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    Lethargic Sex Link

    I have a three year old hen who’s walking incredibly slow and looks pretty lethargic. I noticed this before sundown yesterday. This morning, the first thing I did was check on her. She was laying next to their food and water. That’s the only area she seems to want to be around. Her tail feathers...
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    Tapeworms are back

    I am very disappointed and have become paranoid about my chickens having tapeworms. They were recently treated with prazequantal as soon as I noticed the segments in their stool and it seemed to work. I cleaned their coop as throughly as possible and gave them another doze ten days later. All...
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    Deworming rules

    Am I supposed to keep my chickens locked in their run on days I deworm them? Because I just used dewormer a few days ago and didn’t do that. Their poop still looks a bit contaminated. Not sure if that’s normal. No worms are moving, though. Also, there are a bunch of stray animals that roam the...
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    How to deworm tapeworm?

    My chickens have tapeworm segments in their stool. I bought a dewormer specifically for tapeworm. There was some bread in my fridge. I filled up small pieces of the bread with small doses of the dewormer, but they didn’t want anything to do with it. They were very hungry too. I purposely did not...
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    What kind of worms are these?

    These little white specks are worms. I suspect theyve been there for some time because I have seem them before but always thought it was rocks, grit, or sand. Then today I saw them move. Yuck. What are they, and how can i help my chickens? Also, we eat their eggs every morning. Should I toss...
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    BROODY BUFF should I give her chicks?

    My hens are a year old. I have four buff Orpingtons and four gold sex links. One of my BO is sitting in everyone’s favorite nesting box and puffs up every time I come near her eggs. My question is, should I introduce new chicks to her? My BO’s are very beautiful, and I love my sex links too, I...
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    SOFT EGG IN LARGE PILE OF POOP IN THE COOP

    My sex link has been leaving large piles of poop under the roost in the coop. Today I shoveled it out because, well, its gross and found a soft sell egg underneath the pile. I am a little worried because I provide oystershells at all times and they are on a good quality layer feed. She does seem...
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    Poop build up

    My sex link has watery poop and it's building up on her tail feathers. Her vent looks clean, but I am not sure whats going on, or what to do about it. Does she have worms? What can I do to help her? How do I clean that area too? Any suggestions would be appreciated! Thanks!
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    Runny poop

    Two of my sex links have runny poops. Dried poop is on their back tail feathers. I checked their vents and they are clean. It just leaves dried drips of poo on the way out. Should I worry, or is this totally normal? I did notice some eggs are a bit dirty when I gather them in the morning, but...
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    Over eating

    A few of my pullets are gorging by the end of the day and not on feed, but dirt, or whatever else they can find inside their run until their crops are enormous. Are they missing something from their diets? I feed them Scratch and Peck. It's available at all times and I will add water to an extra...
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    Showing signs

    Four of my pullets (gold sex links) are showing signs they are ready to lay eggs. Well, one already is laying, but the rest are not. They are 20 weeks old. They have been showing signs for a few weeks. They squat when I walk up to them. Their combs and waddles are red and swollen and they are...
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    Thin, wrinkled egg shell and watery egg white.

    I posted earlier about a wrinkly eggshell. When I cracked it open, the shell was very thin and the egg white was like water. I tossed it immediately. Its been very hot here. Around 90-98 degrees. Although, today its finally cooler. It is 77 degrees. My pullets just started laying. We've gotten...
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    Wrinkles on egg shell

    Found another egg in the nesting box this morning. We are new to this and are getting one egg a day out of eight pullets for nine days straight so far. This eggshell looks different than the ones we’ve been getting though. Not sure if it’s because we didn’t let them free range the yard...
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    One egg

    Eight days ago my girls started laying eggs. It was nice to finally see the hard work give us a reward. My four year old was so excited. The first thing he said was, "IM HUNGRY!" Haha! Anyway, theres been one egg a day for eight days. I figured only one of my girls (out of eight- 4 gold sex...
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    Garlic for deworming?

    How is garlic for keeping worms away? I imagine it will keep everything away, haha! But really, if I gave it to my pullets every few months, would that help? Just gave some to them and they loved it.
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    Are my gold sex links really RIR?

    My cousin and I both got chickens we were told were gold sex links. Only mine are brown with a few black feathers and hers are brown with some white feathers. So which is it? Who has the gold sex links? And who was lied to? Here is a picture of one of my girls... what do you think she is?
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    Pullet can’t walk

    I just walked into my coop and one of my BO can’t walk. She is dragging her butt on the ground. I’m going to get a crate and separate her. What could it be? Is she going to wipe out the rest of my flock? My BO aren’t vaccinated for mereks, but my gold sex links are.
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    My Buff orpingtons are mean.

    So I’ve noticed my BO hog all the food and fight my gold sex links all the time, particularly one gold sex link who likes to go hide in the coop away from them. Why are they like this?? 😫 I thought BO were supposed to be nice!
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    115 degrees

    I’ve never in my life experienced this high of heat where I live. I am really worried about my girls. I don’t know what to do. They will be given bags of ice, shade, fresh water and watermelon treats, but still. 115 is ridiculous. That’s what they say it will be tomorrow. Do chickens like being...
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    Dirt, or mites?

    My pullets love to dust bathe in the dirt, but I am wondering if this is something else, like mites? What do you think?
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