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    crop not squishy, not hard, smells like garlic?

    Been treating this hen on and off for over a month now with no real results. Her only real symptoms are frequent gawping, occasional sneezing, and her crop never seems completely empty. Although she is the largest breed hen we own - the only Dark Brahma in a sea of Australorps and Barred Rocks...
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    Mareks: destroy all now or wait?

    I live in an area where the vets won't treat chickens, so when a pullet got sick several months ago, we had few options. We treated her symptoms for a month, and when she relapsed, we put her down. After about a month, a rooster appeared to have a broken/dislocated wing, which we bandaged to...
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    Injury, then Wry Neck, now Backwards walk?

    About 2 weeks ago, I found my barred rock pullet (I think she was hatched mid or end of Feb.) on the ground under the roost, on her back, all twisted up. I examined her, and there was significant bruising on one wing, so I assumed she had jumped from somewhere/fallen and broken her wing. I put...
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    Broken, Twisting Pullet

    The other day, I found one of my pullets (3 or 4 months, had too many hatch batches to know for sure) laying on her back under the roost twisted up. Normally, they run off from me, so I knew something was wrong when she just laid there. I picked her up and examined her, and judging by her...
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    1 egg smashed- how 2 clean others?

    One of my broody hens had smashed an egg under her somehow and I didn't discover it until the rest of the eggs were a nasty mess, covered with dried egg. How can I safely clean them? I'm scared it will grow bacteria or block respiration.
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    5(ish) toe Easter-egger/Ameraucana?

    I bought some chicks from a local lady, and when she told me what they were, she used both the terms "Easter-egger" and "Ameraucana", wheaten and blue wheaten I think. Whichever they are, last night I noticed the little blue pullet seems to have five toes - well, sort of. One of her toes has...
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    Vaseline removing spurs?

    My flocks legs were looking rough, so I slathered them all with vaseline in case it was scaly leg mites. My roo had some pretty pronounced spurs for an 11 month old Barred rock, and I swear, they are getting smaller each time I treat them. It kind of looks like someone is whittling them down -...
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    Mutant Silkies?

    Recently got my first Silkies from a nearby breeder/enthusiast, and as I hadn't researched chickens since we started our flock last year, I really didn't know what to look for. Are 7 toes and single combs normal/ok, or do I have freaks? The seller is new to breeding them as well, and...
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    Mama hates siblings bought for lone hatchling

    Only one egg hatched alive, so I had the "brilliant" idea I would buy it some siblings. I found some about the same size/age locally, and got too eager about introducing them. I left my husband with the family while I went to dentist, and apparently Mama thinks the interlopers are evil heathen...
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    Thought broody hens didn't lay?

    I thought when a hen went broody she was supposed to stop laying? My girl went determinedly broody 3 weeks ago, so a week ago I gave in and gave her 4 eggs to hatch. Now my husband says there are 8-10 eggs under her???? We've been collecting regularly from the other boxes - nobody liked the one...
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    hen:swollen eyes, bluish wattle, no other symptoms

    Was out handfeeding my chickens earlier and realized one of my Australorps had eyes that looked like my turkeys: deepset with blue grey around them. Thought maybe it was just a "maturing" thing, until I realized she was the only one like that. Then I noticed one of her wattles was shades of...
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    why do I torture myself?

    I know we have as many chickens and turkeys as we can handle right now. I know we are newbies at poultry and agreed to go one full year with a flock just to see how it goes before we got more. I know winter is not the best time to get new chicks, esp. if you don't have electricity in your...
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    fertile eggcitement

    First time chickener, got our babies as day-olds April 14th and they started laying around a month ago. We have 7 hens and 2 roosters (due to neighbor's dog ) and the hens are giving us 3-4 eggs a day. So eggcited this morning when I cracked 6 eggs and (after comparing to photos on here)...
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    wing clipping and roosting

    I'm afraid that if I clip my guineas wings, they won't be able to get up on roosts. How high will they be able to jump after clipping? They have become too hard to contain, terrorize my chickens, and give me all sorts of trouble at bedtime. We have 2 fenced in acres, a coop, and an open barn...
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    is this a guinea egg?

    My mother-in-law gave us keets May 9th, and wasn't sure how old they were, but they were supposed to be "day-olds". Their bodies weren't much bigger than a quarter. They've been mating for about a week now, and today I found an egg in the middle of the field where my husband's Bronco and...
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    poly vi sol w/ iron

    When our 3 turkey poults got sick, we accidentally got the poly vi sol with iron instead of the kind w/o. As the poults were a gift, I don't know their age, but they were probably about a week old and were lethargic, gasping, unable to stand, sneezing and had diarrhea. The ppl who gave the to...
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    do they ever shut up?

    In laws surprised us with 6 guinea chicks today, and it seems that any time they are awake they are testing their vocal chords. I am new to chickens, our first ones turn a month old in 2 days, but they were no where near as noisy, and at least I could usually figure out what their problem was...
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    *update* so kind yet thoughtless, but thanks!

    First time chicken owner, our 16 babies (barred rocks & australorps) will be one month old Tuesday, and we have one mopey chick but all the rest are perfectly healthy and growing like crazy. Today, my inlaws showed up with 6 newly hatched guineas and 3 turkeys of unknown age (up to a week?) as...
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    Please help! mopey loner pullet

    16 chicks arrived 4/12, and despite this being our first bunch they all seem to be doing well except for one. For 4 days or more, this pullet has been hanging off to one side and tries to sleep or just ignore all the rest. If you pick it up, it fusses just a second, doesn't fight, then settles...
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    mopey chick - 911

    April 12 we got 16 chicks, Austrolorps and Barred Rocks, which we kept in 2 plastic tubs in our bathroom with a heat lamp suspended on a rod above them. We give the chicks starter feed, very little chick grit, and have taken them outside about a half dozen times. As treats we have given them...
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