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  1. Heidi Lee

    Swollen red bulge beneath vent

    Can anyone tell me what's happening with my 2-year-old Leghorn? She just laid a well-formed egg. These photos were taken after I washed her backside with Dawn and applied Vetricin and an antifungal ointment. I suspect the problem is on the inside though. The bulge below her vent is red, hot, and...
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    Will mama harm pecked chick?

    Hello everyone. My 2- week old chick just got out and had her neck pecked raw. I reunited her with her mama, who promptly pecked the chick’s neck, presumably because it is red. Can I keep them to whether if I use Vetericyn and bandage her skinny little neck? Or will she be killed by her own mother?
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    Hen sounds like squeaky goose

    Hello again, incredibly helpful people. One of my Wyandottes is making a constant sound, “Aaaaaah squeak! Aaaaaah squeak!” She is otherwise acting normally, free ranging with the others. She did attack another hen tho, which left her a little bloodied. What to you make of her constant sound...
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    Bare backed hen doesn’t grow feathers

    One of my Wyandottes has looked like this for months. I brought her inside to see if she would grow feathers if left alone and it took three weeks for some pin feathers to appear. I put her back out and of course she is being bullied, in spite of my efforts to reintegrate her. It’s cold here...
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    Lame hen I cannot diagnose

    Hello. My 5-month-old Wyandotte is suddenly holding one leg off the ground -- this just started today. Yesterday she was reluctant to leave the coop and today she did not leave it at all. I have her in a cage in the house now. I do not see signs of mites, bumble foot, or injury, and she is...
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