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    Bumblefoot Dilemma

    I have 2 buff Brahmas that have bumble foot and I am treating with doxycycine from the vet. They perked up right away and the swelling is going down. It was not a bad case. I decided to check some of my other LF and found more bumble foot. None of them has exaggerated swelling but just a...
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    Help! WHAT is this?? Graphic photo!

    I found my hen, who has been a great egglayer, sitting in the corner on the poop board. Upon examining her I found a mess of what I think was dark dried blood and the little pocket of skin at the bottom was filled with MAGGOTS! I took her inside the house and washed the area well and got all...
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    Black spots on comb....NOT FROSTBITE....photo

    I have these black spots on the combs of several of my birds. They are inside with some heat so it cannot be frostbite. Any ideas what this is?
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    What is wrong with Wattles??????

    Just noticed that my roo has a dark area on both wattles in the same place. What the heck is this?? His comb looks a little off almost like it has some dust on it which is what I thought it was since the chickens create so much dust. Then I saw the dark spots on each wattle. Tried looking it...
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    Leg injuries

    Two of my 3 1/2 month old Seramas have developed bad legs. Apperars one leg on each. One leg just seems too weak to support them. One showed up yesterday and the other one today. The roo cannot stand on either leg now. I vaguely remember something about vitamin E or something. Please help...
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    Sour crop

    Should a birds crop feel relatively solid or is it OK if it is somewhat spongey? Trying to determine if my hen has sour crop or not. She is broody, so I cannot tell by her behavior so much as all she does is sit in the nest box all day.
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    Extreme Feather Dropping

    I have a chicken that is about 1/12 years old. A Rhode Island Red and she injured on of her legs yesterday. I brought her in to isolate her and keep her off the leg. She just let loose with feathers like I have never seen. She has never molted like that before and I was wondering if the...
  8. Chicklette 1

    What Is A Hatcher?

    Some one said that they removed their just hatched eggs from the incubator to the hatcher for 24 hrs and then to the brooder. I know what the incubator and the brooder is but what is a hatcher?
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    Brower Incubator?

    Has anyone used a Brower Incubator? They have been in business since 1924 so I expect they are good but have never incubated eggs before so I do not really know. I looked at all the common brands but this appealed to me the most. I did purchase one and will be trying it out but wondered if...
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    Pecking or Molting?

    I have 2 first time occurrences and I need a diagnosis or suggestions as to what these may be.I have not noticed any pecking by the other chickens on the one's neck and they do not have mites but my girls are starting to molt.
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    Red Butts

    I couldn't find any recent posts about chickens with sparse feathers and red butts, however that is what I have on probably 5 or 6 of my hens. Some are not red but just sparse feathering. I have examined them for mites and did not find any parasites. About a week ago, I did find worms in one...
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    Class I Sand For Pen??

    Can anyone see any problem using class I sand for my pen. It is down to dirt now and I don't feel like I can clean it very well. I have class I sand (not the real fine sand but a bit more like limestone small flakes), in front of the coop door and I like it very much. It packs down and still...
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    Feeding a mixed age flock....help!

    I have 9 Laying hens in a coop and pen and have been integrating a group of 8 week olds with them. The 8 week olds are ready to be released full time with the older hens. My problem is that I do not want the younger birds eating the layer food. I wonder if there is a food that I can feed to...
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    Need 1 Bantie chick!!

    I need a companion bantie chick for my one that hatched 2 days ago. I had to bring it in and put it in a brooder and it needs a friend. I live in Versailles (lexington area). Please let me know if anyone near by has a chick availabel. Thanks,
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    Single chick! HELP

    Does anyone know of a meet or a swap near Lex. KY. I need another baby for my single chick. Please answer if you know.
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    Any One Know What This Could Be?

    I have a golden buff hen who is almost one year old and had been consistently laying a huge(3.75 to 4.oz) egg every day. Today I found a soft shelled egg on the poop board with a hole in the top of it about the size of the head of a tack. The size led me to believe that it was my golden buff...
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    Is this Broody season or what is happening??

    First my Frizzle Bantam Cochin went broody.........won't leave the nest. I put her out every day when I ring them treats and she walks around, eats and eventually goes back to the eggs or even to no eggs and just sits there. This is my first experience as I am newbie and I have been doing a...
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    What to do with Broody???

    I have a frizzled cochin bantam hen who has been laying eggs for a few months now and she has gone broody. One problem is that the only eggs that could be fertile are from my silkie couple. My silkie roo has not tried to breed to any of the other hens. I do not want to hatch anything at this...
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    Chicken Psychologist Needed

    I have 9 hens, all laying. I have 8 nesting boxes in my coop. Can someone tell me why I find 6 eggs all in one box and maybe one here or there a couple of nests down ? I'm starting to use the other nest boxes for storage and in my new coop with my new batch of 8 chickens, I am only going to...
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    Confinement Question

    i have my little silkie confined since this afternoon as I found she had a small prolapse and she is in a medium plastic kennel. Is it harmful to her to be confined to a small space for any length of time?? I do not have a brooder as such........just some lg plastic containers with hardware...
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