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    Broody and poop

    Hey all. I'm new to this. I have a broody who we decided to give eggs to and she took right to them. (great!!). BUT I haven't witnessed her get off the nest in her first day and a half. I know she could be doing it quickly and grabbing a bite to eat and drink. What bothers me though, is I...
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    3 week chick with a cold

    Thanks! The weird thing is that there is no discharge from her eyes or beak. Does that make a difference?
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    3 week chick with a cold

    I have a 3-4 week old with what seems to be a cold. She sneezes, was gurgling when chirping and now I can hear her breathing (though her beak is still closed). As of now we are treating with vet rx. Can a chick get a cold or respiratory infection and if so, does anyone have a suggestion on how...
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    4week chick with cough/congestion

    I picked up our one baby today and she was coughing seemed to gurgle when I picked her up. Her energy seems fine and she's eating, drinking and moving. Any thoughts on how to treat her and if there is concern for the other babies with her. Right now we have put nutridrench in their water and...
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    Dog attack, breathing and wound care

    Sure! Here is what she gave us.
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    Dog attack, breathing and wound care

    Praise the Lord! Took the bird to the vet this am. The vet said that she is one lucky chicken. The wounds are not infected, the skin will just grow back together (though slowly), there are no other injuries. The only thing she said was to not use Neosporin (non pain killing type) because the...
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    Dog attack, breathing and wound care

    Holy cow! She laid an egg in the cage this morning!! After giving her a bath last night to clean her up, we found some bruising on the thigh of the leg she is favoring. This would also help to explain why she is limping. We have scheduled an appointment with the vet just to make sure she is...
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    Dog attack, breathing and wound care

    Already checked the other girls and they look good. They are moving fine and eating and laying like normal. The wound is still pretty moist so we still haven't done Neosporin yet but I'm hoping tonight it will look ok to smear on. Thanks for taking a look. When the skin pulls away and you...
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    Dog attack, breathing and wound care

    Here is one photo up close. And here is one other from a bit further back It doesn't smell which is good. I think I will take her to the vet because she is not putting pressure on her one leg (on the side where there is more of a wound). It could be a Bone injury or just soft tissues from...
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    Dog attack, breathing and wound care

    The girls are down for the night. I will get you a picture in the morning. Thanks for your help.
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    Dog attack, breathing and wound care

    One (three actually...) were attacked by our dog yesterday. The one who I am most concerned about has a wound about 4x3 inches mid back. We have flushed it with chlorahexidine 3 times so far (like we did with a previous attracted bird). I hesitated on getting it stitched because of infection...
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    Columbian wyandottes

    Does anyone have a picture of a CW egg? I'm wondering if ours has started laying but I'm not sure what hers will look like compared to our RIR... (Our Welsummer and Cuckoo Marans are easily distinguishable...)
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    Easter Egger Pullet no longer laying

    im going to bump this because our EE STILL isn't laying. Like I said previously, she was hatched at the beginning of February 2015. Laid for a few weeks at the end of June. Took a week off then laid again for a week and now has not laid since the end of July!!! Any new thoughts, or is she just...
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    Salmon Faverolle male or female

    That would make my day. I was worried because the comb is much more red then my buff Orpington of the same age. Thanks!
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    Salmon Faverolle male or female

    I'm guessing I have a little man on my hands... Hatch 6/24ish. Please tell me I'm wrong.
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    Easter Egger Pullet no longer laying

    We have finally had summer in PA. We went from 80 to 90 over the past few days. I guess that could have something to do with it as well. Food is a half and half chick starter crumbles and layer crumbles since we have 18 week olds in the coop as well. Oyster shells are also always available.
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    Easter Egger Pullet no longer laying

    Huh!?! I learned something new! Thanks! I know she went through a mini molt around 12-15 weeks. From your experiences so uld you expect that I would see lots of feathers again or will this be just a few here and there? Thanks!
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    Easter Egger Pullet no longer laying

    She is 27 weeks old so I can't imagine a molt but that's for helping me trying eliminate possible issues though!
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    Easter Egger Pullet no longer laying

    Our EE started laying on 6/24/15 and was laying 4-5 eggs a week. On Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of this past week she laid soft shelled eggs (2 on Tuesday!). But we have had nothing from her since Wednesday. Is this sort of a break from laying normal after a month and her body is just trying...
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    What do you do with old sand

    We have sand in our coop. I see many of you totally clean out all of your sand once a year. My question is, what do you do with all of the old sand?
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