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    Breed of 6 week old chick... or poult?

    We ordered a rare breed mix from Valley Hatchery when our original breeder fell through. We've figured most breeds out, or at least narrowed to 2 options, but this one has me stumped. Easter Egger, or could a turkey have found it's way into our box? It's pretty mellow and walks a lot more...
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    Dead chicken, possibly suffocation?

    I went out to collect eggs this afternoon and found one of the 2 year old EEs dead in the corner. It is the corner between the nest boxes and wall that they often decide to use as a nest box. I'm wondering if she was suffocated if multiple ones were piling in the corner, which they sometimes do...
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    Help!! Chicken paralysis?? No other symptoms!!

    I had this a few months ago with one of our pullets. Unfortunately, she passed. I did an autopsy and didn't find anything unusual. None of the other 40 birds the same age ever had the same symptoms. Have you felt her legs carefully to verify no broken bones? I did have a hen a few years ago...
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    Water Belly or Ovarian Cyst? AND Internal Layer? GRAPHIC PICS

    I'm thinking one of our 2 year old hens may have this. Right side of belly is very firm and warm, some worn off feathers. Left side is squishy. While not completely lethargic, she was a bit sluggish, breathing heavier than the other hens and slight droop to her comb. I gave her a warm bath...
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    Bald headed Easter egger?? Pictures

    Do you have a rooster? We have a few hens that will get similar bald spots if they are one of the rooster's favorites.
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    Impacted Crop - Second surgery or try stool softener?

    I have a hen that had an impacted crop. She was very thin, comb drooping, lethargic. We kept her in a dog crate in the basement overnight with only water, no food, and the crop was as full in the morning as it was the night before, about baseball size and hard, confirming our suspicion of...
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    Tumor on hen's head

    The mass was pretty stable for quite awhile. It seems to be a solid mass, including the surface healing with a small hole in the skin exposed to the mass. However, the past few days now, the area between the mass and her left eye seems be getting more puffy and soft again. She's still otherwise...
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    Tumor on hen's head

    I did get an image from the front and back. She's one of our least tame chickens as well, so she doesn't like having her photo taken, let alone picked up much to closely examine, unfortunately. She also didn't like it when we did put her in the garage in the hospital cage (completely restless...
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    Tumor on hen's head

    Any update on what happened? We have the same thing happening to one of our easter egger and not sure what to do. She seems fine otherwise, but not sure what, if anything, I can do.
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    Guinea's can't get stuck in trees? Can they?

    Update to our Guineas... it took a week, but we got them all back in the coop. We put food on the landing of the kids' swing set and some then stayed there as it got dark and borrowed a fishing net from the neighbor to capture them. Got a few more out of a second story window when they were on...
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    Guinea's can't get stuck in trees? Can they?

    Any suggestions to get them down, especially with below zero wind chills overnight? Had a nice winter day, so let the chickens and Guineas out. Chickens weren't very interested, but all 12 Guineas were. Managed to get 6 back in, lost one to the neighbor's dog (landed on the wrong side of the...
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