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  1. yinzerchick

    Please help, need suggestions.

    This morning I lost the second hen in a month to an illness that I can not figure out. Both hens were over a year old. One a red sex link, the latest a speckled sussex. They both are with a flock of about 80 chickens, they free range and spend the night in coops. Both have been wormed recently...
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    Help! Is this bumble foot??

    I can't tell if this is bumble foot or a callous. I thought bumble foot, but there is no "lump" that I can see. I don't want to start digging into this foot before I'm sure.
  3. yinzerchick

    Relapse of sickness in chickens.

    This hen was acting lethargic, and had yellowish sticky droppings all stuck to her bottom several weeks ago. I brought her in, wormed her, cleaned her up in a warm epsom salt bath, and gave her .5ml of Tylan 50. I kept her isolated, and dosed her with the Tylan 50 for 5 days. She seemed to perk...
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    Cold baby guinea?

    Hi all, I had a guinea hatch out some babies about a 5-6 weeks ago. They've all done well, but right now we're experiencing an awful cold snap. Colder than usual for this time of year. It's only in the 30's today, and with the wind and clouds feels even colder. I'm wondering if I did the...
  5. yinzerchick

    I'm stumped, out of ideas and DESPERATE. Please help.

    I've had chickens for a little over 3 years now. I've never had bad sicknesses, nothing a little home remedies, TLC or a little antibiotic wouldn't cure. Out of the ....gosh, it must be close to 100 or so chickens I've had, I've only lost a couple to illness, I cured many more from injuries, to...
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    Should I worry about this??

    Hi all. I'm newer to ducks. I started with 2 about a year ago, I have 4 now. I'm wondering if this gal has a problem, or it's just her. I got her about 2 months ago, she was about 4-5 months then. She's a Golden 300, I guess she's about 6-7 months old now. Here's a few pics I took today. She's...
  7. yinzerchick

    After the attack

    Question, I had 6 ducks. One was a pair, a male mallard and a female blue swiss. They were the oldest and the "mated couple" among the group. (the rest were the result of them mating, they didn't raise the babies though.) Long story short, last night was a bad, bad, night. I lost 3 of them to...
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    What's your flocks favorite high protein treat?

    What's your "go to" high protein treat for your flock? Mine are starting to molt and I want to give them some different things and need some ideas! Do you and your flock have a favorite? If so please share!! I'd love to get lots of different ideas so I can switch it up for them. Thanks!
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    Can I do ANYTHING with the eggs???

    Hi all, I've been searching off and on for a few days and can't seem to find the answer... I wormed my chickens last night with an oral dose of 1/2 cc of valbazen, all 58 of them. This wasn't an easy decision, but I had seen several droppings on the roost with roundworms over the past few...
  10. yinzerchick

    Help!! Very Sick Hen

    Please help us. I have a 26 month old Americana hen that has suddenly become very ill. When I let them out this morning I didn't notice anything out of the ordinary. I cleaned and refilled waterers, nothing. This evening when I called the girls all back to the run, I noticed this hen's wing...
  11. yinzerchick

    Should I be looking for something wrong?

    Okay, I've have 21 chickens age, 18 months old, 4 chickens age, 7 months old, and I have 28 chickens age, 6 months old. 54 hens tota, and I have a 7 month old jersey giant rooster, and a 6 month old cuckoo maran rooster. They all free range during the day together, are put into the run together...
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    How much feed do you go through a month??

    I have 54 hens and 2 roosters. They free range all day and are only put in the coops and run at night, but can, and do, go in and out all during the day to lay eggs, rest, preen, and just hang out. I have 2 coops, and both coops have feeders in them. I keep feed in them all the time. Lately...
  13. yinzerchick

    FYI...My experience with a drop in egg production, hope it can help someone else.

    Okay, here goes... About the the beginning of May my 22 laying hens started slowing down on their egg production. I had been getting anywhere from 15-19 eggs a day and it dropped, and quite suddenly, to 6-9 eggs a day. Everyone looked fine, eating good, moving all around (I let them free...
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    Help, 10 wk old pullet injured/ stung/ bit, somehow!

    Please help, I have a pullet that must have been stung, or bitten by something. She has a swollen neck/head and if very lethargic. I noticed it last evening when I was rounding them all up to go in the run. (they free range during the day) She was outside the fence and looked too tired to come...
  15. yinzerchick

    New batch of chicks, and "My Plan"

    So, I have 30 three week old chicks in the brooder. I have 7, two month olds that were raised by a broody hen in the coop with the old flock. (22 hens, all just over a year) Chicken math at work!! I put up a second coop, and plan to have the run connected to the other coops run, with a 6ft...
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    Why are they suddenly sending me on an "Easter egg hunt"?

    Hi all! About a week ago I cleaned out my whole coop and replaced all the roosts. (roost mites) I put everything back in (almost) exactly as it had been, except I used sand for covering the whole floor, and lowered the roosts about 8 inches. Now suddenly several of my hens have started laying...
  17. yinzerchick

    Hawk attack, should I give antibiotics?

    I have a 6 1/2 week old Jersey Giant chick that's lucky to be alive. She was attacked by a hawk, but I managed to get there before the hawk could do too much damage and chase it away. I have treated the wounds with iodine wound spray and blue kote. Nothing seems broken and she can walk around...
  18. yinzerchick

    My first hatch, beginners luck!

    7 out of 8 hatched! My broody momma did a spectacular job and continues to do so 5 1/2 weeks later. I hatched Jersey Giants and my broody was a Gold Laced Wyandotte. They're already half her size, but she still mothers them and tries to sit on them! lol! I enjoyed letting her hatch them, and am...
  19. yinzerchick

    If my broody hatches them, then what???

    Okay...tomorrow will be day 21. I have my hen and eggs in a nice little brooder set up in the barn. She's on the eggs and has been very diligent and a good broody. I candled the eggs, and to my untrained eye, they looked just like the pics on the link in this forum. Soooo, if all goes well...
  20. yinzerchick

    Warning, you're about to read about a stupid idea and dumb questions.

    Okay, so...where to start. I have a Gold Laced Wyandotte that went all broody on me about 2 weeks ago. I tried taking her out of the nest over and over, I even took her out to the pasture where the flock was to free range. She'd stay out about 5 minutes and then high tail it back to the coop...
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