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    Early Layers (Extreme Edition)

    I have a sapphire gem and smokey pearl pullet, both hatched 3/5/23. It is now exactly 3 months later, and both have deep red combs and waddles and are already starting to squat when approached. It seems a bit early, but these are sure-fire signs of coming into lay. Wouldn't it be way too early...
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    2022 Chicks - Cackle Experience

    Cackle did a great job in 2022, ours are 6.5 months old, all laying hens
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    gypsie colored faces

    Our "gypsy face" australorp
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    Gallimycin Egg Withdrawal Period? Conflicting Information

    Conflicting information! The vet I spoke with said 21-60 days. Another vet says no need for egg withdrawal. One website says do NOT use with eggs for human consumption. Another says zero day withdrawal period.
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    Yolk Peritonitis

    I got the necropsy back for my beloved Olive Egger. She had Yolk Peritonitis. It's not contagious.
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    Has anyone's chicken ever recovered from paralysis?

    Super old thread, but whatever happened? I have a hen going through the same thing (12 years later.) Do you remember?
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    Saying Goodbye and Saving the Flock

    She's still with us. Down to 2.2 lb. Moving slowly. I wanted to give her some time outside before she passed.
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    Saying Goodbye and Saving the Flock

    I brought her outside to free range again. She eats grass and perks right up! But she still won't eat eggs, treats, meal worms, or Layer Crumbles. She perks up so much-needed though when she's out here. Like she has something worth fighting for. She can also view her flock mates, and I swear...
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    Saying Goodbye and Saving the Flock

    No, she's light and scrawny. There's nothing there. Very bony, as in no meat.
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    Saying Goodbye and Saving the Flock

    I had a necropsy done, and culture was negative
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    Saying Goodbye and Saving the Flock

    Right now I'm watching the sick hen do a little free-ranging on her own outside. She's got more pep in her step, and she's eating grass and bugs. In the house she lays around, and doesn't move. This seems to be the medicine she needs right now. I will bring her back into the house once she tires...
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    Saying Goodbye and Saving the Flock

    Her crop seems normal. Her poop is liquid, white with a yellow/cream tint
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    Saying Goodbye and Saving the Flock

    I used permethrin for the lice/mites. She laid daily until recently. I have been giving her water in a syringe with electrolytes. She has pecked around a bit, but isn't interested in eating her favorites like eggs and meal worms.
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    Saying Goodbye and Saving the Flock

    Active, probably a 3. I can easily pick her up, but my chickens are pretty docile. Her abdomen is quite bony.
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    Saying Goodbye and Saving the Flock

    A bit
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    Saying Goodbye and Saving the Flock

    I gave her electrolytes too
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    Saying Goodbye and Saving the Flock

    Vent is sloppy with diarrhea. I'm forcing eggs and fly grubs. Crop is squishy as it should be in the evening.
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    Saying Goodbye and Saving the Flock

    I treated for lice and mites a few days ago. She hasn't layed an egg in at least 4 weeks. Here is the other hen who is sick, but still alive. I can't seem to entice her with scrambled eggs, fly grubs, or bread crumbs. She has bad diahrrea but doesn't have signs of respitory distress. She's...
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    Saying Goodbye and Saving the Flock

    I wanted to also add that she had a lot of poop around her bottom, and if I washed it off it would come back within an hour or so. Her flockmate has the same dirty bottom, pale/withered combs/waddles, weight loss, and weakness, but still seems interested in food (for now.)
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    Saying Goodbye and Saving the Flock

    This morning we said goodbye to the top hen in our small flock, a beautiful Blue Copper Marans-Cream Legbar olive egger. She was the ever-vigilant, benevolent, and gentle leader. She was truly my favorite chicken. Her symptoms were a crumbly sound in her lungs when she breathed, pale...
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