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    Chicken with hard swollen lower abdomen

    I need some advice. I have a 2 year old hen who has been getting increasingly mopey. Today she seems to be worse. She comes out and free ranges with the others but she tends to stand still with her tail down. Sometimes she struts around normally too. Occasionally puffs her feathers. Her lower...
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    Gapeworm treatment

    I was about to treat my small Flock for gapeworm (shaking heads, one will periodically stretch her neck out and gasp, all act normal otherwise) but I read on a poultry vet website not to treat if molting. 4 out of 5 of min are molting. Can anyone speak to that? I feel like if she's gasping...
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    Shakes head and missing feathers

    I have posted something related to this previously, about 5/6 months ago. 5 out of 6 of my hens are missing chunks of feathers on their necks only. The one buff looks completely normal. 2 of the 5 periodically shake their heads like something is irritating them. I can't find any mites under...
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    Chickens feathers looking ragged

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    Buff Orpington not herself and clear liquid came out of mouth

    Hello, I'm new to chickens and have encountered my first chicken ailment. The hen is 6 months old. She was out roaming around eating and I picked her up. Clear liquid came out of her beak as I picked her up. At first I thought maybe she had just drank a lot because I had just put fresh water...
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    Doesn’t look like a RIR

    I purchased three Rhode Island reds from TSC almost 6 weeks ago. I’m questioning if one is actually a Rhode Island Red and if it is a roo too. It is larger than the other two and has been since about three weeks old. Its comb and wattles started coming in much earlier as well. It has a cute...
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    New chicken owner in PA

    Hello all. I’m new to raising backyard chickens. We live in Pennsylvania. I currently have five 6 week old chickens and two 1 week old chickens. Four are buff orpingtons and three are supposed to be Rhode Island reds although I question that. We are getting our coop all set up now and moving the...
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