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    Question about Ectoline

    I used Ectoline to treat a bad infestation of mites in my chickens back in December. I just treated my birds again last night. This morning I was reading that Fipronil (the ingredient in Ectoline) is absorbed in eggs and can be found in unsafe levels even a year later. Does anyone have any...
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    Chicken dying from mite infestation, help!

    I currently have a bird dying of a severe mite infestation. She started with what appeared to be sour crop. I brought her inside and tried treating her for that. She stopped eating and I never realized she was so infested with mites i until two weeks later when I was covered in them. I treated...
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    Chicken Waterers

    I use plastic chicken waterers in the summer and metal one with separate heated bases in the winter. My problem is that the water trough on the metal waterers rusts after a year or two and I end up replacing them at quite an expense. Does anyone have any suggestions how to keep them from...
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    Chicken walking in a squat.

    One of my chickens is walking around in a squatting position. She had been doing this for a few weeks. I separated her a week ago and she lain an egg, so I put her back with the others. A few days later, she was doing it again. Any thoughts?
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    Integrating a chicken back into the flock

    I have a two year old Buff Orpington who has been separated from the flock for 1 1/2 years. I pulled her when she first started laying because she couldn’t walk. I originally thought she might have a serious disease, but eventually (after a few months ) started walking again. Because I was...
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    Chicken is limping

    My chicken is limping and when I pick her up, she closes her foot. I see no obvious reason for the limping, no swelling, no bumble foot, no scales leg mites, no visible injuries of any kind. She is a buff orpington and is on the smaller side. She is two years old and hasn’t laid an egg for about...
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    Sour Crop

    I believe my chicken has sour crop. She drinks excessively, but rather water just fills up her crop and then pours right out. I don’t feel anythingstuck and her crop was quite empty last night after I drained it, but she drank today and it did the same thing. What can I do about this?
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    Lethargic chicken

    I just found one of my 1 1/2 year old Araucana chicken huddled up on the ground. She has been fine until today. No labored breathing and no eye or nasal discharge, just sleepy and lethargic and not eating. It has been very cold here and she does seem a little thin. Any suggestions what could be...
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    Looking for Advice

    I have a chicken coop with 2 roosters and 36 hens. They have been together for a year and a half. Recently one of my roosters started limping. I can’t find any obvious injury. It’s possibly a sprain. Even though the two boys have been known to tangle on occasion, they have never drawn any injury...
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    Dead Chicken

    This morning I went out to my coop at 7:30 ands all the birds seemed fine. I went out again at 10:30 and found one of my buffs dead next to the nesting boxes. No signs of any injuries, no blood, feet cold and comb blue. She was still molting and a bit thin. Any idea what might have happened? My...
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    Molting Question

    My birds are only about 15 months old and a few weeks ago about a third of them have started molting. I thought this was a little early. A month ago I treated them for lice with Elector PSP. Many of them had been walking around with bare backs either due to the lice or two over aggressive...
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    What’s wrong with my rooster!

    I have had roosters before and this is the first time I have seen this. My barred rock rooster lost a spur, not to mention he has very red skin on his legs and underneath his tail. He is missing feathers and even missing some tail feathers. Does anyone know what might be going on and how to help...
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    Bareback Chickens

    Many of my chickens have backs that are bare and feather on their wings broken. I’m assuming it is from the two roosters. I have over thirty hens, so I figured that was enough to keep the boys happy. Besides getting rid of the two roosters (they are good boys otherwise) is there anything else I...
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    What predator do I have?

    I have been keeping my oyster shells in my barn with no problem. This morning I found my oyster shell bags chewed open and shells on the ground. What predator would open a bag of oyster shells to eat them?
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    Chicken Poo

    What would cause my chicken to have poo look like this? She is a very skinny bird. Can’t seem to put weight on her.
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    Sick Birds, related?

    Today I came home to find one of my birds had died. I had brought her inside a couple days ago when I noticed she was roosting alone, puffed up, and thin. Since bringing her in, she wasn’t eating and drinking very little. A couple weeks ago I brought in another bird that seems very thin, but she...
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    Bare Back Chickens

    I am wondering how people handle the bare backs on their chickens? I have two roosters and 37 hens. There are a handful of them that must be favorites as their backs are loosing feathers. If I spray their backs with blue kote will that deter the roosters?
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    Still need help!

    My 6 month old buff still can’t stand and is panting. I originally wrote on Sunday when I thought she was egg bound. She has since laid two eggs. Her poop looks normal and she is eating and drinking. One thought was Marek’s, but her eyes look okay and her leg isn’t the classic sticking out...
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    What’s wrong with my chicken?

    I have a young chicken, about 6 months, that I thought was egg bound. She wouldn’t stand and was panting and acting like she was straining to lay an egg. She finally laid an egg, but she still won’t stand. She is eating, but now closing her eyes like to fall asleep. What could be wrong with her?
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    Trouble laying egg?

    I have a young buff that wouldn’t stand up this morning. She is just about 6 months old. I’m not sure if she has laid an egg yet. I have 39 young layers and get about 20 eggs a day. Could she be having trouble laying her first egg? She won’t stand, seems to flop from side to side and now she is...
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