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Thank y'all very much for your replies. I will get right on this in the investigation and implementation of getting our coops in order!

My one year old Buff Orpington has been inside the house with us the past two days/nights. Her comb was the palest I had ever seen a live chicken's look. She was eating okay, and drinking, and then just stopped, and was laying down in the coop run. Two weeks earlier, the same symptoms were...

That is a wealth of information Michael Apple. Thank you!!

Thank you!!!! Just walked around our property, and they're everywhere. I'm just paranoid!!!

We have been experiencing a TON of rain in Texas. There are very few high and dry spots within my coop area. (Don't worry, when not foraging, they spend dry time during the day in unused, open horse stalls.) Yesterday I saw, I swear, this same worm on the ground, with my Naked Neck Turken...

That is so cool!

We got a double yolker two weeks ago. Such a surprise!

So sorry to hear about your buddy! You really helped her.

I used Safeguard. For 5 days, the correct amount per pound via mouth/syringe. The difference in the comb color of some of the older birds was amazing, and then the egg production spike, which could have been coincidence (post molt, and some coming of age). We purchased most of our birds in...

I feel your pain Babybird. I have a Speckled Sussex with these same symptoms. She is currently in a dog kennel in the house. When I picked her up yesterday, she seemed really warm. We just dewormed about 4 weeks ago, and used Corid in their water the final 5 days of the egg withdrawal. I...

Sorry to read about your hen, Kathy. Thanks for posting the photos! You're certainly a much stronger person than me. I wanted to send my last cull off for necropsy, but my husband had to take care of her while I was gone, or I would have changed my mind. I have to get stronger, I get too...

Now she won't eat. Hunger strike. If I walk around with her outside, she forages very well, but her layer crumble, scrambled eggs, treats….won't eat. She may have eaten a tablespoon of scratch yesterday a few grapes and today she's eaten a few raisins. Very alert, not fluffed up, just won't eat.

Worm them again in 10 days, as in a 5-day Safeguard worm? We just completed that regime Thursday. And it was such an ordeal for the two of us that work full time, an hour away from our home. We were catching birds (24 of them) in the dark (thank you time change) and trying to see every thing...

Thank you seminolewind! I think these two have different ailments! The Welsummer didn't make it through Friday night. The Buff is still standing, sleeping, eating, and alive. For some reason I didn't think she'd make it last night, but she is very alert this morning. We are treating all...

Well, the Welsummer didn't make it through the night. Im so stressed!

My 29 week old Welsummer hen started sleeping while standing up during the day a few weeks ago. She stays in a smaller coop with two, inseparable Cuckoo Marans, that are very bossy. They came from the same breeder, and seemed to play nicely, however I've noticed the Marans try to keep her from...

Kathy, Thanks again for you post to my inquiry above. You mentioned de-worming with Safeguard or Valbazen. I had a second Black Sexlink die yesterday. Her comb was really pale, and she sneezed once Thursday night. Other than not wanting to exit the coop, she seemed fine other than those 3...

Thanks so much for your response!!

Had this same thing happen to our Naked Neck Turken. No visible tears, breaks, swelling….nothing. She barely used the leg at all after a scrapple over the last space on the coveted perch pole. We separated her from the meanies for a week, and after about 3-4 weeks, she was running full...

My husband and I are new at raising chickens, and we love it. I just stress myself out worrying about every single thing I see, and am wondering if I think there really is something wrong, or if the things I notice are common. The photos are of one of our Cuckoo Marans, with this black "blob"...