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    Constantly Broody Hen

    It's been years since I've had a broody hen. But when I did have my serial broody, I considered her extremely valuable. I could always predict to the exact day when she would go broody, and when I wanted to hatch eggs, it sure was convenient having such a hen. I also loved her sweet personality...
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    Not an "Emergency," but could sure use advice

    You can give the thiamine supplement in the week between Corid treatment, and then again after the second round of Corid. You do understand that two treatments a week apart is necessary to get all of the coccidia. If your chick is not responding to the Corid, you may give a drench dose. For a...
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    Bare Back Hen

    Your hen may be getting pecked as new pin feathers come in. Chickens are drawn to large patches of bare skin and then to the emerging pin feathers which are rich in delicious blood. They can become addicted. Disguising the bare skin with Blu-kote can help a lot. Blu-kote does have anti-fungal...
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    Sick … :( maybe wry??????

    We often forget that calcium absorption can be enhanced with exposure to direct sunlight or a vitamin D supplement. Therefore, rather than increasing the calcium we give our hens, we could try increasing the vitamin D. This is especially applicable in winter. If you are feeding a commercial...
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    Sick … :( maybe wry??????

    Calcium in the form of oyster shell or limestone is best since the hen can self regulate the consumption. Mixing calcium into the feed other than what the commercial feed company put in it isn't advisable. In a crisis, we use human calcium supplements to drench the hen's system to give her a...
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    Severe balance problems in 8 week cockerel

    Yes! Use the soft gel caps.
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    Chicken Attacked By Wild Cat

    You won't know if she can recover until you try. But assume that a ton of bacteria has entered that deep wound. Pull off the bandage and flush the wound liberally with saline wash. You can make your own from recipes on the internet. Then you must give her an antibiotic. If you have any on hand...
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    1.5 year old hen with sudden onset ataxia

    A vitamin deficiency can occur suddenly and without obvious causes, especially vitamin E. Vitamin B deficiency can also cause neurological symptoms, but usually it causes weakness in tendons and muscles. Why does it happen? Sometimes, it's from foods and treats that can dilute the vitamins in...
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    1.5 year old hen with sudden onset ataxia

    This behavior is very alarming. About the only somewhat benign explanation for it is vitamin E or B deficiency. If it's an E deficiency, giving a vitamin E capsule to her can solve this within hours. Treating her with B-complex can take up to six to eight weeks for improvement, but is worth...
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    questions

    It's a "cultural" ritual chickens have. They are flock animals who are tightly associated with the flock dynamics. Back a few million years when chickens were wild and not domesticated, they had to be very careful making a living because predators were a constant danger. So when a hen needed to...
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    Egg laying issue - water balloon-esque egg

    You left out two of the most important bits of information - your location and the age of this hen. If your location is in the northern hemisphere and if your hen is aged two years or older, she may be starting molt. Molt can affect the quality of the egg shells regardless of the calcium...
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    Easter egger questions

    I've only ever had EE chicks from a hatchery. (Privett in New Mexico) To get the kind of variety pictured above, I think you'd need to go through a private breeder or be a breeder yourself. I always have wanted a splash EE and tried to select chicks from the feed store offering that were...
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    How do all of you deal with future laws banning the ownership of chickens?

    That would be a tragedy. While I don't need to worry about that possibility since I'm zoned for agriculture, I would bribe the neighbors with free eggs to keep my flock secret.
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    Easter egger questions

    EE chicks are usually brown chipmunk striped. They usually grow up to look like old brown shoes. (My TSC manager came up with that description.) But their eggs can be anywhere from true blue, turquoise, to olive green. Occasionally you could get one that lays brown eggs, but I've never had one.
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    Stubborn broody hen is shaking

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    Duck with bumble foot, please advise!

    I'm overjoyed by her progress! What an excellent job you've done. I'm sure she would be as overjoyed to return to her normal life again. As long as there are no sharp gravel bits, she shouldn't have any further injuries.
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    Stubborn broody hen is shaking

    Crop stasis occurs when not enough food is moving through the chicken to keep the contents from turning yeasty. Usually, resuming eating will fix it. If it persists, then miconazole (women's vaginal yeast cream) treatment will be necessary.
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    Stubborn broody hen is shaking

    Please forgive me in advance as I sometimes come across as harsh when I'm just being direct. You are going about it all wrong, and a hen that's been broody for three weeks is going to be weak and disoriented as 21 days is the length of time that a broody takes to hatch eggs. Any longer than...
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    Hen keeps one eye closed

    Microcyn is not an antibiotic. You can order Terramycin from Amazon if you're in the US.
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    Inflamed bloody polyp like rash on roosters hock/area above shank

    The fact that he has identical lesions in the exact same location on each shank, and stacked with possible lesions on his breast, indicates to me he may be injuring himself trying to reach a high perch at roosting time. Being four years old, he's probably quite heavy. A heavy bird may injure...
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