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    Rhode island chick with wartlike growths around the eyes

    Has anyone encountered muscle-like cyst growths around the eyes on a 2-4week old rhode island chicks. No issue found on their eating/drinking. Still active just has the growths. Photo is attached. How do you treat this? Thank you in advance for any response.
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    Ear infection on broody hen

    Hi, Please help.... i have a broody hen whose one ears seem to have an ear infection. Yesterday i tried cleaning the ears with hydrogen peroxide in Q-tip. I did not see any foreign material but only an empty hollow hole? But there are fluid like pus or watery that attach to her ear hair which...
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    Chicken eye excessive tears exposed lacrimal membrane

    Please help.... I don't know why one of my 8month old pullet's one eye is excessively lacrimating with bubbling tears and also a white membrane is covering the medial aspect.... What should i do? But the eye(pupil) itself seems clear not cloudy. Please help.... i don't want her to get blind...
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    Facial swelling due to colds accumulation -- chinese silkie

    Hi, I got four chinese silkies, but when they arrived they got colds. (Maybe due to the fact it was transported by a truck and heavy wind blowing) The male is the one with more symptoms as one side of its nasal sinus become swollen. Tried pressing thinking the accumulations will exit nasal...
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    Rhode island red rooster lameness

    Hi My rhode island red rooster about 5 months old has one leg lame, it is usually lying down and walks crisscrossing. Should i cull the rooster? I have tried giving multivitamins and provide calcium supplements, but no improvement. It seems to get worse as the rooster gains more weight growing up.
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    3-4months old rhode island red raspy voice

    Hi, Please help, i have her with her brother since last month. They came with nasal discharge and dyspnea, but i was able to treat them with Premoxil day 1-3 and Ambroxitil day 4-6. However, last week the female rhode island red had a change in voice, it sounded raspy/phlegmish/blocked/mucoid...
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    Foot wound?

    Please help my indoor chickens..... They have black spots growth or wound on their feet .... been placing betadine and also oregano extract on their feet... not only on their feet there seems to have white spot on their comb / wattle. Multiple chickens involved. 2 pullet 5 month old, 3 2month...
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    2 week old chicks losing back feathers

    Please help me with this thread: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/bully-4-week-old-chick.1475476/page-3 I have two week old chicks yesterday found with bald spots on their back near the tail area. Could this be caused by parasite? Or is just pecking by others? 5 out of 7 chicks have...
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    Bully 4 week old chick

    Hi, i have 3 chicks from the hatchery last May 17. 2 were male and 1 was female. One male last week had a bloody diarrhea and i treated them all with Trimethoprim-Sulfamethoxazole. They are on day 4 of treatment, tomorrow will be their last day. For the first two days of treatment, the male is...
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    15-week old chicken laid egg

    Hi, I am concerned on my 15-week old chicken as today she laid her first egg(of course shell-less), should i start giving her layer feed? As i am concerned she is still young then she might become malnourished due to the early egg laying.
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    Mother hen with chicks--should i remove the nestbasket?

    Hi, I am in confusion whether it is better to remove the basket or should i leave them be? The last egg hatched today--still not able to go out of basket to feed and drink. But planning if it is better to remove will do it tomorrow(to allow new hatched chick to dry off). They are 7chicks now...
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    • baby basket chicks flooring hatched hen mother nestbox
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    Hen not good mother

    Good day! One of my hen hatched 3chicks from the 5eggs. She seems to be not a good mother, she eats everything but not letting her chicks eat. Sometimes she pecks at them. Is this normal? What can i do? She is of a Texas breed which seems to show the aggressive behaviour. I am having hard time...
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    • bad chicks day old hatch hen mother neglecting not caring pecking
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    New day old chicks

    Hi! 3 out of the 6eggs i tried to let poultry supply incubate hatched May 16/17. This is my second time to raise baby chicks without the hen. My brooder space is quite big but they are only 3. It is about a 2ft x 2ft dimension. I have used 25watts light bulb for there heat source placed in the...
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    • baby brood cage chicks day old feeder floor heat shelfliner sleep
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    Still loose stool after trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole 5days treatment

    Hi! Follow up question on my 3-month old chick who previously had bloody diarrhea. I treated her on trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole for 5days and her stool has no more blood but still on-off watery/form stool.. what should i do? I currently had already stopped the meds as it says for 5days. Do i...
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    Bloody diarrhea on 3month old pullet

    Please help... i found yesterday my 3month old pullet having bloody diarrhea, less eating/drinking/activeness. Started yesterday mixing trimethoprim+sulfamethoxazole in her waterer. We don't have Corid available in our country, also tried in our place to find amprolium but there is none. Today i...
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    Please help!!!chick problem😟

    Hi to all. I have one chick born feb 11, 2021. She hatched nonassisted and fast. After a week or so, she started having legs going sideward then ultimately the right went backward one day. There were times i tried to hobble her legs but she got stressed more so did not continue. So she drags her...
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    Hen won't brood after laying 7eggs

    Hi everyone! Thank you in advance for responding. I have one hen who have already laid 7 eggs and for 2days no added egg on the clutch. But she still won't sit on them, it has been past 1 week or so since the first egg. How can i make her brood or sit? As i don't have an incubator nor other...
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    New member

    Hi everyone! I am a new member who just recently raised chickens....:) happy chicken raising to everyone! I sooooo love my chickens... 🙂
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    Hatched chick with mother hen problem

    Hi everyone! I am new on chicken raising. I had a hen with 5 eggs. Staggered hatching: April 20 one hatched, then today april 22 one hatched. All 3 eggs still remain under hen. The hen is still sitting on the nest, i am concerned that the first hatchling will go hungry and dehydrated as today is...
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    • baby basket chicks feed hatch hen mother nest water
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