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    Hen with diarrhea

    I have a hen with diarrhea. It's not and odd color, just looks like a normal poop just watery. Her comb is flopped over and pale and crusty looking. It's been the high 90s for the past week and I'm not sure if it's an illness or the weather. The girls have multiple waterers and plenty shade. I...
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    Impacted crop?

    Mass was on her left and towards center line. As of this morning it's gone. Don't know what it was and I didn't treat her in any way.
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    Impacted crop?

    If I hold her so that we are both looking in the same direction her left is the same as mine. That's how I checked the side. I'll try to get a picture when I get home.
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    Impacted crop?

    If I hold her so her back is to me and we are both looking in the same direction it's on that left side. I used to work for a vet. That's how we told people to check for sides.
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    Impacted crop?

    I have a 10 week old Black Austrolorp that has a golfball sized mass on the LEFT side of her chest. Can this possibly be the crop? everything I've looked at show it on the right side.
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    Impacted crop?

    I have a 10 week Black Austrolorp that has a mass on the LEFT side of her chest? Could this possibly be her crop? Everything I've tried to look up shows it on the right side of the breast.
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    Medical Treatments Recommended by BYCers

    A supplement called Red Cell and b12 injections. Check out a site called Backyard Goats.
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    Rickets?

    Update on possible rickets. Shesbeen on Nutri Drench for 36 hours and major improvement. Back with her 2 remaining sisters and I've put all of them on it. I'll keep them on this till Saturday when the Rooster Booster b complex is delivered.
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    Rickets?

    No fracking, I know that. Both the hatchery and I have well water. Never an issue before. It's driving me nuts. The little lame one is healthy aside from her drunken waddle.
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    Rickets?

    I have terrible luck this year. Bought 13 chicks in 2 batches from a local hatchery I have used for the last 8 years with out a problem. Of the first 8 chicks 5 died in the first 12 hours. In the second batch of 6 I lost all of them in 36 hours. I've been doing the same stuff for 8 years with...
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    Do I need a heat lamp for my 3 week old chicks?

    I have a 3 week old chick in the house, she developed spraddle leg. The house is at 69-70 degrees and I have a heating pad "cave" that is up to 83 degrees. Should this be ok for a single chick.
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    Medical Treatments Recommended by BYCers

    Can anyone recommend an aspirin dosage for a 10 day old chick? Everything I look at is for adults. I think she got stepped on by the others since she was ok a week ago.
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    Slight Case of Spraddle Leg in Chick, have questions

    I think one of my chiks has a slight case of straddle leg. She waddles a bit but her stance when she stands looks OK. I've noticed she sometimes scoots on her belly. She's about 10 days old. Is that to old to treat? And can she be left with the others? There are 4 of them and I'm afraid if I...
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    Do your hens sleep in the nesting boxes?

    One of my birds sleeps in the nesting box for the winter. You would think it's cozier roosting with her sisters than sleeping in a metal box, but she loves it. At some point she moves back to the roost.
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    Introducing Baby Chicks...

    I've only had to mix babies. I had 4 that were 1 week old and just got 5 that hatched this week. I got more new than existing to mske picking on harder. For a distraction I got some live crickets from the pet store. I took the new chicks out of the box and let them go, (both batches from same...
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    Oops... I may have gotten some chicks!

    I started with 6 about 7 years ago. We went up to 22, thank God we have the room. Now we're down to 15 and I plan on getting more around memorial day weekend. The "plan" is for 6 but I'm afraid that's going to go right out the window.
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    Pseudo Brooder Heater 'Plate'

    Is this outside? We brood our chicks in the coop. They are in a separate "room" in the coop. It's a 5x5 area with walls 4' high and mesh the rest of the way to the ceiling. I looked at both the Premier and the Brinsea and both recommended to be used in a room at leat 50 degrees. I'm in the...
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    Anyone else's chickens afraid of snow.

    Mine hate it. If there is just a little bit between them and clear ground they jump over it. If it's just light snow they will stay out in it. Just don't like it on their feet. To bad we're due for more tomorrow.
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    How do you resist Feed store chicks

    The hatcheries for feed store chicks are the chicken equivalent of the puppy mills that provide sickly pet store puppies. I used to work for a huge vet practice and we saw pet store puppies all the time. My sister even got one even after I warned her. She had it for two weeks then ended up with...
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    How do you resist Feed store chicks

    Just think if you would buy goldfish from Walmart. The Walmart by me has dried up tanks and I could swear that they didn't take the fish out first.
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