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    Making prints of your chickens' feet?

    Has anyone had success making either feet prints -either inked or plaster- with their chickens? I've done it for kids, cats, dogs, rabbits as mementos... but not sure what would be safe and easy for chickens? I'm thinking the ink ones are a no go. Cheers!
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    Shell-less egg - no membrane. Do we need to check for stuck membrane?

    Hello, We've got a 3 year old Orpington who is very small compared to the other girls and lowest on the chicken hierarchy. She's had about 3 months of laying shell-less eggs every 2 weeks. But normal-ish eggs the rest of the time (a bit thinner with some calcium deposits). It seemed cyclical...
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    Shell less Eggs and calcium deposits on eggs

    Hiya, We've got a 3 year old lowest on the pecking order (looks like a runt at this point) Orpington hen. She's been laying multiple shell less eggs over night one night last week and last night. Other girls are laying correctly. I understand there's a myriad of reasons for shell less eggs...
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    Egg withholding - can you give to chickens?

    We've been told to give our girls coxiprol to try with an issue we've got and it has a 10 day egg withholding period. I was wondering, can you (cook and) give the chickens their eggs when they're being given coxiprol or other meds they might all be on?
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    She's suddenly decided to be an escape artist and doesn't like her girls

    TLDR; Our oldest and smallest has suddenly decided to fly over her run fence to go digging. I moved their fence out further so she had even more and new areas to dig, but she's decided to just leave as soon as I put her back in the run. Our momma hen was given to use when we got our four...
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    Swollen ears, eye bubbles, red face - in autumn

    Hello everyone - We have 5 Orpingtons 2.5 years old. I'm in New Zealand so molting season is halfway done. We had so much sickness in the flock over summer I was glad everyone seemed to be doing okay ish. Our girl Serena had a day or two of sour crop (others had surgery and months worth)...
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    Is this bumble healing?

    Warning - I've kept the thumbnails small because the wounds are quite gross. One of our girls (2 yr old Orpington blue), had a bumble we thought we took out pretty well. But two weeks later the black plug came back larger, so we soaked for a few days and took it out again and it looked like...
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    Single ongoing eye bubble; anything I should worry about/can try?

    Hi ya'll, I've got one 2+ year old Orpington. She's lowest on the pecking order and very much smaller than her sisters. But, her sisters have had some sort of infection go through the flock from around November until two weeks ago - mainly showing up as sour crop - we also had a few shell less...
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    Canesten/clotrimazole cream for sour crop?

    I've done a bit of a search on the forums but want to double check before dosing - I have a girl who has had two rounds of nystatin and now showing sour crop for the third time in three months. We'll get her to a vet soon (no avian vets on certain days here) - but I want to start her on a...
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    Hens eating too much oyster shell/calcium?

    We're in the height of summer here in New Zealand. I've got 4 orpingtons and one game bantam. All are showing broody bare chests but haven't gone full brood. And all of them are madly chowing down on the freely offered oyster grit. I have one of those inverted wine bottle bird feeders that I...
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    3 hens with sour crop in less than 5 weeks?

    We're going into summer, it's getting hotter each day. And over the past 5 weeks I've had 3 girls sick with sour crop (3rd is in for the night to see if we can get it moving). They're 2 year old Orpingtons (blues and black). Other 2 hens have been fine (well, one had an unrelated reproductive...
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    Nilstat/Nystatin dosage for sour crop?

    Sigh, 3rd (or 4th if we count a bumble foot that got better on it's own) sick chicken in 4 weeks. We have a second girl that's showing signs of impacted/sour crop (more likely bacterial but we'll also treat for fungal) after laying 2 shell less eggs. Yesterday she was acting lethargic and not...
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    Hamburg Parsley / Root Parsley / Parsley Bartowich safe for chickens?

    I have a few huge Hamburg root parsley's (Petroselinum crispum), going to seed in my backyard. Does anyone know if it's safe for chickens? It's in the parsley family, but I don't want to risk something I'm not sure on. Thanks!
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    Crop Bra suggestions/improvements for a very large hen

    Hello all, Our girl Lydia is working toward getting over an impaction and bacterial infection. Her crop is quite pendulous, which may get better with a bra or not. At the moment, we're having to massage and help empty it every hour or so. And while I've made a few bra prototypes - I'm...
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    Impaction procedure 1.5 weeks ago, seemed better, now not eating and sleeping a lot

    Our 2 year old orpington had an incredibly sagging crop 2-3 weeks ago that would not empty. We took her to the vet and they removed a lot of material via tubes. Over 4-5 days we had her inside and managed to clear the rest. Last weekend she was reintroduced to the flock and immediately went on...
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    Reintegration length of time and techniques?

    Our largest, 2 year girl had to come inside for about 7 days. She had a tubing process at the vet to remove an impaction/blockage. She's doing great now, but the first hour she was reintroduced to the flock she beat up the head hen, then was immediately put back in her place and is at the...
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    Early water belly or something else? Early treatment?

    We've been noticing our older (maybe 3-6 years, indian game bantam) has looked...wider ... Starting at least two weeks ago. We attributed it to spring abundance, high egg laying, and some broodiness. But we checked today and the weight appears to be somewhat squishy keel to vent. She looks...
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    Only one hen with messy butt feathers?

    Warning of dirty butt and cloaca photos below. We have four large, fluffy orpingtons with huge feathery pantaloons. And one of them - is a complete mess. We've been giving her a water butt bath weekly since the weather's warmed up. I think it's mainly poop but it also looks worse each time...
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    Smoke bush/tree (Cotinus coggygria) safe or toxic?

    Does anyone know if the smoke bush / tree (Cotinus coggygria) is safe or toxic for chickens? Looking to put one in their area for shade during hot months but can't find any information on the forums or a browser search. Thanks!
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