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    How to have a house chicken?

    Thank you so much! This was very helpful. 🌼
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    How to have a house chicken?

    I have a three year-old RIR hen who is one of those “special cases“. Since crop surgery last October, she lies down all the time. She eats, drinks, and poops just fine. She doesn’t seem agitated or uncomfortable… but I can’t have her around the other girls if she can’t defend herself. While I...
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    Chicken doesn’t want to move?

    Hi. No, her tail position isn’t down. Leg joints look normal. No scans on breast bone. Her poop look like they always have. It’s frustrating. I have her an epson salt bath today and wormed her. I will try the calcium tablet, thank you!!
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    Chicken doesn’t want to move?

    Thanks so much. I will do all of this today.
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    Chicken doesn’t want to move?

    I have a nearly 3-year-old Rhode Island hen who was laying down frequently in the coop/run for a few weeks. Finally one day when I let the girls out, she just stayed in the coop lying down. I took her inside… we’ve had terribly cold temperatures the past couple weeks. Gave her vitamins...
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    Twisted toe - need help on how to set

    That is such a relief; thank you!!
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    Twisted toe - need help on how to set

    We noticed it a week ago. It seems to be getting more severe with time? But I guess that it could be just more apparent as she gets bigger.
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    Twisted toe - need help on how to set

    Thank you so much!!
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    Twisted toe - need help on how to set

    I have a three week old barred rock chick with a twisted toe. While I’m seeing videos online for how to set leg breaks, I’m not finding one for straightening toes. Any help please? I’m afraid to do it wrong and hurt her. She moves along just fine.
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    Using a dropper with chicks?

    Thank you so much.
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    Using a dropper with chicks?

    Can someone tell me how you use a medicine dropper safely with a 3 week old chick? Sorry if that’s a dumb question, but they’re obviously not happy participants in the process and I don’t want to hurt them. I have bloody droppings in the brooder and it’s getting worse. 😞 Started Corid in their...
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    Lots of intestinal shedding in 3 week chicks - worms?

    So sorry, one more question. How would you give a couple drops of a drench to chicks this young? When I had a pullet with cocci in the past, she was so sick that it was easy for me to use a dropper. These chicks aren’t having it. There is blood all over my brooder now. I am so upset and just...
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    Lots of intestinal shedding in 3 week chicks - worms?

    Is that amount adjusted for the size/age of the chicks? Or is it a one-size-fits-all scenario? Thanks.
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    Lots of intestinal shedding in 3 week chicks - worms?

    I have four 23 day old chicks from TSC. They are all acting normally. Their poop through the day though has looked bloody. Someone suggested I float droppings in water (because if the water turns pink, it’s blood, but otherwise, it’s intestinal lining.) I just did that and the water did not turn...
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    Hen with Picking Issues and Shell-less Eggs

    Oh… I’m realizing this will keep other chickens from plucking her. But will it stop her from plucking herself? (She sticks her head between her legs to pull out the feathers on her bottom.)
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    Hen with Picking Issues and Shell-less Eggs

    Wow, never heard of that. Sounds like it could really solve this. Thank you so much!!
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    Hen with Picking Issues and Shell-less Eggs

    Hi. This is EveningPrayer posting (I couldn’t get into my account!) You we’re very helpful with my hen who’s picking out her feathers. It’s getting worse again. You mentioned you had another suggestion if the herring didn’t work… I’d love to hear it! I’m at my wit’s end with this girl. Thank you.
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