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    Chicken butt injury

    Hello, SO, this is my poor chicken's butt. She often has poop masses stuck below her butt that we clean frequently. SHe also feather picks. The other chickens don't pick on her. We seperated her and put mosquito netting around her enclosure, the flys were swarming her. I am abot to go to...
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    what? chicken butt?

    Well, most of the girls arent laying very often right now. Pretty sporatic. We had been occasionaly getting a weird, thinshelled offshaped speckeled rough egg. Were wondering if that was her. She is struggling to poop this morning. My partner said her poop was pretty white and runny. I...
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    seed?

    So, If the chickens are eating all of my grass seed, when they poop it out will it still grow?
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    what? chicken butt?

    O.K. so, I have a wyandotte who is such a nice girl. She is just a year now. Last summer her butt prolapsed. We were able to get it to stay right after just a week or so. She never got pecked by the other gals. Well, latley we noticed she had a pretty funky smell going on and seemed to be...
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    Rooster maturity?

    Ok, so, we have 13 chickens. We know for sure that one of our wyandottes is a male(it has a regular comb-not the strawberry kind) So, we think that one of our ri reds might be a rooster as well. no crowing and no cycle feathers yet. They are already 7 months old. Should we be able to tell...
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    question

    Is it common for chickens to become eggbound after a prolapse? my chicken prolapsed 2 weeks ago. It took 4 days, but her butt stayed in. No trouble until the last few days. Butt is in but looks a little bloody around the butt. She is bald below her butt. We have her seperated from the rest...
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    problems after a prolapse

    howdy all-one of my favorite and friendliest chickens-beyonce-recently prolapsed. i got info from you all-honey, prep h, and keep on puttin it back in-well it took 4 days and her butt stayed in!! hooray!! well, it's been 2 weeks. I was out of town and my husband calledto say it prolapsed...
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    is my chicken broody or sick??

    Hi there, I have 15 chickens. They are all happy and just over 5 months old. We know for sure one is a rooster. Guessing we might have 1 more. Well, one of our ri reds has taken to the most popular nesting box and wont come out. I finally moved her and found 7 eggs!! Im positive they are...
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    chick throwing up?

    hi, so, one of my chicks is looking up and gulping. she will do this for a while and eventually blow a few bubbles and vomit up some liquid. she has been doing this for a few hours. my guess would be something stuck in her throat. but, really, i have no idea? ??
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    corrid dose for 1 week old chicks???

    i have lost 9 of 14 chicks. some with bloody poop. i am doing what i can to keep them alive. hatchery chicks.
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    corrid dose for 1 week old chicks???

    one person told me 5 cc per gallon, another told me 1 tsp per gallon. for 1 week old chicks, what do you all suggest?? thanks everyone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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    will antibiotics from feed store treat coccidia?

    thank you so much everyone for all of the advice. i really love this website. everyone is so helpful. i and my remaining chicks thank you.
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    will antibiotics from feed store treat coccidia?

    the antibiotic is tetracycline hydrochloride
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    will antibiotics from feed store treat coccidia?

    hello, i am the one who has lost several chicks to coccidia(?) i live a ways from town. the closest farm store i could get to today only had antibiotics for their water. will this treat the cocci? the corrid that everyone talks about, can i get that from a regular feed store or do i have to...
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    All My Chicks Are Dying!! Please Help

    my brooder is from 90-96..using light and by my wood stove. i check the temp a lot. the first one died the first night they were home. then it seems like every 6 hours or so one passes. as far as syringe feeding, i have tube fed other types of birds, but not chickens. the syringe i have has a...
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    All My Chicks Are Dying!! Please Help

    I got my chicks 2 days ago from a local feed store. they were a couple days old. i started with 14...im down to 8!!! (and 2 more are dying) so, slowly, 1 by 1 they are getting sick. i have a seperate brooder for the sick gals. They are still eating and drinking when i first notice...
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    sick chick..what is it??

    also, they seem to be having a hard time swalloing. they throw their heads back and wiggle their toungs around. when we hand water them they will drink, but some of the drinking involves gagging and throwing it back up.
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    sick chick..what is it??

    thanks, well, they were still unpacking the chicks when i got there. it takes me a few hours to drive home. i had the heater running high the whole time but they were still kind of cold when i finally got home. i warmed them up proper and they all seemed fine. they are standard and there is...
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    sick chick..what is it??

    hello, we got very young chicks from the feed store yesterday. this morning one of the chicks is having serious problems. it flops on its back and flails around. when it get right, its spazes out wildly and cries out in distress. we can hold it and calm it down, but its head continues to bob...
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