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    6 week old with balance issues

    I hated reading through these when I was looking for help and never seeing the outcome, so I’m posting ours. The slight stagger in her step started June 22 or so, she’s been given B complex and vitamin E daily since then in a small bit of egg, as well as in her water. She got slowly worse...
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    6 week old with balance issues

    Update: no changes. She is neither better nor worse. She gets 1/4 tab of vitamin B complex morning and night, plus Poul-Vite in the water, and 400IU each morning. She eats it in half a cooked scrambled egg. She eats well, isn't suffering. She does lay down more often than her siblings but I...
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    6 week old with balance issues

    This is their: Feed They have access to the layer’s feed when everyone comes in at night to roost but haven’t shown much interest in it. They free range a bit around the run when we are home (the big girls free range all day) The antibiotic was oxytetracycline hydrochloride soluble powder -...
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    6 week old with balance issues

    About 4-5 days ago I noticed one of my 6 chicks (vaccinated) had a little wobble in her step. When standing she would seem to be off balance. I came on here to check it out, and thought perhaps vitamin deficiency, so I put some vitamins in the water and some antibiotics. She is unable to...
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    Hen becoming “rooster” what to expect?

    Mini update: She has molted a bit, just her neck feathers but too soon to tell if they are going to come in differently. She has really improved her crowing voice lol. So far no personality changes, and no mounting.
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    Hen becoming “rooster” what to expect?

    So I know she likely has an ovary injury, but I’m wondering if anyone who’s had a hen do this, can tell me what else to expect. My 3 year old Speckled Sussex, Peppa, who has been a good layer (and we have a few of her chicks now laying as well) has always had a tiny spur. Mid summer I noticed...
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    Treehouse Chicken Coop

    A little late to the discussion, and I didn’t read any of the responses lol. Here’s ours. It’s 8 feet off the ground. We took the slide off and put a ramp up. The first ramp goes to a platform (that they love to sun on in the cooler months) then another ramp to the top. No issues with them going...
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    8 month old molting after on/off illness

    No, the molt started while she was in my house.
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    8 month old molting after on/off illness

    Just asking out of curiosity - Can a chicken molt after an illness? Or could coming inside from a wintery coop for a week of recovery from illness cause a hen to molt? She’s only 8 months old and has been molting heavily for the past 2 weeks. We are still well below freezing at nights and in an...
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    Yet another winter question - but for Celsius users :)

    This is it, less the mess, ladders, etc ha ha. The ugly vent flap will be replaced with a plexiglass sheet for more natural light in there, in the spring. I put a clear tarp around the back side of the run, and around the side and front under the coop. I don't have any pics of the inside. It's...
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    Yet another winter question - but for Celsius users :)

    I live in SW Ontario, in the snow belt off of Lake Huron. It's been a mild winter so far which has been great since this is my first year with hens. We have a colder snap coming up this weekend. My 7 hens live in a 6x8' coop that is partially insulated with overhead ventilation. The walls...
  12. K

    I swear these girls will never lay (or lay again)

    Annnnd, someone is laying!! Woot woot! Guess I just had to post for luck lol
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    I swear these girls will never lay (or lay again)

    Thank you - I was mostly confused about the squatting and not laying but it seems to be a normal thing then. It'll happen when it's time I suppose - just hate buying eggs each week AND layer crumble ha ha!
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    I swear these girls will never lay (or lay again)

    A month ago, one of my SS laid an egg. Right at the 6 month mark - and has never laid again. Her sister has never laid an egg. Their Americauna nest mate started later that week and laid an egg every 26 hours until this week. We are now 5 days without an egg. They are now over 7 months old...
  15. K

    Please help, thinking crop or parasite?

    Thank you for all the info!
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    Please help, thinking crop or parasite?

    Thank you for your replies - sorry for the delay! She's a 7 month old SS. Free access to layer crumble and water, was free ranging all over the farm for most of the late summer until the snow started. Now they have access to a 15 x 30 run plus coop. If the weather is nice and I'm home, they...
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    Please help, thinking crop or parasite?

    Sorry for the length, just trying to get all the symptoms. Three days ago, I let the hens out into their large run and sat with them for a bit. Everyone was exuberant and active, especially Penny who follows me around. I left for work and since it was a nice day, I came home at lunch to let...
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    Chicken rehab

    I purchased a few more hens on the weekend. The conditions they came from were deplorable. Overcrowded, poor air quality, not enough roosting space. They are roughly the same age as my “total” free range birds. They go in the coop at night but have the whole farm to explore and a 10 x 25 run...
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    A bad idea?

    So, my final "hen" crowed this morning. We processed the other roos on Saturday, hoping that my "hen" was a hen. Out of ten chicks we got 7 cockerels. UGH. I had decided to keep the quietest cockerel. Ernest is a PB Speckled Sussex and just gorgeous, he has never attacked another bird or...
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    Show me your Speckeled sussex's

    First time chicken owner and 4 of them are SS. I didn’t care for their personality much as chicks but now that they are maturing I’m absolutely in love with the two hens. They are so sweet and curious. i just took a couple pics of one of my SS cockerels and I haven’t seen one with this much...
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