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    Can someone identify this worm please?

    I was quite taken aback when I saw this in my coop today :( Can someone please positively identify this type of worm so that I can get the correct dewormer for my flock? I am assuming it's roundworm. But would love confirmation from someone who knows more than me (not hard). Thank you!
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    Weird tissue blob in egg

    I posted a few days ago about my 2 year old hen that's been laying super thin shelled and sometimes discolored eggs lately. The original write up is below. I am attaching pics of today's egg and the contents. I'm assuming she has a parasite, but I can't see anything live moving around... but if...
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    Parasite or worm leeching calcium?

    I have a 2 year old hen, Agnes, (was supposed to be black australorp but is not, black with copper around neck) that has been laying super thin shelled eggs for about 6 months. Some days they are almost paper thin. The other 4 hens have not had issues with thin shells. They have oyster shells...
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    2 year old barred rock molted in Oct and again in Feb - is that normal?

    I have a 2 year old barred rock hen that went through a molt back in Oct/Nov 2022. It wasn't a super hard molt, but it definitely wasn't a light one either. Then she got her feathers back and started laying, no issues. February 1, 2023 I started seeing her feathers all around the run again and...
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    Crop issues? Egg bound?

    I have a 1 and half year old RIR who has not been acting like herself since Monday of this week. She seems to have slowly gotten worse each day. She's staying away from the other 4 chickens, kind of hunched over and much quieter than she normally is. She's my most active and noisy one usually...
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    Dirty butt & fluffy feather loss

    I have 5 hens total, they're 11 months old (first winter) and only the 1 barred rock, who is the smallest, is having this issue. Background: I live in KY and it was a very mild winter until January. Since then we've had a range of single digits up to 40 degrees. Right now there is snow and ice...
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    Is there an alternative use for eggs during withdrawl period?

    I have a huge basket of eggs from the withdrawl period after giving my girls Wormout gel. We don't plan to eat them, but I was curious if there is an alternative use for the eggs? I've tried to think outside the box and come up with something, but really just don't know. Before I throw them out...
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    What breed?

    I asked for two black australorps at Rural King back in March and pretty positive neither ended up being black australorps, ha! I asked people their thoughts back when they were only a few weeks old but now they're 27 weeks, so I'm going to post again and see if anyone knows. I think it's...
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    Yellow poop

    I have five 26 week old girls. I've been seeing some liquid yellow poop from one of my Rhode island reds the last couple of days. She's the smallest, but otherwise eats fine, drinks well, and seems healthy. They all recently were wormed using wormout gel, repeated again 10 days later. It's been...
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    Need to deworm

    I have five 22 week old hens. They're in a large run most of the day. But get 2 to 3 hours of free range a day. They've all started to have diarrhea at least a couple times a day and their combs have lightened up a bit and I worry they have worms. I have called every vet in my area and non will...
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    Should I get rid of boxwood (toxic) bushes?

    I have 3 very large american boxwood bushes in my backyard where my 5 chickens free range most of the day. Whenever I see them go over by the bush I try to herd them elsewhere. But I've read that the leaves can be very toxic to them. Should I dig up these huge bushes? Or will the chickens...
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    Temp/humidity & solar light

    I would like to put a indoor/outdoor weather station type thing in the coop so that from inside my house I know what the temp and humidity is inside the coop. Does anyone use something like that that works well? Or one you've tried that didn't work well? My coop is about 100 feet from my house...
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    Are these all pullets? 2 RIR, 2 BCM, 1 BR

    I'm pretty sure my 5 ladies are pullets, but can anyone with experience please take a glance and tell me if you think otherwise? They are 5 weeks old today and the RIRs and BCMs are all close to the same size, the barred rock is much smaller but she's the fiestiest. I don't really see any...
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    Need Run Advise Please!

    Here's our freshly built coop. The only thing left is to add a window in the front, it'll be 17x30 and the plan is for it to go immediately above the coop door in the front. However, now I'm having trouble figuring out the attached run design. I was a bit overwhelmed at making the coop (we...
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    Corid use

    I've read through as much of the Corid related threads as I can, so I apologize if this is answered elsewhere but I couldn't find it. I have a quart waterer for my 5 chicks, so I'm treating with 1 cc of Corid (preventative dose, I did the math) in their water each time I refill it through out...
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    3 week barred rock open mouth breathing heavily

    I have a three week old barred rock who has been breathing very heavy for 3 days but has still been eating and drinking and walking around acting like the other chicks mostly. Today she is a little less active and is breathing through her mouth heavily. She has some red in her poop for the first...
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    Black australorp chick with hair on legs

    I have a 2.5 week old black australorp chick that has hair (down) on her legs from the day I got her. It stops right before her toes jut out, but it goes all the way down the outside of her legs and it's black. I have not seen any photos online for black australorp chicks with hair on their...
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    Chronic pasty butt

    I have 6 roughly 10-12 day old chicks (black australorp, barred rock, RIR) and all are doing great but the tiniest one I've had to clean her pasty butt daily since day 4. She's very active, eats and drinks a lot and doesn't seem to have any other obvious issues. I have a Brinsea EcoGlow as their...
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