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    Can I use Clotrimazole 1% Topical for sour crop?

    I know people use vaginal cream to treat sour crop but I'm wondering if I could use topical cream instead. It has the same clotrimazole.
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    Replacing the roof. Too much ventilation for 4'X4' coop?

    My coop for seven hens consists of two parts with different heights. The lower part, which contains nesting bins, measures 4' x 6', and the higher part, with perches, measures 4' x 4'. Both sections are 3' high, but the perch area is elevated on legs. The 4' x 4' section, used for sleeping...
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    One chicken keeps laying broken eggs

    I started to see a broken egg quite often inside or outside the nesting box since a few weeks ago. It looked like one or more chickens kept kicking an egg out the nesting box too. I thought somebody was pecking an egg or kicking eggs and bedding around so hard that the eggs break. However, it...
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    Is Respiratory infection life long?

    Someone said respiratory infection for birds is lifelong and that they shed virus even after they get better. Is this true?
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    Does she have gape worms or respiratory infection?

    My 2 year old hen has been not well for over a week and now coughing and sneezing in a weird fashion. She hasn't been eating much feed and only ate a bit of eggs, greens and fruits. She looked okay for the last few days but she looks worse this evening. Is it gape worms or respiratory infection...
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    Is my chicken choking now? Emergency! help please.

    My chicken is breathing heavily making a weird sound and keeps closing her eyes all of a sudden. In the video, we were massaging her crop and neck in case she choked on something. Please see the video. What's wrong with her? Her comb and wattles are a little purplish. Her crop seems not full at...
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    Will taking a bully hen out for awhile work in my flock?

    I have 9 hens (no rooster) and the 8th (8 months old) on the hierarchy bullies the bottom one, 9th (also 8 months old). She always pecks the 9th and whenever the 9th is in the nesting box, she chases her away even though she doesn't want to lay herself. The 9th happened to be my favorite as she...
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    My chicken's foot got wet and froze at 14F. What to do?

    My husband put a bowl of water in the coop when it's 14F this morning. (I told him not to, explaining that they will knock the bowl over, but he did it anyways while I was sleeping. He admitted that he was being a knucklehead and is now apologetic and repentant, according to his words.) That was...
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    What are the benefits of big coops?

    I'm building a run and a coop again and hoping third time's a charm. The new covered 12'X22' run will be completely predator proof with hardware cloth and the chickens will have access 24/7 to the run from the coop. It's pretty mild in the winter here, usually around 40F. The lowest was 10F and...
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    Is it better to lock a broody hen or let her roam to break her out of it?

    When I had broody hens, I either lock them in a 3'x4' box with a mesh floor, let them roam outside or keep them in a 6'x8' coop with no access to nesting boxes. I couldn't for sure say which method was better but keeping them in a bigger space might've worked a bit better than keeping them in...
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    Is it okay to give cold, wet feed to chickens in the winter?

    I give my chickens wet layer's feed and they eat it in the afternoon and the next morning. The feed doesn't get frozen yet but I'm wondering if it's not good for them to eat cold and wet food first thing in the morning. Or, is it okay as long as it's not frozen?
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    Looking for the post showing how to soak a chicken with a laundry hamper

    I think I recently saw a posting here, explaining how to soak a chicken (for egg bounding, etc.) using a laundry hamper upside down. The laundry hamper was to prevent a chicken from getting out. Can anybody locate this post? I can't remember the details and I wish I had saved the image showing...
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    Scab on a deep wound on the chicken stomach

    I have a pullet that was bitten by a dog 26 days ago and she's slowly healing. The wound is a combination of a cut and deep puncture and it's been gradually sealing up from the lower, shallower part. Now the upper part seems to be sealing up too but the scab is still very thick and big and I can...
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    Extra light for pullets

    I have 5 Light Sussex pullets that are point of lay. Their mother hens who were hatched early April last year started to lay at the end of August and these pullets were hatched early May this year so I was hoping they would start laying the end of September. But no one's laying yet. Well, the...
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    Food for injured hens? (pics of injuries included)

    Two of my chickens got bitten by a dog 5 days ago and have been treated separately. They are not eating much of the usual feed but they gobble up scrambled eggs, oats or scratch when I give a little too them. Still, the amount they eat daily seems quite a bit less than their usual intake as I...
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    Another chicken got bitten on the stomach. Will she live?

    The pic didn't show another inch of cut at the end. The cut is so big that I'm not sure if she'll live or I should put her down.
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    My chicken got bitten by a dog. What to do?

    Should I wash it? There are three open wounds. I have saline solution and peroxide. Which is better? I can't bring her to a vet. What can I do to treat her? Thank you. P.S. I'm trying to get Manuka honey and antibiotics. Which one should I use?
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    Can you fry dual purpose chickens?

    I'm processing Light Sussex cockerels at 14 and 16 weeks. Will they be tender enough to be fryers? Or should they be cooked slowly for a long time?
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    Do I need a vent in my coop even when the door is always open?

    I'm planning to attach a 3'X6' coop to a 6'X8' coop/run. This covered 6X8 space was originally intended for my chickens to sleep in as well but it's a bit hard to keep it draft free especially around the human door. So I decided to attach a small space to it for them to roost at night. The 3'X6'...
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    Is it okay to freeze birds without resting?

    I have 7 cockerels to process in a month but I don't have enough fridge space to rest them all. I've read that you can freeze them right after butchering without resting and keep them in the fridge for awhile before you eat them. Is that true? Or should I process them a few at a time instead of...
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