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  1. idachick

    Why do my hens gather by the house

    Ours do the same thing. My office window looks out into the back yard and they will come roost at the tops of the lawn chairs next to the window and look in at me. Right now it is so snowy and cold they come and sit by the sliding glass door and peck occasionally. If I left the door open they...
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    Help ASAP! Cut on side of head

    Yes, I am aware, the gun has a pump so you can increase or decrease the power of the shot. I have tried calling the humane society but they have not responded. It walks along our fences and just jumps down on the coop/run and jumps back up to the fence, not sure how I could possibly trap it...
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    Help ASAP! Cut on side of head

    Thanks, I didn't even think to look it up. I hope it will work. She is feeling much better today so I think maybe it is helping her.
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    Help ASAP! Cut on side of head

    I just thought I would update since I am so happy. Things are looking up great! My little spud is now eating and drinking on her own. I managed to get her evening antibiotics in her by myself. I gave her yogurt today but she turned away. So I left it in the cage with her, but then later I...
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    Help ASAP! Cut on side of head

    The Doctor said it was a penicillan. He was worried I waited so long (3 days) to start it. But he said her chances of surviving are greater if she has the antibiotic. The label has some initials: SMZ/TMP and to mix well. The nurse said that it has like 6 different things in it to help with...
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    Help ASAP! Cut on side of head

    oh okay thanks! A little bit of apple juice is ok though?
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    Help ASAP! Cut on side of head

    I will try Molasses, I have that on hand. Thanks for the idea!
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    Help ASAP! Cut on side of head

    Oh my goodness, Thanks for all this information! It is really helpful. I didn't even think about the flavor of the electrolytes so I gave her some regular water this morning and once she figured out it wasn't the electrolyte stuff she drank it faster! I ended up taking her into a vet that...
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    Help ASAP! Cut on side of head

    Thanks for all your help, and reassurance for me. I tried the egg this evening but she refused it too. I ended up feeding it to the others and they loved it of course. Tahnks again!
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    Help ASAP! Cut on side of head

    I am still feeling so helpless and clueless. I realized today that my poor girl cannot stretch her neck out when she wants to "fluff" her feathers. She tries to move her head towards her back to fluff with her beak but stops and moves to the other side and tries again but it is looking like...
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    Help ASAP! Cut on side of head

    I would think a raccoon would have killed her, not left her injured. Not sure about other creatures, I know I have seen fox and coons nearby recently. I cannot get her to drink, is there a secret to getting liquids in her? I am about to use a syringe on the side of her mouth. I have cared...
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    Help ASAP! Cut on side of head

    I cleaned her up with a washcloth, she is not opening that eye very much and that worries me. I have decided to take her into the vet tomorrow. Since I cannot figure out what happened and there is a trail of feathers, I assume she got attacked by a cat. I will take her to get antibiotics to...
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    Help ASAP! Cut on side of head

    I have her inside now, the cut doesn't look as open. It is right above her puffy cheek (Americana) so I tried to move the feathers back to see but she whines and I am scared I am hurting her. I will see if I can get some help from a friend to hold her while I try to rinse it and treat it. I...
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    Help ASAP! Cut on side of head

    I need help, I came home tonight to find one of my chickens out in the front yard injured and disoriented. No clue HOW this happened but to the important part... She has a gash/cut on the side of her head, no feathers there, completely open and torn into her flesh. I put her back out with the...
  15. Bugsy, our Brown leghorn 11 weeks

    Bugsy, our Brown leghorn 11 weeks

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  16. Boca, our Buff Orpington: 9 weeks

    Boca, our Buff Orpington: 9 weeks

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  17. Rosy, our Plymouth? Rock: 9 weeks

    Rosy, our Plymouth? Rock: 9 weeks

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  18. Spud, our Ameraucana: 9 weeks

    Spud, our Ameraucana: 9 weeks

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    First Eggs, but not sure whose they are

    Thanks for all the responses! How funny, my brown chicken looks just like a welsummer! But maybe she is a leghorn, she has the white earlobe! I will have look at leghorn pictures. She is my only one that we are unsure about because she was hatched from an egg in my daughters classroom. They...
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    First Eggs, but not sure whose they are

    I have a Welsummer (20 weeks); and Buff Orpington, Ameraucana, Barred Rock (all 18 weeks old) . Friday Morning I was awaken by my hens, so I grabbed my slippers and hurried out to see what was going on. I couldn't figure it out, the normally quiet one (Buff Orpington) was making a lot of...
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