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    Bites on me from handling chickens?

    Hello-- Not sure if this is the right category for this "problem." Yesterday morning my friend spent about an hour in my henhouse doctoring my rooster who had been attacked by a dog. (The rooster is doing better today, he has a very stiff neck and we were hand feeding him but today he has...
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    My chicken nightmare continues! Now worms!

    Summary (see my earlier post from a couple days ago, it's a long story)...lice, respiratory infection, dog attack...started after bringing 3 new birds into my flock. I have culled 2 symptomatic hens (foul smelling nasal discharge, eyes swollen shut, lethargic) I am currently treating the...
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    Questions about coryza.

    Hello-- I had posted earlier that I am currently treating my flock for coryza. I have two Polish hens that have severe symtoms, and have noticed minor symptoms in my 2 roos and one or two other hens. I have close to 30 birds of varying breeds. I do not free range because of heavy predation...
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    Coryza (?) Nightmare...hard lesson learned...

    I learned a very hard lesson...I neglected my best judgement and a fundamental rule of chicken keeping and added 3 new silkies I purchased at a fur and feather swap in Sept to my flock without quarantining them first. A week later I found one of the newbies dead under the roost. I didn't think...
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    Update on pet store rescue chicks

    Well, so far so good (for the most part) The 10 chicks with the severe foot problems are all still alive, eating drinking and peeping happily. I have been changing their bedding pine shavings) daily and continuing with the antibiotics in the water. I have noticed that on one or two the foot...
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    Rescued Pet Store Chicks with dead foot/toes!

    Hello! Got myself into another situation today. I stopped by the local pet store and found a batch of week old chicks (why, WHY at a pet store?). They were on a pelleted bedding, which was moist and not under any heat source. Upon closer inspection I noted that many of them were hopping...
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