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    Chicken ate glass, blood coagulant?

    Hi, My chicken was acting strange this morning. I suspected sour crop or eggbound, so gave her an epsom bath and calcium and separated her. After a few hours, she passed stool that had a tiny bit of blood and a piece of glass! My guess is that it knicked her on the insides. I am hoping the...
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    Mareks chick separation

    Hi everyone! My flock has mareks disease (confirmed with a PCR test). I’m hoping to add vaccinated chicks to my flock. Can anyone share setups for the chick brooder room that have worked for them and how long they were in the setup? Also, any details of mortality / symptoms after introducing...
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    Infection, glass, or tapeworm?

    Hi, I’m fostering a 15 month old welsummer hen, who’s been feeling under the weather for about 8 days. Shes been under her mom’s TLC for the last week but was not eating yesterday, so I took over. She is lethargic and not moving much. One eye closed, her head is kind of tilted (mareks is a...
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    Prolapse recovery (graphic photos)

    Hi everyone, Wanted to share our hen’s prolapse journey and get some thoughts on how to proceed to prevent future incidents. Specifically, when to move her back outside to the coop. This is Bowie, our brabanter x polish mix hen who is a delight (and the loudest in the bunch!). She is 1 year...
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    Wry neck, can’t eat or drink, green poop

    Please help, I’m on the verge of giving up. My 13 week old girl has a severe case of wry neck. Background: I got her as a chick from a local chicken owner; she didn’t vaccinate against Mareks. Wry neck started off mild about 3 weeks ago so I was giving her bits of food on the side and vitamin E...
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    Fowl pox?

    Hi, I have a 9.5 month old Austra white hen with white spots all over her comb. Can anyone tell if this might be fowl pox? Health history: She has been ill recently with what I think was salmonella overload (now much better). She also has some scabs / bumble foot on both of her feet, but not...
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    Spraddle / Splayed legs - help!

    My brother ended up with a day old chick that got pecked on by a rooster. Currently isolated from mom and other newly hatched chicks. She has some pecking wounds on her head, for which I suggested Vetericyn. The more concerning thing to me is her legs - she Is unable to stand up and seems to...
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    Internal layer? (Poop picture)

    One of my 9-month old hens has not been laying for a while - first suspected coccidiosis, then worms or blackhead, and now maybe internal laying? The bright yellow part had the consistency of a not-quite-fully-cooked egg. She has not laid in a few weeks. I feed them 16% layer feed with...
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    HELP! Watery poop, lethargic chicken

    Hi, my 8 month old buff Orpington is acting really lethargic today - not eating much, going to a corner and standing,closing her eyes. I noticed yesterday she was more puffed up, but it’s definitely evident today. I suspected coccidiosis but I’m not sure if the poop looks consistent. I also...
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    Easter egger / cockerel / or something else??

    Hi! I have this easter egger (?) that I'm looking to get some input on what s/he really is... She seems to have a bit of a spur (which I've also seen in my grown hens), and is a lot lankier than any chicken I've had. She also doesn't have a big muff that my other easter egger does. I think...
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    Metal in soil - Need a new run

    Hi everyone - I'm looking to replace the bottom in my chicken run. One of my chickens has swallowed metal screw / nail and a ring (:barnie!) despite me doing the magnetic sweeper, and I found a bunch more from a previous house owner's construction projects recently. Given the amount of material...
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    Chelation therapy for Hardware Disease

    I took one of my 5-month pullets to an emergency room of an animal hospital last night, and today they ran an x-ray on her and found metallic objects (screw, some sort of a ring, etc.) in her gizzards. I am feeling just terrible for her, as I think the screw may have come from my construction of...
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    Pullet not laying - super watery poop, acting aloof, not eating

    1) What type of bird , age and weight (does the chicken seem or feel lighter or thinner than the others.) Olive egger puller, 6 months old, about 4 pounds. Is smaller than other ones in my flock. She is at the bottom of the pecking order, more or less. 2) What is the behavior, exactly. She is...
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    Cover tree ideas for chickens (against predators & for foraging)

    Good evening! A first-time chicken keeper in MA here (zone 6). I'd like to grow something that would provide some sort of cover from hawks for the girls (we have one big tree but that's it, and a ton of english ivy, which I'm trying to eradicate). Is there anything that would serve as both...
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    Earlobe color change?

    Hi BYC- First time chicken owner of ~5 months here. I have two pullets whose earlobe colors seem to be changing. I'm a bit worried about the olive egger because the color seems to be more yellow (the austra white's ears seems more white). I'm not sure if infectious - don't see any pus or...
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    Frizzle polish chicks (MA)

    Hi! I'm looking to add a few frizzle polish chicks to our flock and wanted to see if any breeders or folks with some chicks are in the Northeast. I'm in Eastern Massachusetts but can travel. Preferably looking for day old chicks, although flexible. Any tips would be appreciated! :D
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    Hawk attack - swollen eye - help!

    Hi everyone, We had our first (!) hawk attack yesterday. I usually let the chickens free range in my backyard, which is in a suburban area. At about 2:30, I heard some loud clucking noises and turned around, and saw a hawk clutching one of my 4-month old pullets (she was lying completely...
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    Chicks w/ Crest - any breed easy to tell sex?

    Hi all! Been looking through the forum for months but first time posting. Thank you for sharing all your knowledge! I am looking into getting a couple chicks with crests into our flock in the spring (I'm obsessed with how cute they are:love). The thing is that our town doesn't allow roosters...
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