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    Plywood alternatives

    I used pallets. They are free. Just tore them apart and pulled out the nails. Most are 4 ft wide so are already cut to length. My coop is 4×6. The roof is sloped with one side at 4 ft and the taller side at 6ft. Works great for a smaller flock. But you can make it as tall or long as you want.
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    Turkey laryngitis??

    No. Several still have whispery voices. No other symptoms and it's been months. I am clueless.
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    Turkey laryngitis??

    I don't know if I can post videos or not here but I did get some. Two of my turkeys poults and 1 or 2 chicks have this laryngitis thing going on. Very muted with their louder chatter and almost no sound with lighter chatter. The turkeys were all from the same order and I had all 15 for maybe two...
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    Wierd egg sick chicken?

    Just wanted to let you all know she's better. I had to force feed her for several days making sure she got all those vitamins, electrolytes and supplements along with her mash. She is full of energy, eating VERY well and layed a normal egg 3 days ago. Thank you all for your advice.
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    Wierd egg sick chicken?

    I will look into this. I thought about salpingitis too. I don't know what her past history of illness is. She finally ate some watermelon and other fruit today and a little bit of pellets. I hope she's taking a turn for the better. I am getting the vitamins today. She came from my sisters. She's...
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    Wierd egg sick chicken?

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    Wierd egg sick chicken?

    I'll ask the previous owner. Would I see anything in her stool? I've seen nothing so far.
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    Wierd egg sick chicken?

    No I checked her head to toe.
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    Wierd egg sick chicken?

    Thank you. No she has no other symptoms. I held her right up to my ear and heard no gurgling or rasping. She's breathing normal. No discharges from anywhere and eyes are normal and not runny. Comb is dark red with no discoloration around her comb or face.
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    Wierd egg sick chicken?

    I have a probiotic that has d3 and other vitamins in it but no calcium. No swelling in her belly but it is a little squishy but small and her chest bone is sticking out more as she's losing weight. Thank you for the tags and advice.
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    Wierd egg sick chicken?

    I hope not. The person I got her from never said anything about weird eggs but she has rats so maybe they took it?
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    Wierd egg sick chicken?

    I tried scrambled egg. No go. Didn't want yogurt or turkey meat from my soup. No greens. Not even pecking at it. She's completely empty and not eating anything and getting thin. She is still drinking. I will try the mash. I'll see if tsc has the caltrate and antbiotics. Thank you.
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    Wierd egg sick chicken?

    I have a 2.5 yr old buff orpington. I just got her about 8 days ago. 4 or 5 days ago she laid this egg (pic added). Since she has slowly gone off her food and today she has an empty crop. She is drinking. I was told this is not a lash egg but just abnormal and probably a calcium issue. I was...
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    Topic of the Week - When eggs go wrong

    My mom swears one of her hens birthed a chick instead of an egg. She said it was the size of her thumb nail. It was gooey and had a beak and feet. The head was smaller than a pencil eraser. She went to check for eggs and found it in the afternoon egg layers nesting box. I wish she had gotten a...
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    McMurray hatchery ‘Ameraucanas’

    These are the two I was told were gold laced wyandottes and seem true to form. EXCEPT the one in front has large splashes and a big comb and the one behind has more of the laced look and almost no comb. I got 3 that looked liked the one in back and then the one in front all labeled gold laced...
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    McMurray hatchery ‘Ameraucanas’

    I ordered 3 hens and a male Ameracaunas from the same place. I showed pics further along your post. Two are dark so I'm hoping they are the blues. They picked them out. Maybe you will get blues too! The blues seem to be true?
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    McMurray hatchery ‘Ameraucanas’

    From the research I've done a true Ameraucana has a beard and slate or green legs. The legs will be colored from birth. Yours may be Easter eggers.
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    Many questions about dirt floor coop and Deep litter/pests

    The manure itself is moist for a little while. You don't clean it out through the winter. You don't need to intervene other than throw some chicken scratch in. Then the fowl will scratch and turn the shavings and manure helping with decomp. I will also be adding straw to help maintain warmth.
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    Many questions about dirt floor coop and Deep litter/pests

    I think it depends where you live too. If you're in a cooler climate the deep litter method can help keep the coop warmer in the winter. If in a warmer climate then you may not need litter. I'm in northern Vermont. I use deep litter shavings and straw inside my coop. This will be their first...
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    Four week old “special” chick with crop problem.

    Try to put her on newspaper so there's no chance of eating bedding. Then give her very small amounts of food throughout the day. This way she can't gorge herself. Add a little chick grit. Add electrolytes to her water. You can add probiotics to the water as well and stop the yogurt for a day or...
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