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    What would you this pattern/color?

    I’m interested in what y’all would call the color on my Serama hen, Snowpea. She’s my baby and a household pet so it’s purely just out of curiosity, I’ve had a few friends ask and I never know what to say. I’ve been guessing splash, but that could be wildly wrong lol.
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    Deworming small flocks for cecal worms

    I’m looking for advice on how to cyclically deworm my small flock for cecal worms. I recently had a hen with a dirty backside that seemed to persist, so I had our vet do a fecal float/test and it came back positive for cecal worms (side note: we don’t have turkeys or other fowl, just chickens)...
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    Hen aspirated liquid medication, breathing seems slightly laboured now

    I’m beside myself, hoping for any and all advice.. it’s been a looong month with my chickens already. I have a 3.5 year old Australorp hen that I began treating yesterday for suspected coccidiosis. She was also overdue to be wormer, so since she was showing GI symptoms I treated for worms as...
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    What did my hen expel?

    Hi all! A bit concerned for my young hen.. about 2 days ago, she seemed like she wasn’t feeling too well. Spent the morning laying in her run, and wasn’t as active as usual. I separated her and she seemed to start moving around more throughout the day, and was acting back to normal by the next...
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    Hen breathing hard while nesting, watery eyes

    I’m not sure if I’m making mountains from molehills or not with this one, but my dear hen Clarice is a family member. Our vet isn’t open today, and I’m afraid to wait until after the Memorial Day weekend to get her looked at. Clarice is a 5 year old Delaware hen, she’s mostly stopped laying...
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    Can’t tell if it’s a hen or rooster..

    I can usually tell pretty accurately whether a chick is going to be a girl or a boy, but this little one has me on the fence. “Brandy” is about 6-7 weeks old, I purchased ‘her’ as a Black Star at a few days old - which I’m now not sure she is (I was specifically looking for a sex link breed...
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    Chick sneezing/head shaking, clear mucus, clicking sound

    Hello! I have an approximately 5 week old chick that seems to be having some respiratory symptoms. I’m slightly terrified, as I’ve read so many horror stories and this is our baby. To give some details: She’s been living in a brooder and now a crate in the house with two sisters, all...
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    Serama integration with standard chicks - a success story ❤️

    Posting this here just in case anyone in a situation like mine needs some hope 😊 We had a beloved momma house hen who hatched out one little Serama chick recently, and heartbreakingly died suddenly of organ failure about a week two weeks ago. She left her one baby, now named Snowpea, behind...
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    Mite/lice infestation on 2 week old Serama chick - can I give ivermectin?

    I had a cursed hatch and am dealing with even more bad luck, looking for any advice on lice/mites on a very little Serama chick. She’s lost her mom (unfortunately to a Fox), and I realized when I took her in that she’s crawling with bugs!! Before anyone comes for me, we had given mom a...
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    Hip/joint issue? Spraddle leg? Slipped tendon? Help with newly hatched chick!

    I had a Serama chick that went through a hard hatch 3 1/2 days ago. More than 24 hours after start, it still hadn’t zipped right and wasn’t able to push itself out of the egg. I finally intervened and was able to assist it, and once it was safely out I realized it had a leg deformity (probably...
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    Chick seems to be struggling during hatch, should I help?

    We had a broody hen go off her eggs so I’ve had to finish them in our incubator. I’ve hatched many chicks successfully in this incubator, but this chicks seems to be having some difficulty. I found them like this at 7:00am, I’m writing this about 2 1/2 hours later. It seems that it was...
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    Hawk attack - is she save-able?

    My poor bantam/serama mix, Holly, was attacked by a hawk 2 days ago during her free range time - our LGD was off getting water, and I swear the hawk knew and dove for her in that minute. It was chased away immediately when the others made commotion, and she seemed to have minimal external...
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    Fowl Pox?

    Hi all! I went to check the flock today and I noticed a bump/granulation over our broody hen’s eye.. the rest of the guys and girls look fine, but I’m worried about her. She’s our hand-raised baby and we love her very much. Is this fowl pox? Is it something else? I know there’s no direct...
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    Coccisiosis? Sick chicks :(

    I have two young serama chicks, 4-5 weeks old, who have suddenly become poorly. Chick #1 started acting unwell a day ago, he became very lethargic (barely moving around, tail low, puffed up) but was still eating and drinking until last night. Chick #2 seemed fine until this morning, he is eating...
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    Hen Appeared with Feathers Missing, Exposed Crop??

    Hoping someone has some idea what’s happened, and if anything needs to be done. Our Delaware girl, Clarice, was 100% fine this morning when I went to tend the flock. She disappeared for a few hours (we free range on our hobby farm), and I assumed she was laying an egg. This afternoon, however...
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    Ivermectin Overdose - Afraid I’ve killed my hen :(

    I have a serama hen named Buttercup, probably around 1.5-2 lbs, who came down with scaly leg mites - it’s a bad case and has been giving her trouble for a while, so we decided to try ivermectin pour-on after lots of research. I am using the pour-on for cattle and had planned to use a very low...
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    Rooster with blindness, thick yellow discharge from eyes, clicking when breathing

    Help! Our beloved Polish bantam rooster, Dali, has become very sick this evening :( He was fine this morning, pecking and guarding his ladies in the yard and pasture as usual, but around 4 pm my husband found him in the pasture, standing but face-planted with his beak on the ground. He...
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    Hen’s ear lobe is purple? Sneezing?

    UPDATE: I got a better pic :) Hi! I just acquired a few new serama hens, and I noticed after arriving home that one of them appears to have purple earlobes. The left one is darker than the right, but her wattles and comb are still bright red. She seems to be acting normally, eating/drinking...
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    What ate my chicken? **WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGE**

    I’m hoping you all can help me - my beloved Polish bantam hen Dandelion was torn apart by something yesterday. I live on a small amount of acreage that is very open and not normally trafficked by many of the critter culprits I’d expect to go after chickens (raccoons, possums, skunks, etc.) We...
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    Hen always looking to the left, cause for worry?

    Hello everyone! I noticed this morning that our beloved girl Clarice seemed to be always looking the the left or turning as if looking over her back. She’s still pecking and eating/drinking, but did put herself to bed early in the coop today and seemed a little less peppy than usual. She isn’t...
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