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    Chicks heavy breathing

    So i once again and raising chicks. This isn't my first time, I've handled most problems, including labored breathing. However since its been so long i cant tell if its normal breathing or the labored breathing once more. I do not think its from the heat given they seek to be under the lamp as...
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    vent help!!

    I have no idea if this is relating to the mite infestation we have right now. I've been treating them once every other day to not completely stress my hens out but today I was cleaning our older hen's butt because of poop and saw her vent like this. It's not bleeding she is still going to the...
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    Frostbite on all Toes

    I checked over my rooster once more thinking he has bumblefoot as he always seems to have and found that on his left foot he has frostbite on his middle toe and his right foot Frostbite on his middle toe and the bottom pad of his outward facing toe. I know two toes may fall off though it seems...
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    Severe bumblefoot

    Somehow i can never escape bumblefoot, however with having a busy work weeks i just haven't noticed that one of my girls seems to have a case of severe bumblefoot? I cant feel that its hard at the top its mostly squishy but there is like just one spot that is hard enough. The bottom also is soft...
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    Help with permethrin

    Can someone help Me to figure out how to dilute this? I have exactly 8 Oz but the only have a 1 gallon and I just trying to get the math right Luckily my hens are alright thanks to the scaly leg mite spray i have . But im trying to make sure i get their coop fumigated before i let the little...
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    Mites

    I have only just discovered this. I suppose we have been getting a lot more birds in the yard given qe haven't had mites before. But what's a good way to kill em off? Affective on chickens and in their coop. It appears perhaps all my hens are alright given then take frequent dust baths with...
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    Runny fishy poop?

    I'm raising a batch of chicks again, no problem as always, however I've noticed a bit more runny poops this time around. Like diarrhea no doubt. But it smells fishy this time. I don't know why as everything is exactly the same, same starter feed same electrolytes in their water with some...
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    Hen open mouth breathing

    Question. So my older hen I've noticed she's been laying down a lot more away from the group on some occasions but often also lays down with them so I know she isn't an outcast at all. I noticed just today as I went to go fill up all their waters that's she's opening her beak to like take in...
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    How to get my girl to start laying again

    Quick question. My girl just turned a year old and has had her first molt like maybe 1 or 2 months ago. It's somewhat chili still but after her molt she went right back into laying eggs. However I want to say she's stopped laying for a whole 2 weeks now or just about. I've been feeding...
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    Update! Rooster's toe

    Alright so here's an update on things. I'll say I don't think it's gotten any better and really it almost looks like it's gotten worse? At the least in swelling and coloration. My last post I'd say it was maybe just a few days into this injury and I treated it the same as bumblefood...
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    Stiff toe?

    I feel as if this roosters causing me more medical scares then anything. See this rooster he's a big guy. I honestly couldn't tell you what type he is. But he's big maybe like 8 or 9 pounds of just bulk. He's always limped I've noticed since keeping him out. Even as a chick he's never been...
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    broken nail

    okay so this just happened. Rooster broke his nail almost completely off. I dont know how but i did head out. cleaned it off and put a gauze pad on. it was still bleeding but i applied pressure and wrapped it with tape around his toe. Do i do anything else? it was bleeding but not profusely...
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    Moulting hen

    Currently it is 2/11/2024 , i realized my main head hancho hen is going through a moult. If i remember correctly she started this moult around possibly 1/25/2024 or later i cant fully recall i just recall it was when we got the much warmer days back, but still not so much sun. As far as im...
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    I have a Turken is it too cold or should i do something

    My last post was a jumble mess so im kind of reasking? I have a rooster just so happens he's a naked neck one. He's pretty big actually and fat so his weight i think is perfect. This week on we are in the single digits to just bellow zero. We have been getting high winds and it makes it that...
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    Keeping my Turkey Rooster warm

    So i have one rooster who just happens to be a turkey. He doesn't have any feathers on his neck his chest including his crop, his bottom and his vent area is also bare. Now as of now its not known if its going to be bellow zero at any point but it is chili and today we have our first snow...
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    Introducing new Chicks and what should i do?

    I first want to start to say that i dont have a big big flock. Unfortunately in August i was just left with my one Rooster and my one laying hen. So i only have an existing flock of Two. I Have however 7 six week old chicks right now. I know i have about 2 or 3 more weeks to get them into the...
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    Sexing Chicks!

    Hello This is only my second batch of chicks that i had to raise. For my previous Batch all of them were Delaware's so i had no issue identifying the roo almost immediately. However this is my second Batch of chicks. I had purchased them as pullets. However There is a problem. My smallest...
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    Help Hens face is swollen

    I don't know if this happened at night or while I just wasn't looking but one of my hens face is swollen on one side. She as far as I am able to tell has eaten and drank normally I've still have to see her poops. It does look like she is gasping but so are my other hens in this heat. She's...
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    Help. Rehoming Guinea fowls. Wichita, KS

    So While incubating my batch of Chicks. I incubated a family members eggs. Long story short. Two of those eggs were Guinea Fowl eggs. Well she completely backed out and only took her Rhode island reds, and left my family with the fowls. There has been no problem up to this point. They started to...
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    Is chicken scratch okay

    Alright so the dumbest thing happened on my part. I hadn't ordered the chick feed in time and I completely ran out yesterday I ran to the store to see if by chance they had any, which they never do, and I got some scratch. My order will be here Tuesday, today is Thursday so I guess I'm asking...
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