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    Cream legbar died after throwing up foul-smelling liquid

    That’s a good article. Thank you.
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    Cream legbar died after throwing up foul-smelling liquid

    Thanks. Have been sitting here researching and now realize chickens that can’t vomit per se. I‘m hoping this was an individual problem since that means the rest of the flock is not at risk for the same problem. It’s been hot here (for Vermont) and I had attributed Juliet’s lethargy to that...
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    Cream legbar died after throwing up foul-smelling liquid

    Yes, that was vomited onto my shirt. Most of the vomit went in the grass as I moved her from run to garage.
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    Cream legbar died after throwing up foul-smelling liquid

    I’m pretty upset and shaky right now, it was not intentional. Here’s the photo.
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    Cream legbar died after throwing up foul-smelling liquid

    Sorry, photo is with original post now.
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    Cream legbar died after throwing up foul-smelling liquid

    Help! My 3-year-old cream legbar Juliet started acting lethargic 24 hours ago and I went to bring her into the garage for isolation in a large dog crate this morning. She started throwing up a foul-smelling clear slightly viscous liquid on me, then had a seizure and died in the crate. 😪 The...
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    Do roosters know which hens are about to lay?

    Just looking here for answers. First time I've had a rooster in this young flock of 7, and so far he has "predicted" each new egg layer by mating with her just before she lays her first egg. Before that - no interest. He is the same age as the pullets. Another interesting thing - one of my...
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    Sexing the Brahma breed, (standard size, Light Brahma)

    Sorry I misunderstood you. Yep, I now see a new Easter Egger in your second pic. All girly girls except for your light Brahma. What a good-looking little flock!
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    Sexing the Brahma breed, (standard size, Light Brahma)

    When you say the other 5, that's a different light Brahma in the first pic of post #228? If so, that light Brahma is also a boy. Otherwise, I'm seeing four pullets of four other breeds heading toward point of lay.
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    Hen not eating/drinking, has worms in her smelly poop - help!

    Thanks for the kind compliment! I thought the same thing about her chest when I looked at the pic but I attributed it to her just having been bathed and not dried as thoroughly as usual since I was putting her outside on a warm day. She was kind of "puffed out" like she gets on the roost during...
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    Hen not eating/drinking, has worms in her smelly poop - help!

    Cleopatra says hello from her puppy playpen this morning. Her prolapse went back in today (!) and she was doing so much better by late this afternoon that we put her back in the run with the flock, watching carefully to make sure that she wasn't being picked on by the others and that she was...
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    Hen not eating/drinking, has worms in her smelly poop - help!

    We are darkening the windows in the garage and will cover her crate there for all but 8 hours a day - meant to mention that. Thanks for the suggestion, @Eggcessive!
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    Hen not eating/drinking, has worms in her smelly poop - help!

    I'll try to post some pics after I have brought her in for the day but the new complications are that the prolapse has not improved -- if anything, it's worse -- and yesterday she started excreting liquid egg from her vent. The routine has settled into a long soak in a warm betadine-solution...
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    Hen not eating/drinking, has worms in her smelly poop - help!

    Update: First the good news (and in my next post I'll explain how we got here): Cleo is feeling *much* better, on her second day of no live maggots on her flystrike wound, and enjoying spending part of the day on grass next to her flock mates, albeit confined to a puppy playpen. At night she is...
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    10 week old BLRW

    I believe Blue is a pullet and Black is a cockerel. Be sure and let us know how they turn out!
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    Brahma sex?

    P.S. He's quite handsome and I've been told that Brahmas make gentle and effective roosters.
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    Brahma sex?

    Yep, cockerel - just not sexually mature yet. The big breeds are slower to develop, usually.
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    Help! Cockerels or Pullets? I have to make a decision today.

    4 boys, sorry! At least you have someone lined up to take them for you.
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    Hen not eating/drinking, has worms in her smelly poop - help!

    2nd bath of the day complete. This time there were less than 20 maggots in the water, all dead, and I found none on the wound when I was drying her. I coated the wound with neosporin this time. Will do one more spa threatment today and 2-3 tomorrow, depending on whether there are new maggots...
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    Hen not eating/drinking, has worms in her smelly poop - help!

    OK, she's had her first bath of the day - I let her soak for 15 minutes. About 75 maggots came off in the water (they can freakin' SWIM). Afterward I trimmed her feathers and discovered that she has vent prolapse with a large (about 1" across) shallow open wound below it. That is where the...
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