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  1. agarnp

    green watery diarrhea

    i have one out of 10 hens that has been having watery diarrhea with alot of green in it (like from grass or other greens) for a week not responding to Corid and has a nasty but - help
  2. agarnp

    help -a guinea fowl came in our yard

    Hope i can get advice on this. I have 10 hens older than a year. a guinea fowl somehow came into our yard a week ago and wouldn't leave. I felt sorry for it and let it join my hens.. some hens are fine and others kind of stay away from him. He seems healthy, likely came from another home but i...
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    hen has swollen featherless butt

    help Ive noticed my 1.5 yr old RIR has a swollen somewhat wet but yesterday and today the feathers habe been taken off (maybe some her but ive seen the others also pick at her) I think it may be egg bound but when i touched the swollen area it was soft not hard. i cleaned area and placed her in...
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    Spur came off

    Noticed 1.5 yr old Rooster with spur off. Area above it somewhat swollen. Still able to walk around ok. Tried to treat area but the area where spur came off has a hard surface. Cleaned it and applied antibacterial and bandaid. I think I’ve read about soaking area but forgot with what..is it...
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    beak problems

    are there any diseases involving the beak of chickens?
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    using chicken feet

    Does anyone have any advice in using chicken feet?
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    very aggressive 2 month old RIR

    Well we had 18 chicks in Feb and decided to integrate 6 of those that I thought were females in with the 6 hens that are already a year old (and one rooster). After a week the new young ones seem to stick together and are thriving well but I am trying to get them used to my handling them. I...
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    Rooster lets out a long high pitched sound

    My rooster will make this sound at least a couple times a day ... its a long very high-pitched sound -sort of like the sound coming from a balloon when you pinch it at the cuff to allow pressured air to come out slowly. I have no idea what this is--have some of you that have Roosters heard this...
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    older chickens injured 2 month old chick

    We had wanted to introduce the 6 chicks--- 2 month olds- to the one year olds (6 hens 1 rooster) and thought it was going well but today went wrong. We had placed the tractor they had been living in right next to the pen where they were seen daily. Then we got them in a large dog kennel and...
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    6 wk old RIR seems to have died suddenly today

    We had 19 of RIR hatched by us 6 wks ago. They have been very robust and looked fine until just a few min ago when my husband went to check on them in the tractor out back and one had died (they all seemed fine this morning). The rest seem fine. we live in Florida but it did get 49 degrees last...
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    age of chicken

    whats the optimal time to cull a dual purpose chicken for best eating?
  12. agarnp

    newly hatched doesnt look right

    Help- i tried to take picture of it but hard to get a good pic-the chick has a protruding pinkish ball in lower abdomen--all the other 12 were fine. she is moving around and peeping but i know this isnt right- can any one help me understand and what to do?
  13. agarnp

    egg shells

    Hi e eryone....were new at this. should the shell of the hatched chicks be removed from incubator?
  14. agarnp

    what killed my hen?

    help- this morning i woke up to some cackling and thought someone laying an egg but when i went out there one of my hens was killed - feathers everywhere- my other chickens were near their coop . the hens head and neck were obliterated to the bone but the rest of body was intact and laying...
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    scratch feed question

    How much daily scratch feed should each chicken have? I usually spread a few hanfuls on the ground every morning for 8 full grown chickens They have access to pellets allday. I also give them some leftovers with daily - they love this. they aren't fat either but would like for them to put on a...
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    What the heck is this?

    For the third day in a row one of my chickens (11 month old hens) or my 9 month old rooster - don’t know which one—has been pooping with this dark red colored thing with some blood. The last two times it seemed to be like cranberry sauce and I threw it out but today (I’ve been cleaning coop...
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    ground almonds ok to feed chicken?

    can i feed mychicks gound almonds?
  18. agarnp

    rooster w rritated feet?

    Ive noticed the last couple of days my RIR 10 month old rooster has what looks like a pinkish irritated looking area between webs of both feet and in the back of both feet. He is walking normally and does not exhibit any scales or mites. I have been careful to treat recently his area for fleas...
  19. agarnp

    dirty comb

    Hi -I put Vaseline on my roosters comb and i guess over the past couple of days with dust bath & foraging it looks dirty- should I wash it and what would be safe to use? Appreciate yalls expertise!
  20. agarnp

    stick ticks are back!

    I am distressed. I noticed my 10 month old RIR rooster with the tell-tale black spots on his crest this morning and i knew something was wrong when he excessively shaking his head abd scratching. Back in August i gave him Permethrin treatment as recommended on one if the articles in this forum...
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