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    Broken beak...will not eat or drink. Please help!

    1 yr old barred rock with beak broken one side. 1st photo is right after the injury at 9 last night. 2nd is first thing this morning. Suggestions? Thoughts? How to best help her? Currently she wants to eat but stops herself...not even crushed mealworms.
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    Unexplained red scaly patches/feather breakage

    I have 13 Barred Rock hens which are in a 400 sq ft secure run attd to their coop. They are 13 months old and have been very healthy. They have had regular access to dust baths and eat 17% protein organic crumbles. I clean the coop every 2 to 3 weeks, except boxes every other cleaning because...
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    Frequent nail breakage

    I didn't really know where to post this, is it might go under coop design. In the last week, 3 of my girls have broken the back"thumb nail." For 2 of them, it tore the quick and bled heavily. Those nails were not what I would say is long. Is that nail supposed to be very short...very little off...
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    Help...prolapsed vent

    1 yr old Barred Rock really straining this morning and noticed vent prolapse. Seemed like having a hard time pooping. After 20 min and poop cleaned off, the vent went back in on its own. I have her in a warm bath now, but her vent is not submerged. Do I need to make sure that she sits/submerged...
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    Is there bumbletoe?

    Any thoughts on this brownish spot on toe? This is post foot washing. That digit was slightly inflamed, and it seemed like the very top layer of skin was gone...kind of like would happen with a blister on people. On more examination, the other foot has a similar spot on the same toe and digit...
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    Rash around vent...has anyone seen this?

    I noticed one of my barred rocks has small blisters around a reddish vent. She's eating 17% protein layer crumbles and got some meal worms, herbs, and scrambled eggs occasionally throughout the week as well. I've seen irritation before but not the blisters, so I wonder if anyone else has seen...
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    Chicken nail almost torn off

    It is the short toe nail that she almost tore off getting to the roost tonight. I have her isolated inside and used stypic powder, but it keeps bleeding on and off. Haven't sprayed disinfectant. Afraid will start more bleeding. Suggestions?? Thanks!
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    ID of scaly leg mites

    Hi all, I read a lot and look at lots of photos; some conditions are easy to see there, but if it's at beginning stages, not so easy, or maybe I'm imagining things. Bit of background...rained and then froze, then subzero for 10 days then rained for a week and then coudy for days. I didn't want...
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    Pink dots/streaks on back of legs/feet

    As a first time chicken keeper, this is my and their first winter. I worry about every new potential obstacle. These last few days have been our coldest yet, with single digit wind chill. I used Vaseline on combs and wattles as well as legs and tops of toes and have noticed that some of my girls...
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    Anything i should do for a hen who expelled watery yolk and then broken soft egg?

    My Barred Rock girls are 17 weeks old, eating 17% layer crumbles but no oyster shell because I thought they are still too young and wouldn't lay until about Christmas. Anyway, last night, I thought one had diarrhea but it was more yellow than most online pics. When I went back a bit later...
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    Mat that chickens wont eat

    I want to put down a small cover or rug over some hardware cloth....to make it less slippery in winter and less hazard for their feet. Any idea what material it could be. I don't want them to pick it and eat it. And hope it could be fairly easy to clean. Thanks, Renee
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    Lumps near vent...what might this be?

    See attached photo. There is a pinkish lump near the vent and now has a white scaly covering. On further examination, there is another lump just north of this one but it is all skin colored. Another lump below this one appears to be a bone in the skin...maybe hip socket? She acts pretty normal...
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    Red welt to left of vent

    This morning, my littlest chick ...10 wks old....was slow to come out of the hen house. When I checked her vent, I noticed a red/pink swollen area to the left...about as big as the end of my pinkie finger. She seemed to move fine. I recall that I noticed a red dot in that area last week, but it...
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    Intro

    I have 14 Barred Rock chicks...about 10 weeks old. This is my first time raising and keeping chicks. They have a hen house and 400 ft2 run due to the many predators in our area. I could watch them for hours. They are funny and friendly. I have 1 who is smaller, Henrietta, and I worry about her...
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    8 1/2 week old chicks - blood in 1 fecal - to use or not use Corid?

    I have 14 8-9 wk old Barred Rock chicks - my first flock. After 6 days of using Flock Fixer ( citric) in response to some diarrhea/labored breathing of 1-2, I found this poo sample yesterday. The blood was more stringy, not liquid, and it was not noticeable until I inspected it. Wondering if...
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