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    Baby Bantam chick not moving eating or drinking

    Did you just bring these chicks home? If so, this one chick may have shipping stress. The cure is warm sugar water, one teaspoon sugar to one cup warm water. Dip the beak a few times to get the chick to drink. If it's too weak to drink on its own, use an eye dropper and place drops on the right...
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    Help me isolate a bird permanently; isolated pen with another bird okay?

    https://www.backyardchickens.com/articles/chicken-bully-chicken-victim-a-two-sided-issue.73923/ Since the isolation cage is in the run, she doesn't need a buddy. I've found that installing a buddy with a bullying victim doesn't necessarily benefit either, and having the cage to herself would...
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    Impacted and/or Sour crop treatment

    Yeasty poop looks chalky and white and smells awful.
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    A discussion of lymphoid leucosis

    Yep!
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    A discussion of lymphoid leucosis

    Hatching eggs, unless from a certified breeder or hatchery, are as risky as bringing an adult chicken into your flock. The problem with lymphoid leucosis is that a flock that carries it can be resistant and not show symptoms. This means many flocks can be infected with this disease and the...
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    A discussion of lymphoid leucosis

    A flock can get lymphoid leucosis either by the human keeper bringing it home on their footwear or by importing an adult chicken that carries the virus. The latter is probably how it got into my flock. I started my flock with two adult hens from another flock. But it's not possible to know for...
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    A discussion of lymphoid leucosis

    From time to time we see a chicken keeper post here who has received a diagnosis in their flock of lymphoid leucosis. This disease is terribly common in American chicken flocks, about as common as Marek's. Getting this diagnosis is usually met with panic since you usually get this scary news...
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    Chicken acting weird. Unsure what’s happened! All the Info I know in thread !!

    You mentioned the weather being horrible, going from hot to humid to cold, then back again. This can cause heat sickness from the weather extremes, chickens being poorly equipped to deal with these fluctuations. In case this is the cause of her symptoms, give her electrolytes in her water with...
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    Turkey Hen caught her foot in a fence

    The first time auto amputation occurred in my flock, I was at first very alarmed, but then it quickly turned into fascination. The process is really cool when you observe it.
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    Lumps on chicken

    Managing a flock with lymphoid leucosis is multi-faceted. It involves hygiene, good diet, and care when adding chicks to the flock and understanding how to manage the infectious nature of the disease. There are some definite things you do not do and things you must do. Knowing these things...
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    Lumps on chicken

    My first thought was a massive upper respiratory infection, but you say the ears appear to be clear. So that leaves tumors. When the eyes remain closed most of the time, the chicken is usually near the end. They also stop eating, and the green poop that. You need to prepare to lose her. But...
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    Is she Ok???

    She's only a youngster, and days are still short on daylight, so her hormones may still be dormant. The comb certainly indicates low hormones. You may simply need to be patient until the days get long enough. However, yet unlikely due to her age, she could have an issue in her reproductive...
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    Noob egg question

    The egg gets its shell in the shell gland at the very last stage of the process. The calcium covers the whole egg but sometimes the pointy end either ends up with not enough calcium or too much. The nub is evidence of a surplus of calcium. As for egg color and pattern, in the case of brown...
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    Tail injury with swelling.

    Did you know that, if you can get a doctor to prescribe it, vaciclovir can treat most symptoms of Marek's? It's not a cure, but it can buy extra time for the affected chickens. Vaciclovir treats herpes lip sores and shingles in humans.
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    crop with grit/pebbles

    Feed the raw egg white in a small bowl or you can tube feed it into the crop to get it in quickly and thoroughly.
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