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    Introducing chickens in winter?

    thanks for the quick reply!! and yes in the winter we wrap the run in clear plastic to block wind and snow from getting in, and then in the coop (upstairs a little ramp from the run) we have what looks like a tv- it’s a black heating panel that keeps the coop nice and warm. That’s why i am...
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    Introducing chickens in winter?

    Hello everyone. We are down to our last hen unfortunately, her best mate just passed last night. They are three years old and her mate had just gone through a huge molt and the heat we have been experiencing just took her last bit of energy, she didn’t make it thru the night. Anyways, our last...
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    Lethargic Chicken with Dirty bottom

    oh gosh, thank you🥲
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    Lethargic Chicken with Dirty bottom

    what?
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    Lethargic Chicken with Dirty bottom

    Hi all. I have 11 month old silkie bantam hen that has all of a sudden had a decline in health. we feed her and her two flock mates a local farm store’s poultry blend and keep their water clean, and then give table scraps every so often. she was laying up until two days ago. she still scratches...
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    Pullet standing with tail downwards

    Hey all!! One of my five month old silkie bantams is acting very strange. She has always been the quieter one of the group in her flock and never really was energetic like some of the others. So today I go back there to check on em after school and she is standing very awkwardly. Her bum/tail...
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    chicken broke neck and died!!

    ok, thanks anyways. your words mean a lot.
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    chicken broke neck and died!!

    hello all. it is a solemn day on our backyard homestead as our most beloved and special gal, a bantam blue silkie hen, has suddenly passed. there’s kind of a long backstory, so here it is: she lived on her own for a few months and we added 4 silkie bantam pullets in july. living on her own for...
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    something growing on chicken foot!

    thank you. i treated all three of mine and one of them had an abscess so i used hydrogen peroxide to drain it and they are doing pretty good! definitely not themselves again quite yet but they are eating and drinking just fine. :)
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    something growing on chicken foot!

    do you know of a substitute for vetericyn? i do not have access to any i checked everywhere!!
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    something growing on chicken foot!

    edit: both of my other hens in that pen have it. one very small and the other the same as the first one but on both feet.
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    something growing on chicken foot!

    i think one of my other hens has it as well. it’s much much smaller, should i treat her the same?
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    something growing on chicken foot!

    hello all. i have a year and three month old barred rock hen who suddenly has a limp. i picked her up and checked to see what was wrong and she has a black looking growth on her foot. i have attached a picture for reference. she was completely fine all week, not showing any signs. then this...
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    very broody hen won’t be broken!!!

    thanks so much!
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    very broody hen won’t be broken!!!

    ok, maybe i’ll have to purchase one! thanks!
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    very broody hen won’t be broken!!!

    hello all. i have a year and three month old silkie hen who appears to be broody. she has been once before, in early spring, and keeping her out of her nesting box for a week seemed to fix her. this time, she is much more stubborn. her nesting box is kind of like a dog house style on ground...
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    Silkie throwing up??

    i will withhold water and food at bedtime tonight. she is still eating, which according to the article, she should be doing less of if she had a crop issue. i’ll update in the morning
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    Silkie throwing up??

    the first time we saw it, we had picked her up and put her in the grass, and she bent over and was eating it. i’ll check her crop too
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    Silkie throwing up??

    hello! i have a year old silkie hen who just yesterday threw up some clear liquid. She did it again today. We are thinking it’s because two days ago we added some new pullets to her pen and maybe she is eating their chick feed? She layed yesterday if that helps. Has anyone had this before...
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    dark poop?

    we wormed them like two months ago, shouldn’t be that. and yes she did have a lot of watermelon this past week so that must’ve done it. thank you! we will keep an eye.
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