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  1. Mary Poopins

    A whole heap of symptoms, I need Help!!!

    Hello Glenda, Thank you for your response. Thank you for the reminder to wash after handling them, this is something we already do, but again thank you for the reminder. We too don't think there is anything that can be done for the current girls. We just want to make sure if we decide to get...
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    Help! Lothargic and puffed up hen

    I think it might be acities...
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    Help! Lothargic and puffed up hen

    I am sorry for your loss, I didn't see that post before I posted my response....
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    Help! Lothargic and puffed up hen

    I have a hen doing something similar. Is one wing, in our case it always been the right wing lower then the other wing, sort of held away from the body? Does she just sit and stare? Is she gulping? How's her vent, clean or messy? Like I said I have a hen going through something similar.
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    A whole heap of symptoms, I need Help!!!

    Hello Glenda, Thank you for your response. If it were E.coli wouldn’t we also have it? I mean we touch them all the time…. Is there a way I can look for it? I have a microscope… We bought them all as chicks, three days or so old and we haven’t brought any new birds in since. However our...
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    A whole heap of symptoms, I need Help!!!

    Hello all, First let me apologize for such a long post. I just wanted to explain everything in as much detail as possible. We have been seeing our flock die off over the past year from some mysterious disease which seems to result in what appears to be acities as the chickens final undoing...
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    I am not sure if this is Marek's, Please Help....

    I live in California, in the desert, I am not sure how this factors in...
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    I am not sure if this is Marek's, Please Help....

    As far as the necropsy, is that they all want a small fortune. I cannot afford it right now. As far as the feeds, all of the local feed stores carry the same crappy feed, from the same mill.... No name brands are available. We started making our own about three weeks ago and the chickens love it.
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    I am not sure if this is Marek's, Please Help....

    The chickens are all three years old, from the same feed store. I have no idea who the breeder is... We have suspected organ failure because the feed we have been getting has gone down hill over the past year and a half
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    I am not sure if this is Marek's, Please Help....

    I forgot to mention, the chickens are all three years old, from the same source. This just started about a month and a half ago. Another thing, all, except for two of my chickens have stopped laying, I thought this had to do with the bad feed. The quality of the feed went from decent to just...
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    I am not sure if this is Marek's, Please Help....

    Hello All, I have a strange disease effecting my birds. It only effects one chicken at a time, or at least it seems that way. The sick chicken is isolated from the flock by the other chickens, she stays on the outskirts of the flock. Then her abdomen swells until she has trouble walking. This...
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    Need advice. All IS WELL NOW BIRD IS ALL BETTER

    I would "cull" the sickly chick, quick. Perhaps you can quarantine her in your garage where she won't have access to soil. Don't touch her, and make the area big enough so you will not have to clean it until you are sure she doesn't have anything. For the good of your healthy birds, I would...
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    chicken eggs

    I have two Rhode Island Reds who lay early in the morning. The majority lay in the afternoon between 11AM-1PM. One Rhode Island Red and the Easter Egger tend to lay in the late afternoon 2PM-4PM and they make sure everyone knows about it!!! Some of the chickens will announce prior to...
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    Best breed for heat and eggs. Also, timing of order.

    I don't know about humidity but where I live it gets brutally hot with almost no humidity and I had no issues with my girlies last summer. I have Rhode Island Reds and an Easter egger. I got my girlies in March and they didn't start laying until September. So, if you got them now they would...
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    Hen laying thin, light colored shell eggs, why?

    I could be the lack of light. Have they been cooped up lately?
  16. Mary Poopins

    How many hens for 110 eggs a week?

    Maybe you could do a co-op? One family could have chickens (yours) another could have a garden or several gardens, and another could have some live stock. Everyone one in your twin “family” could help out to make the co-op something you can all be proud of. When it comes time for eggs, harvest...
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    Hen Domination?

    Hello Krichie82, This is totally normal. The dominate girl will tend to act like a boy at times, a hen-boy! As the pecking order changes this behavior will stop. As long as the dominate girl is not hurting the others, she should be allowed to continue. The hens you need to watch out for...
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    Compost with a medley of chickens on top!!!

    Hello HeartMoss Farm, Thank you for your reply. Non of the girls seem like the compost is making them sick, which is why I haven't stopped them. They are turning it over which is nice because I don't have to..... I suppose they are being introduced to things that they wouldn't otherwise...
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    Compost with a medley of chickens on top!!!

    Hello! My chickens have been taking a lot of interest in my compost bin recently. Normally I wouldn’t be worried but this compost bin is less than a year old and I had a rocky start with it because the area is so dry..... I am just worried that they may get sick. Most of the bin seems to be...
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    DO OAK LEAVES RUIN COMPOST?

    Hello Fawn and Fam, Oak leaves produce leaf mold which is amazing for your compost. Once you have an established leaf mold bacteria colony (whatever you call it) then your compost can break down dry stuff easier. I have heard of people going into nearby forests and getting leaf mold that is...
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