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    Chicken being heavily picked on

    I have a chicken who recovered from a broken leg, it snapped right where it connects with her hip so there was no way to splint it, she was on anti inflammatory medication and kept in a dog cage for a month. The vet told me she’d always have a slight limp and wouldn’t walk normally again. I...
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    Hen making weird noise while drinking?

    Hey all! For context, I currently have a sick hen who I have been keeping separated, took her to the vet & he thinks it’s EYP and waterbelly, so she is on 3 different meds right now. She still does eat and drink, but when she drinks the water, she makes this weird noise that is very hard to...
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    How to Reintroduce a Recovered Hen/Stop Hens from Fighting?

    I have a chicken that I had separated for a month for a broken leg, I tried letting everybody free range together this morning and she seems to get along with everybody fine except for one hen. They were fighting and I ended up separating them. Should I have let them fight it out? I was scared...
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    Sick Chicken, is this water belly?

    help please! my 3 year old hen is looking very distressed, her abdomen is firm and swollen and she’s waddling with her legs pretty far apart, her comb is turning purple and is very floppy. she’s still eating and drinking but is not very interested in free ranging and mainly stands her with her...
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    Chicken pulling out feathers and cracking noise

    I have a quarantined chicken who is on amoxicillin right now for salpingitis. She has been preening a lot and shaking her head often. Just within the past few days she has starting pulling a bunch of feathers out! I have no idea why she’s doing this. She also has a limp but i couldn’t see...
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    Pendulous Crop??

    I have been treating my chicken who I believe has sour crop. I’ve been giving her crop massages and feeding her softened pellets with egg and yogurt and then giving her crop massages afterwards. I’ve noticed her crop kind of droops a little bit but I can’t tell if it’s normal or if it has...
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    Chicken Pooped out weird object

    I am currently treating my chicken for sour crop, I put her in the separated enclosure and she pooped out this pale blob and i have no idea what it could be. Please help!
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    Limp and Squishy Crop

    I have a chicken that recently started limping, you i’ve been separating her for about 3 days know thinking it was a sprain. I opened up the enclosure and felt her crop and it’s very squishy. Her poop is very runny and she has just been laying in her enclosure with her eyes closed. She also...
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    Limping Chicken

    Hey all, I have a chicken who seems to be limping in her left leg, I checked for bumblefoot and her feet look fine, I don’t know why she would be limping, any thoughts? She refuses to put any weight on the leg.
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    Hen Uninterested in Eating or Drinking, Help!

    I have a hen who is panting and isolating herself from the other chickens, her comb is flopped down & she has a sad demeanor. I brought her inside and gave her a bath because she had some runny poop stuck to her feathers, she hasn't pooped since then from what I've seen. Her comb is still a...
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    Chicken Keeps Reprolapsing

    Hello, a few months ago we had a chicken with a severe prolapse and was able to get her to a vet. They put stitches in her and she made a full recovery for about 3 months, until today. Last night I found her huddled into a corner with blood all over her tail feathers, I took her in and cleaned...
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    Feather Pecking & Bullying. Help!

    So for a while now I have had 4 hens with feather loss in some way. 3 with feathers missing close to their bodies by their legs, 3 with feathers missing by their necks, and 1 with feather loss along her back & I am getting really concerned. I asked a friend who also has a flock & he said that...
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    Intense Vent Gleet? Vent Infection, Please Help!

    I have just recently noticed an accumulation of runny white wet droppings on one of my hens and I went to clean her butt and saw her vent is very infected and swollen!! I think it may be vent gleet! Should I see a vet or should I try to treat it?
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    How to Keep Bedding Dry in Winter?

    This winter has been very wet and muddy, and no matter what I do, the inner coop bedding always seems to be getting damp and cold. I tried putting some straw bedding in the run to make it less muddy but that didn't work very well. Any tips?
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    Chicken Acting Strange

    We recently moved our 7 new pullets into our outdoor coop with our 2 1-year-old chickens and they aren't happy about it. Recently, one of our big chickens has been acting strange and we don't know if she's just upset by the pullets or is sick. She has been a little broody lately and spends most...
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    Frostbite in Chickens

    Hello & Merry Christmas all. It is currently about 20 degrees here and when I went to check on my chickens this morning I noticed that one of my chickens is developing frostbite on her comb. What should I do?? I heard applying vaseline helps.
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    Adding Chickens to Flock

    I am currently ordering more chicks to add to my flock after a fox attack. Currently, I have two Red Star chickens, which I know can be more aggressive towards other birds, but they were always pretty nice to each other and there were never any problems. I want to add more diversity to my flock...
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    Hello!

    My name is Leah, and this is my first time raising chickens. I have been using this website for advice but never really had to post anything before today. I have lost 3 out of 5 of my Red Star flock this morning to a predator, and I'm having problems with a depressed chicken now. I am absolutely...
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    Depressed Chicken After Predator Attack

    Hello, just this morning I lost 3 out of 5 of my chickens to a predator. One seems to be doing just fine but the other has blood that isn't hers on her feathers and has been standing in the coop for about 3 hours. I went in and gave her her favorite treat to try and cheer her up, and it seemed...
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