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    Air escaping from puncture wound- please help

    Just found a deep puncture wound on my year old Ameraucana rooster. I suspect it's from my other rooster. It looks like it was done today. This is my first puncture wound so I could use you guys' advice. I have him separated and was about to flush the wound when I noticed that every time he...
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    Torn crop

    One of my younger cockerels (22 weeks, a Marans) has been attacked through the fence by my older rooster. My injured bird's crop has been cut open, about a 1/2" cut. It seems to be near the top of his crop. I've isolated him in a large cage in our mudroom, but haven't done anything else. He...
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    Hen with partly ripped off toenail

    Found her this morning with her toenail hanging on- it's maybe 2/3 ripped off and twisted to one side. Her toe has dark red blood on the end. She isn't even limping, tough bird! Should I finish removing the nail or just leave it alone? I don't want to hurt her but would it make problems to...
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    Chick ripped off her own skin

    This is a new one on me. Has anyone ever had this happen?! I had to separate a 9 week old chick from the flock of 50+. They had been recovering from coccidiosis. She is and always has been smaller than the others. Not sure why; maybe bottom of the pecking order? She didn't seem to be...
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    Chickens' feet and eyelids swelling

    In the last few days, all 6 of my adult birds have gotten a little puffier around their eyes, and their feet and toes are swelling, too. Not hugely, but slightly, enough to be weird and concerning. No one's sneezing, no nasal or eye discharge. Pine shavings for bedding, and I added some DE about...
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    Bloody stool in 2 year old hen

    We just moved to a farm that had chickens on it just prior to us moving. My batch of 50+ chicks have coccidiosis, and I'm treating them with 20% Corid powder. All 5 of my hens so far have been ok, though-- until last night. I found a bloody stool under the perch under one of my adult hens...
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    What kind of predator?? (graphic images)

    Hubby and I bought a farm a couple months ago, not intending to get any animals until we finished renovation on the house. But surprise!! The previous owner left about 30 chickens, all but 12 of which we re-homed. The previous owner had so many chickens that the ramshackle coop she had up...
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    Sand in the run giving them bumblefoot?

    We have an 88 sq. foot coop with a 100 sq foot run attached. In the last month, we've been having a lot of issues with bumblefoot. All five of our birds had bumbles on both feet. They were all very mild, as I caught them early. They had no issues until about 2 months ago; nothing with their run...
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    Tell me about your experience integrating a lone chicken, please!

    It's been months since we got three 9 week old chickens to add to our existing flock of five 12 week old chickens. Turned out that 2 of the 3 nine week olds were roosters, so back to the breeder they went. Which left poor Mo all by herself. I've tried: 1. keeping her in a cage within the coop...
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    Having problems integrating a single chicken-- at the end of my rope!!

    I got three chickens months ago, but had to return two because they turned out to be roosters. The one that is left is having a very hard time integrating; to make matters worse she is a Naked Neck. I had to seperate her just prior to returning one of the roosters because he had ripped a 1x3"...
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    Eggbound chicken??

    (Questions below pictures.) Our best layer, Scarlett, a RIR, has been laying one egg a day since she started laying, taking only two days off. That changed two days ago, when she laid a fart egg. Fart egg 2 days ago http://db.tt/EizDjd6c Inside fart egg http://db.tt/77TpqCJA I chaulked it up...
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    Hen eggbound?

    (Questions below pictures.) Our best layer, Scarlett, a RIR, has been laying one egg a day since she started laying, taking only two days off. That changed two days ago, when she laid a fart egg. Fart egg 2 days ago http://db.tt/EizDjd6c Inside fart egg http://db.tt/77TpqCJA I chaulked it up...
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    Smelly eggs- possible causes??

    After scrambling 3 of my girls' egss this AM, I noticed they had a distinct odor, not "egg-y" like usual. Its not skunky but is very hard to describe. Maybe a little metallic or sulpher-y?? The taste is also a little off, not so much that they're inedible but different enough that I notice. I...
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    Integrating a Naked Neck back into the flock

    About a month ago, I had to separate my Naked Neck hen after a roo injury to the skin of her neck. She healed great but was injured again after I put her back into the coop with the other birds (at night, with the hopes that they'd wake up together and have no issue). She's now the only NN I...
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    Roo dilemna- need fresh minds to help me

    I've been mulling this over so much the last couple days that my mind has turned to mush. Thought about asking my real life friends their opinions, but none of them are chicken owners so I'm not sure they'd be able to help. Here's the issue: We got 6 chickens in May, one of which turned out to...
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    Ripped neck on Naked Neck- pics near the bottom

    1) What type of bird , age and weight (does the chicken seem or feel lighter or thinner than the others.) Naked Neck, about 20 weeks old 2) What is the behavior, exactly. Torn skin on neck 3) How long has the bird been exhibiting symptoms? Found her like this this afternoon, about an hour ago...
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    Runny, stuffy noses.

    Some of my 8 chickens have started having a little clear discharge from their noses. The inside of their noses also look inflamed. Some sneeze, but not often, maybe 1 time in an hour. Two of them shake their heads. One seems to be a little puffy above her eyes, which definitely concerns me...
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    Thought I heard a predator and got a pleasant surprise instead!

    The coop we have is attached to our house. It's a converted covered potting shed under our deck. The roosts are attached to the outside of the house within the coop, so I can hear them turning/playing, etc on the perches. I've been hearing odd noises all night, small plops and shifts. At first I...
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    Do I have 1 roo or 2? (Either way, joke's on me!)

    I posted here about 2 months ago about an Ameracauna named Claire who turned out to be a Clarence. (Surprise crowing = not a happy thing for me.) So I returned him to the breeder, where I was a victim of Chicken Math and ended up falling in love with three new chickens. Since then, chicken...
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    Mystery disease--blood in poop but...

    . . .not coccidiosis or parasites. I've taken poop samples to two different labs and each has come back negative. My girls are 16-20 weeks old, and their symptoms have been going on now for the last two weeks, to varying degrees: Their symptoms: lethargic; jelly like clear and sometimes...
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