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    Vent Gleet, Parasites, or normal moulting??

    We have a coop of mixed breeds, all purchased at the same time from the same poultry farm. They were all born at the same time, and raised together. We have red sex links, azures, and noirrans. The red is sex links and noirrans have very irritated bums. Azures are fine. All of the girls have...
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    Egg Bound - Broken Egg!!

    Hi all, We have a sweet hen in our coop who is egg-bound, and the egg has broken. I can see the tip of the thinned-shelled broken egg sticking out of her vent. Her comb is pale and looks frostbitten as well (unrelated or not?). She cannot stand, is incredibly weak, and looks at death's door...
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    One sick chicken in small, healthy flock??

    Hi all! Over the years we have kept a small, tidy little coop of 6-10 hens. We currently have 6 hens, ranging from 2 to 3 years old. They have a warm and clean house, spacious run, and plenty of fresh herbs, veggies, grubs, layer food, calcium source, grit, and fresh ACV water every single...
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    ASAP! Best de-wormer brand in Canada?

    Hi all! I need a de-wormer ASAP. Our flock definitely has parasites of some kind as two have died in the past week after making wheezing noises and shaking their heads and necks. Gapeworm?? Any Canadians here that can recommend a brand to try for treating our entire flock? We’re in Ontario...
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    Chicken is wheezing - and lost a hen last week

    Hi everyone, One of my hens is suddenly wheezing. She makes an inhale wheeze and then shakes her head a bit. The head shaking doesn’t happen with every breath, but often enough that it is worrisome. Her sister died suddenly about 1.5 weeks ago. Just curled up in a corner to “rest” and was dead...
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    How to treat entire flock for illness?

    Hi everyone! I suspect parasites or worms in my small flock of 7 hens. We just unexpectedly lost one of our girls yesterday, and the others are beginning to have pale combs, and lustreless feathers. Does anyone have any suggestions for treating the entire flock as a preventative measure? I was...
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    Why did my chicken die??

    Hi all! I was so sad to discover one of my 2yr old Bielefelder hens dead in the coop this morning. Nestled into the corner at a funny angle. No signs of illness or injury previously. It looks like she fell off the roost (only 1.5 feet high) and got wedged between the feeder and the walls, OR she...
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    Is this a problem? Run size and too many chickens

    Hi everyone! We adopted a few chickens last minute from someone who needed them gone immediately. We now have 8 chickens. We never intended to have more than 6 hens when we first built our enclosure, so I’m a bit worried about the size of our run. The coop is 5 x 8, but the run is only 8 x 8. We...
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    Feeding Essentials? What are must-haves for a healthy flock?

    Hi all! We’re about 2 years into raising our flock. We have 8 hens (4 Bielefelders and 4 Red Sex Links). They are wonderful girls and we adore them! As they get older, we are committed to keeping them super healthy! I would love to know your favourite, must-have foods for their daily diet and...
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    New Hens - How to check for illness?

    Hello everyone! 🐥 We’re adopting 3 x 1.5 year old hens from a friend who has too many eggs to manage. We already have 4 hens raised from chicks that are 2 years old. We will be doing a 1-2 week long quarantine in side-by-side fenced runs, and all hens will sleep in our coop which is open concept...
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    Adding new chickens plus transporting them to our home

    Hello everyone! 🐥 We currently have four sweet Bielefelder hens that we’ve raised since chicks. We have offered to adopt three Red Sex Link hens (these ones are Rhode Island Red / White Leghorn) from a friend who has too many eggs to manage. They are healthy, about 1.5 years old, which I know is...
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    Very pale combs in winter

    Hi all! We have a tiny flock of just four Bielefelder hens. We're in Ontario, and the temperatures have been dropping to around -10 at night. Our girls are in a non-insulated, but wind-proof and dry coop with straw bedding. They get good quality layer feed, plus herbs, seeds and various fresh...
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    Help! Not sure what is happening with my hens!

    Hello friends! We have four Bielefelder Hens that are just over a year old. We raised them from week old chicks. (We had five hens originally but one suddenly died a couple of months ago from what appeared to be some sort of leg injury from an unknown source). We love our girls. They get a...
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