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  1. Moosehead55

    all white hens are dying

    We have gotten rid of the rooster. He has another home now. Have 4 hens. 3 are barred rock and the one is a white hen. She is the sick one. Her bottom is swelled and she sits w her tail upwards. She isn't moving around much and tried putting her in the roost tonite. I do not ever see the other 3...
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    all white hens are dying

    I would like to add that she has come out from UNDER the roost. She did not roost last nite and stayed in a corner up under the roost. But she just stands by the water feeder and leans on it or puts one foot up on the lip of it. Seems as if she is traumatized but is moving around some. Should we...
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    all white hens are dying

    We have had 4 now that have died. We are not sure what the problem is. The last one I think may have been egg bound and now have another who can't roost. Her bottom looks swollen. We have bathed her in warm water and massaged the area but it doesn't seem to help. We did have a rooster who I...
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    Raising and caring for ducklings

    You asked about the pen. Its a pen inside a fenced in yard. We have a box for sleeping w hay but they have not used it. Water, feed and a small pool. Only one so far has attempted to get in the water. I think they are about 6 wks old. Why do you need to remove the water and feed at nite when...
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    Chickens with bare red bottoms

    Update. The chickens with the very red bottoms are much better. We cleaned them gently and applied a small amt of anti bacterial cream. Looking much better now and new feathers are coming in.
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    Favorite chicken died this morn

    We still are not sure but think maybe the rooster had something to do with her death. We are now trying to find the rooster a home. He has just recently started to attack my husband when he goes in the coop for the eggs. We had a very mean one once and couldnt' even go in the yard unless you...
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    Raising and caring for ducklings

    We just recently acquired 2 ducklings. Right now they are in the back yard w a pen around them. Provided a cardboard box and some straw/hay. They seem to stay in the hay and not the box at nite. Is this normal? Also, I am kind of worried about the droppings and salmonella. How do you handle...
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    Favorite chicken died this morn

    im sorry for you too. This chicken was a sweetheart. The others are still fine. Just don;t know what happened. Thank you so much
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    Favorite chicken died this morn

    They have been treated for that. The others are still fine. I saw nothing wrong. She seemed fine other than loosing weight. And we did not notice that until she was listless and picked her up to move her to a different area with lighting and hay. Then she passed within a few min. Seemed she had...
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    Favorite chicken died this morn

    It seems there are a lot o things it could have been. The others are fine. I saw no evidence of lice or mites. She was very thin tho. A necropsy is out of the question. We live on a tight budget. We are going to miss her tho as she was very tame and would b waiting at the gate for my husband and...
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    Favorite chicken died this morn

    Our favorite hen died this morning and we do not have a clue as to why. All the others are fine. She had not layed for nearly a mt and had lost weight. Being new to this we read all we could but there are som many things that could have happened. She was very thin. I had taken her and isolated...
  12. Part of our farm. My husband does not farm anymore tho. Have trails for Polaris riding. So pretty and quiet.

    Part of our farm. My husband does not farm anymore tho. Have trails for Polaris riding. So pretty and quiet.

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    Chickens with bare red bottoms

    We have one hen that has an extremely red bottom. Have checked her daily and putting a small amt of antibiotic cream on the red part. Not sure what is going on. Doesn't seem to b any picking on her. She does have a crusted looks like cornbread on her bottom. My husband cleaned it off and applied...
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