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    Treatment for Eye Infections

    I have had several chickens come down with an eye infection. I was able to aggressively treat my most cuddly rooster successfully with Terramycin over a few weeks because he is easy to pick up and likes to be held. I do know we have Gallibacterium Anatis in our flock and have dealt with some...
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    Can chickens OD on black fly larvae?

    Half joking, but a little concerned. Somehow the lid wasn't put on a large tupperware of black fly larvae in the garage and naturally one of our more adventurous girls figured that out and toppled it. When I came back the tupperware was completely empty. There are 14 chickens and 1 turkey that...
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    Ear Infection?

    Today I noticed that one of my hens, Mary Claire, has ears that are blocked and protruding. It may be a bit challenging to see from the pictures because naturally she was trying to get away from my cell phone. The surface of her ears are hard and stick out like little cones approximately 1/2 cm...
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    What ELSE could be causing these droppings (graphic photo)

    I see about 2 to 5 of these droppings per day. I have 34 chickens. I’ve done lots of fecal floats and they don’t usually turn up much. Although we know at least one hen has clostridium. However, her droppings are different. We did have worms and did a deworming a couple months ago. I just took a...
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    Struggling with Deworming (graphic photo)

    We discovered a few roundworms on the poop board while cleaning over the past couple weeks. We have 30 chickens and 1 turkey including a very tiny Old English Game Bantam rooster, plus 5 chicks (3 are around a month old, 1 is a week old, and 1 is a few days). Unfortunately all of these birds are...
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    What are these Fine Hairs on my hen?!

    My alpha hen Calico has hairs growing various places. Mostly on her lower back where she has suffered from feather loss off and on, most likely from over mating, though it's not always clear. I didn't notice this until I took a few of my chooks to the vet for a checkup. He seemed to think it was...
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    Recommendations for ceramic heat bulbs?

    I'm thinking of adding a non-light-emitting ceramic bulb as a heat source at night. There is already a socket in the ceiling of one of our coops where half the girls are molting. Four of my 7 girls in this flock are quite shabby now, seem cold and depressed and don't come outside much when it's...
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    Missing upper beak

    Hello, One of my neighbors chickens that frequents our yard is missing her upper beak. She is looking quite ruffled and sad. There is blood & tissue, but it's not bleeding profusively. I called my neighbor and no one will be home until after work. The hen is still eating normally as far as I can...
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    Teeny, Tiny Eggs after Eprinex or Ivermectin?!

    We recently treated our flock for lice and mites after bringing in some new hens that were not in a great environment. We had a vet come who prescribed both oral Ivermectin and pour on Eprinex. After the 1st treatment we got at least one tiny egg - not too much more than 1" big. Now after the...
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    Are BREEDERS required to tell the truth?

    I just bought 4 hens from a local breeder. They have a nice website and the guy raising them was very personable and let me come to the farm. I drove an hour so was determined to get this started since I have too many roosters, but did notice all the chickens seemed somewhat dirty and...
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    New hens look disheveled

    I just brought four new hens home. It seem like they need some TLC. It was chaotic at the breeders and hard to get a good look at them before purchasing since the breeder had to chase them around with a net. Everyone seems to have dirty butts and bare patches of skin here and there. I am...
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    Inside Specs for Cool Roo BACHELOR PAD

    I've seen a lot of threads on starting bachelor pads, but I can't seem to find what the minimum amount of space is for INSIDE a coop with just roosters. Tensions are quite high among my 19-week-old roos. After a couple epic bloody battles, two are already out, with one in a dog crate on our...
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    Possible Fowl Pox?! NEED HELP

    Hello, I posted this is in the FB group, but I really need more info. One of my hens came down with a swollen eye lid on one side and now has just the tiniest little bump. Some of my roosters have tiny black spots on their combs. I don't see anything in their beaks so far and one of my roosters...
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    Strange night time behavior

    My chickens are 14.5 weeks old and were moved to their new shed around one month ago. They cry and fuss as soon as we close the door for the night, usually between 7:30-8 pm, with rather pitiful heart wrenching whines. I've stayed in their shed a few times in the dark to see what's going on and...
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    Roost heigh, might have goats

    Reposting as I think my first post wasn't seen due to it being an old thread. I'm a newbie and I put both the nesting boxes and roosts up high. Probably about 3.5 feet. I might get two small goats in the near future (our land is slowly being taken over by poison ivy) and they would probably need...
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    Which type of Hardware Cloth

    We basically don't know what we're doing and our chicken coop is taking forever. I bought 23 gauge galvanized 1/4" hardware cloth thinking the higher number meant stronger and smaller holes would be better. It seems like that's wrong. So if the lower number means stronger, why not 16, rather...
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    Roo, hen, gender fluid!?

    Throwing in our "is-this-a-rooster conundrum" along with the others. I have 10 week old chicks that I believe to be Easter Eggers. I thought we had 2 roosters left after giving one away, but now we're not sure. Owlsey, the dappled brown one (younger pic also included), was the baby of this batch...
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    Baby Monitor that is fully battery operated and doesn't need wi-fi?

    Hello, Our coop is quite far from our house and there's no electricity unless we run a 100 foot extension chord from the house. Has anyone tried this monitor out...
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    When to stop feeding eggs

    We adopted 11 chicks around 4 weeks old from a farmer who said that her electricity had gone out the night before and they had gotten a chill. Several were weak and sickly and it was suggested to feed them an egg a day. With a lot of care, they all survived and seem happy, but we now have 8...
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    WHICH Rooster?

    Help! Someone is coming to pick up a rooster and 2 hens and it's probably too late to get advice, but we suddenly find ourselves torn. We have eleven 8 week-old chickens and at least 3 roosters. Big Owl is the leader so far, practices crowing in the morning and is fairly mellow. He was less...
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