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  1. Justagalwithchicks

    Dislocated or broken?

    I feel rotten- Louise my 3 1/2 year old EE drinks a lot of water when it's hot. So she gets that watery diarrhea. I wash her backside off daily to try and prevent flystrike. Was washing her off in the kitchen sink with her tucked under my left arm. Her head facing out the back and her fluffy...
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    What's going on with hens chest?

    Hi there smart chicken people, My hen Hazel is going on 2 years old. She has this odd patch of bare skin over her crop. I've been keeping an eye on it for a month or so thinking molting maybe? But it's not growing in any feathers. She empties her crop every night, eats well, is active and lays...
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    How to fix dusty coop?

    I live in the Midwest and it's cold with a lot of wind. My coop is in my run and wrapped with plastic leaving 6 inches of ventilation on top of each side except the North. I have it so you can raise the plastic on 3 sides except the North also. It's so dusty! The ground is just loose dirt. I've...
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    Diarrhea question

    I have an almost 3 year old Americauna hen named Louise. She's the head hen of my three gals. Approximately 6-7 weeks ago she starting having bad diarrhea, wasn't wanting to eat, losing weight stayed by herself. We chalked it up to hard molt. Then she was shivering and going downhill fast so We...
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    Amoxicillin question

    I purchased a bag of Amoxicillin 10% powder. The directions are 1 tsp per gallon of water. I am wondering how much the dose would be for a 4lb hen I would give via needle less syringe. I tried doing the math but am not making headway and was wondering if someone has the math figured out already...
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    Only laying yokes last 3 days and now looking sick

    Please help, My 18 month old Ameracauna has been having soft shell eggs. I posted here and started the Calcium Citrate d3 every day. We are on second week. It seemed to be working but now laying only yokes and this morning she's hunched over, eyes closing and definitely looking ill. She is also...
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    My 18 month old chicken laying Rubber eggs

    I have an 18 month old Ameracauna. She's very sweet and friendly. She has started laying rubber eggs at least once weekly for the last month. Last week in one day she laid one regular egg, one rubber and one yoke only. Then she will lay normal eggs once a day for 4 days or so. Take a day off...
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    Hi from Nebraska

    I am loving reading all the discussions on here. I have 3 hens who are so entertaining! Two are Ameracaunas, and an Easter Egger! I get a blue egg, pinky tan and an olive egg. They have a nice coop but we try and put them out in a movable yard run everyday so they can be on grass. No actual free...
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