rinsing off my deck and found some poop with roundworms. Not sure who it came from, but I plan on deworming the whole flock. What are some good dewormers that are easy to follow...
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    Constipated chick?

    One of our chicks seems to be constipated. I heard her chirping early in the morning every 15-20 minutes. When I checked to see what was going on I noticed she tried to poop and it seems like it’s hard for her to get out. I also noticed one of our olive eggers doing the same. I just cleaned all...
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    HELP! Broken leg???

    Help!! We just recently got new chicks from Farm and Fleet. This Silver Laced Wyandotte is limping and not putting pressure on her leg. I took a closer look and the left leg in the Picture very swollen. What does it look like is wrong with her leg and is there anything we can do to help her out...
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    Sudden chicken death...?

    Back in March we got 10 chicks. 5 Dominiques and 5 golden Phoenix. When they were just little chicks two of them died in the brooder (we think they got squished or pecked), and then we were down to eight. A few weeks after we put them in the coop, two of them somehow escaped.. we ended up...
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    HOW TO BREAK A BROODY HEN?

    Our golden Phoenix just started laying about three weeks ago. She is now broody and stealing everyone’s eggs and sitting on them. She is clearly broody since everytime we go out there to collect eggs she’s somehow sitting on half on them. My question is how do I break this habit? We don’t have a...
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    Eggbound?

    Looking for advice: We got a small flock of hens a few months back and introduced them to our current flock. One of them we think is an araucana, she lays blue eggs. About a week after we got her we saw our first blue egg(july) but now it’s almost September and we haven’t seen a blue egg...
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    Sour crop!

    One of our hens has sour crop. We got her about a month ago and introduced her to our flock.. I was wondering why she wasn’t laying eggs and I’m new to chickens so I didn’t notice it very early.. her crop is very big. How can I cure this? I’ve read no food for 24 hours, Garlic water and Greek...
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