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    This cannot be normal 😢 green poop

    Hey all, I having a nightmare with one of my girls since early December, first she had a skin problem which is now remedied with creams. She was depressed, sleepy & poor condition so I wormed the whole flock 2 weeks ago tomorrow as they were due & I used Flubenvet mixed into their food. She...
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    Conflicting info on layer pellets

    So before I start her is a little info - I am uk based and I have 5 beautiful girls; 3 silkies & 2 BCMarans pullets. The silkies and one maran currently lay, the last girl Esme, has a skin condition at the moment & is experiencing a stunted development which I hope to resolve, albeit, she is on...
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    Dry sharp skin on chicken - pictures included

    https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/dry-skin-on-chickens-face.1434822/#post-23747964 Hi all i posted the above last week and upon inspection tonight I've managed to take a detailed picture of her side. What could this be?!! It's very sharp and scaly and she is constantly picking at her...
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    Store bought Christmas tree recycling

    Hi all, I have two store bought Christmas trees which are currently in the garden awaiting recycling. I wondered if I could give them to the chickens for them to recycle/compost, perch on and as shelter? They have been in the yard part of the garden for a few days and been well...
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    Dry skin on chickens face

    Hello, My beautiful Esme has developed a couple of dry patches on her face and white lump along the top of her beak line. She doesn't seem distressed if I touch the areas and I have covered them with vasaline for now, but I'm at a loss of what they could be. She is well in herself and no other...
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    Supplements for a juvenile molt

    Hi all, one of my girls seems to be having a harder juvenile molt than the rest. Whilst 3 of them seem to have gotten away lightly and had a mini molt, one seems to be hit quite hard and has lost her tail feathers and the feather at the tops of her legs seem to be getting sparser. I have...
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    Young chickens moulting!

    My 4 young girls (11 weeks) have started to loose feathers. In the coop in the morning and within the run there is a collection of feathers. Also whenare free ranging, I've seen feathers around the garden. From the two silkies they look like their bum fluff feathers & from the two marans, they...
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    Kung Foo chickens and wacky races

    So my girls have started to explore the gardens in little intervals ( we have cats and one is overly curious so limiting their time at the mo) When they come out of the run they flap like crazy across the garden stretching their wings and dart about in every direction, pecking around and head...
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    Review my coop and run. Any advice would be welcomed :)

    Hi all, we made our own coop and run along side the summer house to house our chickens. The run is covered and has its own drainage system which collects in a water butt. However, the run does retain moisture and although it's not muddy, it is damp - The weather in Manchester, UK at the moment...
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    Guidance for future reference if you don't mind

    Hi all, sorry a couple of questions for my own sanity and future reference I got 4 hens on Friday, by Monday, two had died of coccidiosis and one with suspected sour crop. My guessing is this is nothing I have done and they were infected before they arrived ..... hopefully, in a weird kind of...
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    Tragedy has struck - cocci and possible sour crop 😭

    I posted yesterday about my hen Margot going rapidly downhill with coccidiosis. Unfortunately, this morning she passed away in my arms. It was awful, I checked on her she was lay in her side and foam coming from her mouth, I picked her up and she was repeatedly sick and it was awfully sour, she...
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    My newly rehomed chicken Margot has taken a dip in day 2.

    Hi all, I am new here but read through this forum to get prepared before I brought my girlies home - you're all like chicken ninjas 😆 Anyway, my 8-9 week old 'head hen' Margot (Australorp), took a dip on the second day of arriving home. First day she was bright, quickly established authority...
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