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  1. citychicks99

    Is she better off here as a solo hen or in a new home as the weakest link?

    I currently have a flock of 6 hens and after 4 years of chicken keeping, I've decided it's not for me. Although I'm emotionally attached to them, the time and energy to take care of them is overwhelming me, especially now that I have a hen with a case of advanced bumblefoot and necrotic toes and...
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    I think Poultry Cell changed their formula... Gave me a headache sniffing it.

    I had a bottle of Poultry Cell from 2021 that I relied on any time my chickens didn't seem to do so well. It worked great and I thought it had a nice smell. I recently purchased a new bottle and when I used the two side by side, the color looked different (the new bottle was more oily) and the...
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    How to vetwrap a very small chicken's feet with curled toes?

    My smallest hen weighs less than 3 pounds and has curled toes and I'm seeing early stages of Bumblefoot. She has a cut on one of her toes that I'll need to soak and wrap to prevent it from getting worse. She's so small though and she already has a limp because of her curled toes. The other day I...
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    Does this still look like an active Bumblefoot infection?

    This is one of my milder Bumblefoot cases. I'm bad with names so I call her Girl 2. I saw a black scab on only one of her foot (this one) a few weeks ago. I pulled it off with a tweezer but didn't see any plug. I can't tell if this is healing or if the scab is forming again. I've just been...
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    Spotted a hawk in my backyard

    My chickens like to free range and the other morning I heard them freak out, so I check on them through the window and saw one of my hens in defense mode, similar to when a rooster has the back of their feathers spiked up and in alert mode. I then saw the hawk and it looked right at me and flew...
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    Is there no coming back from this besides going to the vet? Is my other option to put her down?

    One of my hens has a bad case of grade 5 bumblefoot. It looked infected and the lesion was turning green. I kept watching videos of having to cut it out, but I don't work in the medical field and have zero experience performing any kind of surgery. I hesitated a few times but I convinced myself...
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    Making hard decisions when it comes to a sick chicken

    I have a 3 year-old chicken who has a bad case of bumblefoot that's infected and spreading to the leg. It's my first time dealing with this and it hit her really hard. I think it maybe has something to do with her age, but also that I wasn't able to treat her right away because I left for...
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    Tip of hen's tongue turning black?

    My hen has advanced bumblefoot and when I soaked her feet this morning, she was panting and I noticed her tongue turning black. I think it's a separate issue from the bumblefoot, but I'm not finding much info on this. Just seeing that she might have a niacin deficiency. I've been giving her egg...
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    How do you manage treating 5 chickens with bumblefoot?

    I've been clearing my yard of blackberry bushes and made the mistake of not cleaning it completely. Five of my six hens now have bumblefoot in various stages and I'm feeling so overwhelmed with how I'm supposed to do this that I'm looking at rehoming them if I can. I'm currently treating 3...
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    Time for some amoxicillin for this bumblefoot?

    I found a black scab on each foot about two weeks ago but unfortunately, I was leaving for vacation and couldn't treat her until I got back on Sunday. It looked like it got better but I still soaked and wrapped her. When I checked her yesterday, she seemed fine but I noticed some dried blood...
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    Rehoming my flock of 6 hens in the Seattle area

    Looking to re-home 1 RIR (4 years old), 1 cream legbar (4 years old), 3 RIR and legbar 50/50 mix (3 years old), and 1 RIR (25%) and legbar (75%) mix (2 years old). All still lay eggs but not all lay on a daily basis. Full disclosure that 3 of them have bumblefoot and 2 are limping. I'm unable...
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    Considering giving up my chickens

    It pains me to think about this but it's been such a rough summer with my chickens having issues since June. It started with mites and lice, then scaly leg mites and now bumblefoot, along with my rooster drowning from a foot soak. Three out of 6 hens have bumblefoot and two are limping. One...
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    3 hens have bumblefoot and now one is limping after treatment

    About two weeks ago, I noticed bumblefoot on two of my hens but I had to leave for vacation so I couldn't treat them until I came back on Sunday. I found out that 3 of them have it now so I soaked them in an Epsom salt bath for 10 minutes, sprayed with Vetericyn, applied hydrocolloid, applied a...
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    Would my hens be safe to free range without a rooster?

    My chickens have a pen but I always let them out in my yard to free range. Since my rooster passed, I noticed activity I hadn't seen before, like poop from a bigger animal in their coop (maybe a raccoon?), and a big pile of feed taken out of their feeder. The hens are currently unharmed but I...
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    How do I know if bumblefoot is healed?

    My chickens have scaly leg mites and when I gave them a foot rub with VetRX after an Epsom foot soak, I noticed that two of them have scabs on the bottom of their feet that looked like bumblefoot. I wasn't prepared for it so I put them back on the roost. I'm going on vacation next week for one...
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    What animal poop is this?

    I've never seen this before. I was cleaning out the coop today and saw this much bigger poop in the corner where the hens lay sometimes. We recently lost our rooster so I'm a bit worried some of the bigger predators are going to try and come more often now. :/
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    Is scaly leg mites treatable without foot soaks?

    I did some research including asking Chatgpt how to treat scaly leg mites in my chickens. They also had northern fowl mites and red mites I think. Last week, I got a plan to give them a foot soak twice a week for the first week with Epsom salts, Vaseline + sulfur rub 2-3x a week. I also dosed...
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    How's insulation for plastic coops?

    I'm considering repurposing a resin shed into a chicken coop after this summer's battle with mites, lice and SLM! Just wondering what the insulation is like for those with plastic coops? Would a metal shed be better? I'm open to any material that will make it easy to clean from mites. My bf also...
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    Do these look like red mites on the door?

    I saw red dots all over the chicken coop door. They're not moving though, even when I squished one.
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    Do my rooster's feet look normal?

    I don't pay much attention to their feet but I have noticed that my rooster has been sleeping on the floor at least for the last 2-3 weeks instead of roosting with everyone else. He's acting normal otherwise. I thought he was just old or heavy. He's a little over 4 years old and probably weighs...
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