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    I force fed betadine to my injured hen.... What to do?

    My coop was attacked by a raccoon tonight. One dead, one injured. I had some solution in the hen first aid kit that I thought was an antibiotic for drinking water. I put it in a syringe and forced hen to drink it (which is what I did with that solution last time, in addition to letting her...
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    Bollywood hen?

    I have one hen inside recovering from a wound. We were watching an Indian movie, and I swear Helga was dancing to the soundtrack! While standing up on her one good leg, she bobbed her head and neck, then shook her head when she was sitting down.... If only I'd had a video camera at hand! Was...
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    composting hen urine?

    Hi -- I'm new to chickens and composting. I have 3 hens in a 4x12 foot run with about 2 inches of sand. The ground is hard clay and there's weed barrier (plastic I think, but porous) under that. The garden is raised bed with compost that I bought a few years ago. I just bought a compost...
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    re-habbed hen can hop on remaining leg -- now what do I do for her?

    Hi -- My EE/Maran hen, Helga, was injured by a predator 12/30 and has been indoors ever since. Thanks to much help from the forum, she has made a pretty fair recovery. She is alert, eats, drinks, purrs and even chuckles when she gets favorite foods. She has returned to tossing her food around...
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    Is this leg broken? Please reply!

    I've had no replies to my previous post (3 hours), so I'm trying again with a more urgent subject line. I"m new, so site won't let me post a photo. I hope this info will help you find the photo I uploaded. Thank you. Connie /forum/uploads/75439_helga.jpg
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    young hen with possible broken leg -- need advice

    Hi, All -- BYC has been a great source of info for me (Thank y'all!!), but it took a trauma to get me to post. Here goes: A week ago, some sort of predator took a swipe at my chickens thru the chainlink fence. They had chosen to roose atop their re-purposed doghouse "coop" (ala Snoopy)...
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