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    Wound on hens wing, help

    This is my hen who’s at the bottom of the pecking order. She’s had wounds before. It’s hard to describe where it is. It’s like on the top of her wing bone, kind of like the “elbow” area. The pics with her saddle are from a few weeks ago and the others where it looks more like a scab is from...
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    prolapsed vent or possible egg bound?

    so i noticed today my buff orpington (2.5 years old, healthy weight) seemed to have a prolapsed vent (see pics). she seems otherwise healthy but i haven’t been monitoring her eating, drinking, pooping and it’s possible she hasn’t been laying since we’re not getting as many as usual. i did some...
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    Chicken has bald back. Not mites or molting.

    Background: I have a hen who is definitely on the bottom of the pecking order, ever since she was introduced with 2 others a year ago (we followed all the rules of integrating chickens). She previously had a pecking wound on her head that I was able to heal. She is still picked on regularly and...
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    Does this look like mites?

    I attached photos. I haven’t been able to inspect all of the chickens but this one has these white flakes in her feathers and she’s also been molting. I compared it to pictures of mites on google and hers look more flaky than the photos I saw. The other hens also have some white flecks on the...
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    Is there anything I can do to help my chicken with a limp?

    I’ve posted about this chicken before, here’s the last one for reference: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/could-use-some-more-help-with-ongoing-bumble-foot-issues.1490334/#post-24852871 Her bumble foot infection is gone, I was able to pull the plug out and heal it. But she still has a...
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    Could use some more help with ongoing bumble foot issues

    Previous post: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/help-with-bumble-foot.1487829/#post-24804028 I’m having the same issue with 2 chickens. One has it on one foot and the other has both feet. The main problem I’m having right now is that all the infected feet are still hard and swollen but...
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    Help with bumble foot

    previous post on this chicken for context: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/advice-on-residual-bumble-foot-problems.1486032/ So since this post i’ve been doing epsom salt soaks and applying prid. Today I pulled out the plug. I’m a little frustrated because the vet said the...
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    Advice on residual bumble foot problems?

    Sorry in advance for the long post. So i’ve had one of my hens being treated for bumble foot, she had her 3rd appointment yesterday. They’ve been putting her in pressure relieving bandages (the pool noodle ones), and did laxer therapy. Unfortunately we caught it pretty late when it was already...
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    help caring for this head wound?

    So I posted about this same issue like last week. We noticed she had this crusty scab wound on her head that may have been from being pecked at. It hasn’t changed much until just now when i looked at it and part of it was raised so i lifted it and this whole thing came out, idk how to describe...
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    Crusty head wound?

    One of my chickens that was added to the flock about a month ago has a weird crusty wound on her head that I just noticed today. I don’t know how long it may have been there because she’s normally very skittish and doesn’t let me near her or pick her up. But now she’s squatting so I was able to...
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    Injured leg/foot

    We just picked up some 16 week old chicks from a farm and when we got home we saw that one has an injured foot and she’s limping. we called the farm and they basically said to watch and see if it gets better/she may have just layed on it wrong in the car but it looks kinda bad. is there anything...
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    Curious pattern on egg

    I’m a little curious about this marking on an egg i got about a week or 2 ago. I know the egg is fine but i’m just wondering what causes it? We’ve gotten maybe one with a similar but much less noticeable pattern but other than that they’re all normal. Is the hen okay? Is it something painful...
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    how do you feed laying hens and pullets under 18 weeks in the same coop?

    So we’re getting more chicks in march and i’ve been doing a lot of research about how to safely integrate new pullets into an existing flock. But one thing I can’t seem to find info on is how you feed the calcium layer feed to the hens and grower to the pullets when they’re in the same coop? We...
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    Wondering why my chickens won’t use their perches at night?

    So my pullets have a large shed as their coop with a run attached. The run is on the right side facing it and the perch latter we made for them is on the left side inside the coop. They won’t perch at night, instead they huddle together in a corner close to the run next to their chicken door...
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    Any idea what this noise that my pullets are making is about?

    Here’s the video. They used to be really quiet but since one of them started laying last weekend they’ve been making a lot of noise. I know there’s a sound they make after they lay but this is coming from more of them that aren’t laying and not just after the one lays. I just wanna make sure...
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    Any ideas as to when my pullets might start laying?

    I have 3 golden laced wyandottes, 2 easter eggers, a buff orpington, and a black australorp. They are just over 20 weeks now and have been on their new layer feed since about 18 1/2 weeks (mixed with their old food for a week to avoid digestive issues). I'm just wondering if there are any clues...
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    i don’t think an emergency but possible injury?

    I noticed today that one of my pullets (an easter egger, 11 weeks) has a bent toe. I haven’t noticed it before. It doesn’t seem to bother her and she’s not limping. I picked her up and touched it and moved it a bit, still didn’t bother her. Could it be broken or just a benign deformity that i...
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    Could my hen actually be a rooster?

    So my chickens are 10 weeks old now and i’m thinking one of them might be a rooster. She’s noticeably bigger than the others and her comb is coming in a lot more. She/he doesn’t crow yet but I noticed tonight she’s making more “bawking” sounds than the others. We can’t keep roosters where I live...
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    Could my hen actually be a rooster?

    So my chickens are 10 weeks old now and i’m thinking one of them might be a rooster. She’s noticeably bigger than the others and her comb is coming in a lot more. She/he doesn’t crow yet but I noticed tonight she’s making more “bawking” sounds than the others. We can’t keep roosters where I live...
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    teaching them how to use new waterer

    So I just moved my six 1/2 week old chicks into their coop which has one of those bucket waterers with the chicken nipples on it. They’re still getting used to the coop and they haven’t gone near their food or the water yet. It’s a new waterer for them. I tried poking the nipples to show them...
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