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    Hen gasping for air and gurgling noises

    No new birds have been added, and no bubbles in the eyes or nasal discharge. Her throat seems fine no blockages, and her crop is empty from not eating or drinking the past day or 2. I’m at a loss other then respiratory infection? I read somewhere about using the steaming method to try and help...
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    Hen gasping for air and gurgling noises

    Hi all, i’m looking for some help. I’ve got a 5 month old easter egger pullet that is gasping for air, and making gurgling nosies, i’m assuming it’s a respiratory infection? My question is what can I do or give her to help? I have her inside and separated away from everyone else with...
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    Splayed Legs? Or Bone / Tendon Deformity?

    I have a almost 3 week old cream legbar chick that is having a lot of problems with his legs. He had got stuck in the shell for over 24 hours so I did help him out , however since he was born I noticed that he had something wrong with his legs. I thought it was splayed leg at first so I have...
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    Cream Legbar Chicks Gender?

    I was really hoping that wasn’t the case lol oh well the chances you take when hatching your own chicks I guess!
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    Cream Legbar Chicks Gender?

    Hi all, looking for some help determining the gender of my cream legbar chicks, they are a couple days old now and i’m still having some trouble determining the difference between the males and females, so any help would really be appreciated! Chick #1 topchick #1 sidechick #2chick #2 sidechick...
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    Fluffed up hens passing away

    Thank you, it can be very tough and tiring not knowing exactly is wrong, I will continue to read the threads in case someone has a similar case.
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    Fluffed up hens passing away

    A few people I have talked to from my town had lost a couple hens too it’s been a bad winter here so i’m thinking it might have been the cold, but I will look into seeing if there are any poultry necropsy labs close by in case it happens again, thank you
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    Fluffed up hens passing away

    I'm not sure if this is the correct forum to post in but here goes anyhow, I'm looking for some advice. This past winter I have lost 3 hens and I'm not sure what is exactly going on, the hens are showing no symptoms whatsoever except for being all fluffed up and not eating or drinking on the...
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    Welcome!! :D
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    Egg deformity

    Hi everyone. I have a leghorn white hen that is about 1.5 years old.She lays everyday and never fails. However some days she will lay an egg with a slight hole in it, it’s in the exact same spot every time. Now somedays she lays an egg with extra build up of shell in that same spot as well, and...
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    Pecking Order

    Thank you everyone for your input! I was totally feeling like I wasn't doing enough to help my new pullets out but you all reassured me of that! :loveIt has been raining here non stop for the past few days so they have all been forced to be around each other all day and I think it is helping a...
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    Pecking Order

    Hi all, I recently bought 8 new laying hens that are all 19 weeks old now (they have been quarantined for 30 days) and I have been trying to add them to my existing flock. My old hens will peck at them and chase them around which I know is normal so they can establish their pecking order...
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    Broken feathers

    I got them from my local feed store so as far as I know they are just RIR and leghorn whites ! I was talking to another farmer around here and he said that his girls are looking the same and also going through a molt, so I'm hoping that's all it is! Thank you again though! :)
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    Broken feathers

    No, I don’t have any roosters!
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    Broken feathers

    Awesome thank you so much! I was just a little worried where there were some girls who didn’t seem to be missing any feathers at all that it could have been something more serious! :)
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    Broken feathers

    Hi there! Im a newbie here but I have been raising chickens for over a year now. The past month I have noticed that some of my girls are loosing feathers, however they appear to be broken off half way up the shaft. I thought it might have been mites or lice so I did a deep cleaning of their coop...
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