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    Deworming

    How many of you chicken ladies out there deworm your chickens every year? I am thinking I need to deworm mine now. Did it at least two years ago. I found on of my hens collapsed in the small coop tonight. She is still alive, but obviously not well. I worry I should have dewormed them all...
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    I made a mistake !!!

    They are doing much better now! I cleaned out the metal waterers and made sure NOT to put ACV in them again.
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    I made a mistake !!!

    The issue wasn’t the amount … the issue was that I put the ACV in a metal waterer. I have lea red that ACV in a metal waterer is a NO NO!
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    Egg Production

    I only give them about a half a cup of scratch (between the 10 of them) at night before they are closed up for the night. The scratch is just a snack.
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    Egg Production

    This year, staring around the end of March, out of my 10 hens I was getting 6-7 eggs a day sometimes 8-9. Since the end of April, I am lucky to get maybe 3, and some of the eggs have really thin shells. It’s weird. I have not changed their feed, but have even added some corn/oat/barley/split pea...
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    Can I move my broody hen?

    That is a great idea!! I will work on doing that tomorrow and then when I know all the eggs are hatched that are going to hatch, I will move her to the new brooding pen
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    I made a mistake !!!

    ACV is apple cider vinegar. Thank you for the support ❤️
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    Can I move my broody hen?

    I have a sitting hen who should be hatching out chicks within this next week. My husband and I built a smaller chicken coop and run for setting chickens or even more quarantine use in the future. My question is could I move this hen to this new coop now before her chicks hatch out? She is...
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    I made a mistake !!!

    I made a stupid mistake and now think my mistake has negatively affected my flock. I was told that adding ACV to my chickens water is beneficial to their digestive health. I make my own ACV and so I was excited to add some to their water every day. I didn’t know that you should NOT add ACV to...
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    Respiratory help?

    This hen has rallied back! She is acting normal, but she still has this tan discharge on the sides of her beak and she seems to have it in her mouth. Could this be a crop issue? Her breath doesn’t really smell, but it doesn’t look normal.
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    Respiratory help?

    Ok … so this hen is back out with the ladies, but today I noticed that she has some tan colored buildup around her beak. That does sour crop look like? Could she has something going on in her throat or her crop?
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    Respiratory help?

    Surprisingly, she was still alive in the morning … even after I was so worried about the way she sounded last night. We could hear the sounds she was making in the cage in the laundry room next to us. Today, dhe has not eaten any of the scrambled eggs I had given her. I have electrolyte water...
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    Respiratory help?

    This is the fish biotic. I heard about it here over a decade ago. I break the capsule open and mix the powder with several drops of coconut oil. I form the mixture into two pills and keep them in the freezer. It has been a good source of antibiotic for my chickens.
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    Respiratory help?

    Her eyes are normal. Nothing coming from them. She has a slight amount of white buildup on either side of her beak. No new birds. She doesn’t have a bad small. But she really sounds like she is suffering. It sounds like a belabored moan 😣
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    Respiratory help?

    How many fish-Biotix can I give the chicken in a day? I am so worried that tomorrow she will not be alive 😢
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