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  1. RedHillChicken

    Sick hybrid and what to do?

    This is the second hen we've had with the same symptoms - bluish/purplish/red flopping cone, clumping yellow uric acid smelling discharge, lethargic. We had to cut off the clumps of poop around her vent yesterday. She doesn't seem to be eating as much as they all eat, but did lay an egg...
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    Broody hen issue

    We have a Black Americana hen (name Rietta), 3-4 years old, who went broody on the 14th. We put her in the time out cage in the garage on the 16th and kept her there 4 days. She looked like the broodiness broke, so we put her back outside with the flock. She hasn't laid an egg since the 15th and...
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    Are vent gleet and egg binding related issues?

    We have a prolific egg layer, usually 6 a week. She started displaying what looked to be vent gleet - white foamy runny discharge, listless. Her tail feathers were pointed down, and she looked like she was trying to lay an egg. I came inside, and went back out and she'd laid an egg right where...
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    Vent gleet eggs

    Our Lucy looks to have vent gleet, with white discharge. She is laying eggs randomly and they have strange spots on them. Please advise.
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    Rooster injured spur fighting other rooster

    Our "head" rooster, Bok Bok, has lost one of his spurs fighting with our "junior" rooster Dot, leaving an exposed piece of skin sticking out. We managed to wash off the raw place with saline water spray, cleaning it as much as possible with gauze, and then applied Blue Kote spray. We've...
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    This beautiful bird just showed up!

    We've been blessed with this new arrival. Cinnamon/brown with black tail feathers. We hope it's a female. She arrived two nights ago, and stayed out in the bushes every night. But every morning she'd show up. She has been taken care of quite well, and she has clear eyes. Got her to go into the...
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    Hen suddenly listless, black runny discharge

    One of our hybrid hens has been getting pecked on today by another hybrid (not normal). Her comb has several peck marks, and overall it and her waddle is very pale pink (not normal for her). This afternoon I saw her with her head in a corner, and she was sleeping (I thought). I picked her up...
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    Broody hen setting without eggs

    We have a black Americana hen who's going broody, except she's not sitting on any eggs. We took her egg out this morning along with the ceramic eggs we put in the nesting box to encourage our 19-20 week old hens to lay there. How do we discourage her broodiness?
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    Bedding

    I've got pine wood chips in the chicken run, and would like to add some other bedding to help with composting and the smell. Would green hay be appropriate?
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    Rooster with young chicks

    Should we allow our barred rock rooster to be able to free range and co-mingle with our 11 week old pullet chicks? We have integrated the flock of 14 new chicks, 2 hens, and our rooster for a couple of weeks now, and just want to be cautious.
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    Chick eating and drinking, but lethargic

    We have a baby barred rock that is eating and drinking, but seems lethargic. All of the rest of the flock are fly running (my term) and growing. This baby is the runt of the crew. What would anyone suggest to check? Pasty butt? They all get checked twice a day. Maybe nutri-drench full strength...
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    We lost a barred rock - splay leg

    Well, we lost our first new chick last night, a barred rock. She had splay leg, and slept under the heat panel Saturday night. Yesterday, we noticed she couldn't walk and one leg just didn't work. We tried to give her some nutri-drench just to make sure she was hydrated. We watched many videos...
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    Normal baby chick poop pictures

    Does anyone have links to pictures of "normal" baby chick poop? I have one that looks suspicious. Thanks!
  14. RedHillChicken

    Baby chicks have arrived

    Well, the big day came yesterday when we got a call from the post office that our baby chicks had arrived. We ordered 15 female chicks from Cackle Hatcheries, 3 each of barred rocks, buff orpington, black laced golden wyandotte, cinnamon queen, and golden comets . To our surprise, we had 18...
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    Giving electrolytes to baby chicks

    We're getting our baby chicks in 2 weeks, and I have a question about feeding new chicks water - specifically, should I give them the Save-A-Chick electrolyte, or should we use the Justin Rhodes "magic water"? Thanks for sharing your past experiences.
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    Organic all flock crumbles

    Has anyone used the Nature's Best Organic All Flock Crumbles Chicken Feed from Tractor Supply? Most of the negatives I hear about chicken feed from TS is the Dumor's and Producer's Pride brands. Thanks
  17. RedHillChicken

    Rooster shakes head back and forth

    Our Rooster Bok Bok, since he was 3-4 months old, has shaken his head back and forth. I'm not sure if this is a male dominance chicken thing, or that he may have some throat issue or parasite. He's not a touchable chicken, so I can't look down his throat. His poo looks normal, but sometimes it's...
  18. RedHillChicken

    Rotating owls

    Our one legged female bard rock hen escaped an attack by a hawk yesterday. Has anyone had success using one of the metal rotating owls to scare off hawks?
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    Homemade chicken food

    I'm making homemade chicken food and notice there are many recipes that use use kelp meal/fish meal. I contacted North American Kelp company, and they test for mercury in their kelp/fish meal. Can anyone here look at this test and tell me if this company's kelp/fish meal is safe to use? Thanks!
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