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    Mites - what do I have and what are the most effective treatment combinations?

    The day I have been dreading since getting chickens has arrived - I have discovered mites on my poor hens. I first wondered if I might have an infestation when I noticed a lot of my chickens getting poopy butts, but figured it was probably a gut health problem as I had not seen any actual mites...
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    Emergency - struggling to breathe

    I know it is probably too late for any medical intervention, but I'm desperate. I went out to check on the chickens earlier today and I discovered one of my two year old hens was having balancing issues and seemed to be having difficulty breathing or maybe holding liquid down. I immediately...
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    Emergency - eye and head injury!

    I have a 2 year old Easter Egger hen who has been acting off for a few weeks. Nothing wrong in particular, just sluggish and a bit droopy-winged so I've been keeping an eye on her. I went out to check on her just now and found her collapsed on the ground. I'm not sure if she took a turn for the...
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    Acting off and not eating much

    Hey everyone, I have a 2 year old Easter Egger hen who is acting off but shows no obvious signs of a specific condition, and I'm a bit stumped on what to do. A few weeks ago I noticed her crop was not draining. I brought her inside and gave her the typical oil treatment, which seemed to work...
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    Possible Laying Emergency

    Please help! I went out to the coop this afternoon to find one of my hens' vent all bloody. She was struggling to pass an egg and was producing quite a lot of blood. I brought her inside and she did manage to pass a slightly cracked but mostly fully intact, thin shelled egg. She immediately...
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    Keeping a Quarantined Chicken Entertained and Comfortable?

    Hey everyone, I was hoping I could get some ideas for how to keep a chicken being quarantined indoors from getting too bored or lonely. A few weeks ago I noticed that one of my 2 year old hens was acting slightly sluggish and had a droopy comb. On further inspection, I noticed she had a swollen...
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    Emergency, chicken having trouble breathing!

    Emergency, please help! My 2 year old chicken has been acting off (standing around, wings drooping, not eating/drinking) all day, but things seem to have taken a turn for the worse. When I went to check on her just now, her eyes were closed and she seemed to be struggling to breathe. Her...
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    Help - chicken limping and laying shell-less eggs!

    Something is going around my flock and I could use some advice. I have two chickens who have been laying shell-less or wrinkled eggs and just generally seeming below par. They have access to oyster shell at all times, so I'm not confident it's a calcium issue. I brought one inside yesterday...
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    What is this worm?

    I found this worm on the ground while scooping up poop in the chicken run this afternoon. It was very small, about the length of a fingernail and was still moving when I found it. Can anyone identify what it is and how best to treat it? I have a few chickens acting off and laying shell-less...
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    Pale, Mucusy Blobs in Poop

    Hey everyone, recently I've noticed some whitish yellowish, mucus-like blobs in some of my chickens' poop. It always comes out looking like a blob, but when I cut it open, it turns somewhat stringy. It looks a bit like shed intestinal lining, but completely pale instead of pink or red. I've...
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    Blood in feather shaft - normal or mites?

    Hey everyone, I have a hen who's going through a late molt right now. I noticed a few of the tail/wing feathers she's shedding have had blood inside the shaft. She's not the only hen I've seen this in, but she's had the most obvious blood "deposits." Is this normal with molting? Or could it be a...
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    Lingering malaise after sour crop

    Hey everyone! First, please forgive the length. It's been a bit of a complicated, drawn out situation and I want to get all the details across because I'm at a bit of a loss. The problem started back in October/November when I noticed that one of my one year old hens had been having very...
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    Possible Sour Crop - Unsure How to Proceed

    Hey everyone! I'm concerned about one of my year old hens. For the past few weeks she's been having very watery, small, unnaturally green poops (pictured here). It took me a while to figure out which hen was having these droppings because until just a few days ago, she'd been acting fairly...
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    Difficult bumblefoot - how to proceed?

    Hello everyone, I was hoping to get your input. I've been treating a couple of my chickens for bumblefoot with foot swelling and I've run into a bit of a wall, with no clear idea on how to proceed. I've been doing nightly soaks in warm Epsom salt water, spraying with Vetericyn, applying...
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    Help - 7 month old hen suddenly very lethargic, laid shell-less egg

    Hey Everyone, I went out this evening to do my nightly check on the chickens and close the coop when I noticed that one of my hens, who is normally the first to greet me, was acting very lethargic. She was was moving very slowly, scrunching her neck in, and drooping her feathers. Her comb is...
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    Welsummer Cockerel?

    Hey everyone! I have a 19 week old chicken who I thought was a Welsummer cockerel, but now I'm not so sure. He looked like the 3 Welsummer girls when he was a chick but developed his comb and wattle way faster than the others so I was pretty sure he was a male Welsummer. These are my first...
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    Chickens sneezing, but otherwise acting healthy?

    Hello everyone, I am a first time chicken mama of ten 13 week old chickens and am trying not to panic after noticing some of my chickens (especially the Welsummers) sneezing. My chickens do what I call "dainty sneezes" from time to time, particularly when pecking and foraging. These sneezes are...
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    Help - dung beetles?

    Hello everyone! This is my first time raising chickens and my young (11 week old) pullets and cockerel have been outside in their coop and run for a few weeks. I did a lot of research and decided I wanted to try the deep litter method and am at about six or seven inches of a mixture of hemp...
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    Recommendations for a fan and mister?

    Hey everyone! We're transitioning our chicks to their outdoor 8x8 coop this weekend, but live in a hot climate where temperatures in the summer range 90-100 degrees nearly every day, so we'd like to get a fan for the coop and a fan/mister for the run to help keep them cool. We've done quite a...
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    Help identifying and sexing mystery chicks?

    Hey everyone! First time chicken mama here. I have 10 almost seven week old chicks that I purchased online from TSC (Hoover's Hatchery) as a part of a package of mixed standard and rare breeds that I could use your help identifying and sexing. In case it's helpful, here's what the listing...
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