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    Newly Adopted 7week pullet is lethargic, runny poop

    Just adopted 2 rescue pullets from the local feed store yesterday. They were rescued by the ASPCA from somewhere in Queens within the last 3 or 4 days. They appear to be about 6-7 weeks old or older. They are fully feathered, not too leggy but their combs are not yet developed. One pullet...
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    Treating E Coli and Proteus

    My little 3 year old black star Bubs is currently battling coccidia, e coli and proteus. She is in the process of completing a course of sulmet for the coccidia (had I known better I would have treated with corrid instead....but I had already begun treatment) Now the stool C/S has come back...
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    Can my sick chicken OD on wax worms?

    I know this is a silly question but it seems I can only get her to eat live insects at this point.... Bubs (my little 3 year old black star) and I are battling what we believe to be a serious fungal infection from eating moldy feed (has all the hallmarks of mycotoxicosis) but she's not given up...
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    weight loss, watery green poop, lethargy...what antibiotic to try?

    Hello.... 3 year old black star is sick for the 2nd time in 2 months for about 1+ week now. She exhibited the same symptoms about 4 weeks ago but improved on her own. For about 3-4+ weeks she has been having watery green poops. The entire flock (4 birds total) have been having some watery poops...
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    Sick Chicken related to heat??

    Here's the scoop: My 2 year old little black hen, Bubs (not sure what breed), one of a flock of 4 is sick. Normally she is very energetic and VERY vocal, the most vocal of all my birds. We live in New York City (Staten Island) and it has been a pretty hot summer. All the chickens seemed to be...
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    Diarrhea in one hen but not others

    So about 1-2 weeks ago my omega bird, a 2 year old EE started exhibiting some runny stools. I know they are not normal cecal droppings; I have not observed every incident, obviously, but even her cecal droppings are runny. She is active and alert and social with the other birds as normal, she is...
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    Moving birds from old to new coop

    We are in the final stages of building a new, larger and more easily cleanable, weather-tight coop for our 4 full sized chickens. My question is, once I am ready to move them, what is the best way to A) do it and B) get them adapted to their new place with as little stress as possible. They...
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    4 hens in New York City!

    Hello BYC Members! I am very excited to join your forum We live on about 3/4 of an acre on Staten Island in New York City. Not much land all in all, but for NYC it is a lot. We have a good sized garden and a fish pond and an obnoxious but loving dog (half husky half whatever) and now have...
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