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    Ringworm?

    Does this look like ringworm/favus to you?
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    Large neck open wound with wheezing from hawk attack

    Christina, a Rhode Island Red, got attacked by a very hungry hawk today. We immediately isolated her and have safety gotten the rest of the flock back into the coop. Her wound has been rinsed with warm water and we are drying her now. There are no local vets who will see chickens. What else can...
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    Still alive but not eating

    Our almost 2 year old Rhode Island Red spent Friday night in a layer. We discovered her Saturday morning and separated her from the flock. She was panting and her vent was contracting as if she were trying to lay an egg. We treated her as if she were egg bound, but I am new and don't really know...
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    Guessing Egg bound - Anything else to do?

    One of our Rhode Island Reds isn't doing well. She is just shy of two years. She spent a night in a layer and we found her still there in the morning with all the signs of being egg bound including panting and her vent continually contracting. We separated her into our recovery spot in the...
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    Eye Injury with cloudy discharge

    2 and a half year old Rhode Island Red... We found her this afternoon with blood, and her eye is producing a cloudy discharge. No vets will see chickens in our area. She is not eating or drinking. Occasionally her beak opens briefly, but no sound. She is the cuddliest chicken and my son's...
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    Florida Chickens Hating the Snow

    After seeing pictures of all of y'all's chickens happily doing their chicken things in the snow, we were excited to see our flock's reaction when we actually got snow here in Florida. We let them all free range. They scratched around a little at first, but then as the snow began to accumulate...
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    Rooster crow sudden change

    Our Rhode Island Red rooster (who is exceptionally sweet, lets us pick him up and pet him, and after a high hormonal adolescent learning period has become very gentle and gentlemanly toward the hens) is about 9 months now. Last night we noticed that his 4:30am crow had changed from the typical...
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    Normal mounting frequency?

    We have 5 older girls from last year and a new group of 2 girls with one rooster we call Teeny (he isn't teeny any more, though he had been a smaller chick in the group). The younger group is about 7 months and have been laying eggs too. They are all Rhode Island Reds. An additional Speckled...
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    Pullet that crossed the road

    One of our neighbors' chickens escaped and decided she liked our yard better. We kept encouraging back across the road to them, but once it grew dark, we discovered her roosting in our Azaleas. The neighbors said we could keep her and that she is a "Welsie"... at least that's what it sounded...
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    First time deep cleaning / rats

    I've looked through the forum already and I'm not sure if this should be in coop maintenance or predators, but here we go with our specific situation... After having our chickens almost a year and doing the deep litter method with a poop board under the perch, we are getting ready for our...
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    Ventilation in the humid cold

    Newbies from Northwest Florida here... We have extremely high humidity conditions and generally hot climate, but it is about to drop into the low 20s after being pleasantly warm (mostly 70s and low 80s) for a while. (Yes, all the blooming plants are going to suffer.) Anyway, we built our coop...
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    Mess with an injured wing or leave it alone?

    Our flock of 6 Rhode Island Reds got attacked midday yesterday and one of the 5 remaining birds has an injured wing. She wasn't able to flap up to the roost last night like the others, so we put her with the others, then lifted them all down in the morning since nobody was leaving the roost...
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    Northwest Florida newbies

    I have been reading a lot of great info on this forum since the spring when we were first gifted four chicks. A few months later we were given two more for a total of six. They are all Rhode Island Reds. They've been happy, healthy, and super-productive. Their favorite food is dry oatmeal. We...
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