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    Dealing with a 1 year old rooster

    In the event that anyone in the future reads this thread... My flock's rooster, and I have only 1 rooster, is terrible around humans and dogs. He (a bantum) will attack any human or friendly dog around his girls. A stick is required by humans walking in the run to protect both humans and...
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    I fed my chicken raw green beans without researching that it's bad for them.

    It's the dose that makes the poison. If a chicken were to consume too much water too quickly, it would die. As it happens, chickens are wired not to over-consume water. So while I wouldn't encourage offering chickens known problematic foodstuffs, I would remind that a chicken's brain is...
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    Help! Please!!

    I assume you used the fenbendazole for 3-5 days. But why was it used? Were worms seen in the poop? Re-reading your first post, I understand that yesterday was very hot, today she didn't start the day well, was brought in, then got some liquids and food in, then perked up, then was put out...
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    Help! Please!!

    A problem with heat-related illness is that it can transiently mimic or cause other problems, including causing thin-shelled eggs, independent of calcium status. What was the reason for deworming the flock? What wormer did you use and how did you use it? Have any other in the flock shown any...
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    Help! Please!!

    On what day was "really, really hot and humid"?
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    Questions, questions, questions.

    Check out aart's (RIP) waste-free bucket feeder. It doesn't require a hangar. I have one, but only outer bucket, meaning I have to scoop food in at least once a day. This has 95% eliminated food being kicked or beaked out.
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    Help! Please!!

    If the underlying culprit is indeed heat, then it should be recognized that she's not tolerating the environment. While it's possible to perk-up an overheated animal, placing the same animal back out in the same environment should be expected to result in over-heating again. It's possible that...
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    What is this

    Difficult to see in the videos, but given the environment and red color I'm thinking bloodworms.
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    Coop Roost feedback

    I wonder about the space available for them to get down safely. My roosting bars are about the same height (as your lower bars) and I fixed an upside-down milk crate (easy for their feet to grip) to one side that they can use as a step. Half the time they fly up (RIRs and banties), but...
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    Chicken confused

    If I was in such a situation, and didn't have someone available to provide 'loving' support, I'd bring this 6yo old gal in the house for the week i was gone, leaving the AC on. Maybe bringing her in a day or two early to acclimate (and see how she does). -clear out a room -ramshackle something...
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    Best ways to get grass in coop yards

    My experience is with bermuda grass, what you I think call couch grass. People like it or hate it. People who hate will say that it grows like a weed and you can't get rid of it. From a chicken-keeping standpoint, that's a good thing. Bermuda thrives in the full-sun summer heat, is drought...
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    Corid vs Ericlor 10

    I would pay attention to temperature with 8 day-olds. All chicks need to be in a space large enough to provide one place to warm up and a second place to cool down (if only a frozen water bottle to snuggle against). That said, what is the max temperature in the garage? How big is the brooder...
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    Boredom busters

    Someday I'd like to put together something like this with an old bicycle wheel. Most pictures of these contraptions show that people routinely don't cover the spokes, with the bird only running on the tire (seems dangerous to me). This design has a platform covering the spokes that the bird...
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    URGENT hen with potential water belly not eating or drinking

    Trust your instincts. You have done everything possible for her up to this point. I would help her pass. I'm sorry for her and you.
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    Please critique my coop

    The coop appears more than 4 foot wide. If interior space is a problem, you could remove the nesting boxes, add another roosting bar, and find an external egg nest solution. I have one of these on the outside of the henhouse: Regarding shade, the more the better. As others stated above, I...
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    Extreme heat preventative measures?

    I should clarify my admonishment of "sweet treats." It is the dose that makes the poison. On a scorching hot afternoon, loading a chicken's gut with a big load of watermelon (common example) will routinely result in "red diarrhea." That diarrhea will be associated with electrolyte loss. Blood...
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    URGENT hen with potential water belly not eating or drinking

    Of those I'd use the fenbendazole. Given that she's sick, I would consider dosing on the lower end of the range (20mg-50mg/kg). Is she more active (if that's the right word) today than yesterday? Looking around more? Interacting more? I don't know what to say of her head/tail movement.
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    URGENT hen with potential water belly not eating or drinking

    What is the active ingredient?
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    Rash on hens belly?

    You've first got to know what you're treating before you can study how to treat it. A red rash is a symptom, not a disease. Examining her more thoroughly first would help guide your research. To answer your question regarding mites, if she has mites, many people would dust/treat the whole...
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    URGENT hen with potential water belly not eating or drinking

    I keep SafeGuard (fenbendazole) on hand, got it at Tractor Supply. Valbazen (albendazole) would be another option.
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