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    Coccidiosis?? Or not??

    I need help with chick poo. These babies are approaching 2 weeks old. I have had them a week and had them on medicated feed, prior to that I am not sure if they were on medicated feed, I don’t think so. Some of these poos look strange to me. They are also getting probiotics in their water. I...
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    When To Put Ducklings Outside

    I am new to ducklings (long time chicken keeper) and I am having trouble deciding if I can put my ducklings outside yet. I am in the south so temps are milder but they are in 30s and 40s at night. I can run heat to their coop as well and i have a radia t heater that mouts to the wall. They are...
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    Impacted Crop?? Help!

    I have a hen that I think may have impacted crop; however, there may be something else causing her digestive system to shut down. Saturday she was lethargic and did not show interest in eating, just laid in front of waterer and drank a lot of water. She even slept in a nest box about an hour...
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    Impacted Crop - Need some guidance

    I have a hen that I think may have impacted crop; however, there may be something else causing her digestive system to shut down. Saturday she was lethargic and did not show interest in eating, just laid in front of waterer and drank a lot of water. She even slept in a nest box about an hour...
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    Lash Egg or Something Else??? Help!!

    I have a hen that is laying these ooey gooey looking “eggs”. From what I have read about lash eggs, this kind of looks like one but not really. I have the hen that I suspect is laying these isolated. I have seen something similar to this hanging out of her vent before and we had to extract it...
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    Already on Antibiotics, Now Respiratory Symptoms

    Need a little advice. I am treating my flock for bacterial infection after my son got into chicken poop and put it in his mouth. He got sick about 2 days later, his stool was tested. Flock has been on amoxicillin for 7 days, now suddenly I have a hen in the same flock who suddenly has sneezing...
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    Bully Hen

    I have been reading through what to do about a bully hen and I am still struggling. Also, the bully hen happens to be my favorite hen :he. We had to get rid of rooster in Nov (he was too mean) and I knew she would end up being head hen (she bullied the hens when the rooster mounted them). The...
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    Egg bound vs stopped laying for winter

    I’ve been reading/researching on egg bound hens but I still am unsure whether my girl has stopped laying for the winter or if she is truly egg bound. She hasn’t laid an egg in 4 days and she lays just about every day. She skips a day here and there but never 4 days. She is around 8 mo old...
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    Rooster’s feet turning pink

    Anyone help me confirm why my young roo’s feet are turning pink? I noticed it a few weeks ago, he doesnt seem injured. In certain light it looks darker and other times lighter, seems to go up the back of his legs. I did catch him and snapped a few pics. I’ve read this may just be hormones? He’s...
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    New Flock Members

    I have a crazy situation, long story short I eneded up with one cockerel and one pullet from my original flock. I have since got 4 new pullets around the same age, quarantined them for 30 days, I did the see no touch playpen method to acclimate the newcomers to the 2 I had. The other day I...
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    Introducing newcomers that are same age as existing flock

    I had 6 young chickens approx 13 weeks old, i had to rehome 4 due to them all being roos. I have one roo and one pullet. The new chicks are roughly the same age, are there any rules to integrating them to the 2 that I currently have? Thinking due to age it shouldn’t be too big of a problem. I do...
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    Need help determining pullet vs cockerel

    I’m a brand new member and new to chickens. We got our first 6 chicks from a local farmer at around 4 weeks old (sexed as 1 male, 5 females) told they are barred rock mixed w/ black sussex. They are now around 13 weeks old, 2 have started crowing, I know that’s a dead giveaway. However, I have 3...
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