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    Is this an impacted crop?

    I have blue Orpington hen who's crop is really large and squishy, it feels like a giant water balloon. I was feeling it earlier and it made her vomit some of it. She also keeps moving her head in vertical circular motions, like she is trying to adjust her crop or move things around in there, I...
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    2.5 year old hen acting not quite right

    Hi Everyone, I have a 2.5 year old hen that hasn't been acting quite right on and off for several months. She is a Light Brahma and I have had her and my other chickens since they were chicks and she seems smaller in size then the rest. Her symptoms are she stands around puffed up, most of the...
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    Rotate Deworming Medication/Repeat Tapeworm Problem

    Hi everyone, I just saw tapeworm segments in some fresh chicken poop last night (after I cleaned and put down fresh bedding in the coop...grrr). This is not the first time they have had tapeworm since my hens free range so I expect them to always have worms, I would just like to help keep them...
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    Ill hen, not sure what to do!

    I have a hen I believe is ill. Her tail feathers look awful and it looks like something has been eating on them. I have not observed any feather eating or picking by her or the other birds when I am around them. Yesterday evening I noticed her comb was much darker then normal but not blue and...
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    Feeding winter squash to chickens question

    I know I have seen on here that pumpkins stored through the winter in an unheated shed are fine to feed to chickens. I have a butternut squash that I harvested several weeks ago, went to the squash stash for dinner and found it soft with a moldy spot on it, would feeding it to the chickens be...
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    Preen Gland Questions

    As a newbie to raising chickens, I finally figured out what the little nub is on the base of the tail under the feathers, it's the Preen Glad! I have seen them several times, mainly when I am checking for parasites and dusting. My questions are, is it bad to dust the Preen Gland when treating...
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    Bumblefoot or just a puncture wound?

    I have a hen I just noticed limping today, she wasn't limping yesterday that I could tell. Upon inspection I noticed what I think is hopefully just a puncture wound but took pictures to post on here to get some opinions. I'd like to catch it early if it is something like bumblefoot. I really...
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    What to do with bedding being cleaned out due to lice/mite problem?

    Hi Everyone! I hope I am putting this question in the right forum. I have a lice & mite problem that I will be treating my hens for in the next day or so. I plan on removing the old bedding from the floor & nest boxes but I am unsure what to do with it. We use pine shavings with the deep litter...
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    Broody Hen Help!

    Hi! I have a broody hen (she is 27 weeks of age), we just discovered her nest site, under a tarp next to our firewood pile. We have removed her from the nest and picked up all the eggs, some were broken and there were maggots feeding on them. I didn't see any maggots on our hen, but at the time...
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    Lice and Mite treatment

    So I have been using a Prozap Poultry & Garden Dust (http://www.jefferslivestock.com/prozap-poultry-garden-dust/camid/liv/cp/LE-S1/) but I have not been able to get rid of the lice, and I even dusted twice about 7 days apart. I still see lice eggs at the base of the feathers. Now I checked one...
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    Stubborn Lice

    I am having a problem with lice on my hens. I have Poultry and Garden Dust and have treated them twice, about seven days apart. I still see the eggs at the base of the feathers near their vent. Should I switch to a different product like Sevin or am I just not treating frequently enough? I want...
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    Broken Blood Feathers on Foot...should I pull them?

    Hi! I have a Light Brahma who broke a few blood feathers on her foot. The bleeding has stopped but I have been reading it is best to just pull out broken blood feathers because they will jut keep bleeding and continue to be soar. One thread had a link in it on the how and why to do this, but the...
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    Young Cockerel Behavior Question About Being Very Aggressive!

    Hi! Hubby and I are on our second year of keeping chickens. We only bough hens last year, but a neighbors rooster would make it's way over here and there and the hens always seemed very happy them around....they didn't always stay long. So this year we decided to get a cockerel with our chicks...
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    Hen with red rump and broken feathers

    I have a hen who had a red rump and broken feathers. She doesn't look swollen and I looked for signs of lice and I don't see any. The area is well below her vent and has a bunch of broken feathers.....or else she's having a weird molt? I haven't noticed her molting or seen any feathers anywhere...
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    Rooster lost his voice/crow, need help!

    We have an adopted rooster and today suddenly he has lost his voice/crow. We noticed he sounded raspy this morning, tonight he can not crow, and when he tries he sounds like a squeeky mouse. He also sounds like he is breathing hard, almost like you can hear him breathing in and out when he gets...
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    Problem with rooster & introducing new pullets

    We just moved our 10 -11 week pullets & one cockerel to the adult coop in a temporary pen where they can get aquanted. A few weeks ago, a neighbors roo decided he was going to adopt our adult hens and start living with them in our coop. This wasn't a problem until we moved the pullets & cockerel...
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    Sick 10wk old pullets?Possible Mareks?

    Just introduced the new batch to the adult coop today (they have been in a large brooder until today), they are in a temporary pen where they can get some exposure to the adults for several weeks before we combine them when they are of adequate size. It is pretty warm in the coop, about 80 and I...
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    Hen with distended abdomen and rooster wanting to mate question

    I have a hen with a distended abdomen. Now that she seems to be feeling better other then her abdomen being swollen I am trying to integrate her back into the flock. The neighbors rooster who has adopted our flock wants to try and breed her when I let her free range with the other hens under...
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    Condition of leg skin on on Rooster?

    I have a question regarding the skin condition on the legs of my neighbors rooster who has claimed our hens and coop. He is a black rooster and the scales/skin on his legs are grey colored which I am sure is normal due to his coloring. I have noticed that it looks like the scales have been...
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    Motor Oil on face & head of rooster

    The neighbors rooster is over visiting my girls again, yesterday was the first time and today is his second time. I went to take some scratch out to the girls and noticed he had black stuff all over his head, comb, and waddles. It wasn't there yesterday. It looks like car oil or something, but...
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