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    Chicken not eating food-Help please!

    Suspected maybe sour crop because the crop is squishy, but it's not full at all. Just won't eat regular food. I have been feeding her scrambled egg and she is eating that up. 3 year old golden comet. She lays very large and somewhat bumpy eggs recently so this has me concerned. She pooped...
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    Should I put her down?

    See the prior thread for pictures and some historical details: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/chicken-seriously-sick-not-sure-what-it-is-please-help.1604394/#post-27321332 She's not eating at all now and I don't see any poop-she stays almost always asleep and lethargic at this point...
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    Chicken Seriously Sick-Not sure what it is-please help!

    1 year old Plymouth Rock. Appeared to maybe have an impacted crop 5 days ago so isolated, gave her olive oil and massaged and it appears to have gone away. Still, the chicken appears listless, stands basically still and will rest her eyes significantly. Comb appears whiter than her sisters and...
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    Should I eat this chicken? Advice please

    Butchered my first chicken, a rooster that needed to go. Used a cone and a pen blade knife I bought on Amazon. I believe I didn't quite cut deeply enough as it took a little while longer than expected for the poor bird to completely pass (next time, I'll try to strike deeper. I expected the...
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    Hen with head injury, pecked?-bleeding, puss, help!

    -Jersey Giant, 6 months old, and approximately 6 pounds -Bleeding near skull (see pictures) with what appears to be puss, but I'm not sure what it is. Had to have happened this morning. We have new roosters (our only ones, 3) of the same clutch-could they have done this? They have been...
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    Newish chicken enthusiast

    Hi All! I have 20 chickens-giant jerseys, golden comets, plymouth rocks, 2 opringtons, and azure eggers! Been reading many posts on the site, but had an urgent question to post of my own.
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