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    Cuddling, piling, hot or cold??

    I have 7 week old chicks, we live in Maine and the temps outside are now around 50-60 degrees F during the day and around 40 degrees F at night. Is this a safe temp to move them outside? The are fully feathered and we tested some time outside today. When I went outside to check on them before...
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    Unsure what’s up with our hen…

    I believe she is a Rhode Island red, our last chicken that passed from water belly (I think) was the same age and she was a barred rock
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    Unsure what’s up with our hen…

    She is about 3/4 years old. She was laying eggs up until recently I believe, we live in Maine. There’s not a whole lot of places to perform a necropsy in my area. I was thinking our last chicken had water belly, but there’s not a whole lot we can do…I just don’t know if this is another case and...
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    Unsure what’s up with our hen…

    Hey all!! I made a post a little while back about my hen having worms. We treated for worms and she seemed to be getting better!! We did the dose each day for 5 days and then we did one more at the 14 day mark just to make sure we got everything. Worms were never present in poo. Now she is...
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    Safeguard Fenbendazole Dewormer Liquid Dose??

    I recently got my chicken’s fecal float test back from our vet and she has 2 types of worms, they recommended this for deworming and I have seen it posted in groups. The only thing I am struggling with is how to administer it to our chickens? I plan to do the whole flock but my flock is small...
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    Respiratory or Gapeworm?

    I’ll check her again tomorrow morning, keeping her separate for now until we make sure she’s in the clear, today she is acting normal with no gasping or anything like that. Thank you so much for your input!! We also called our poultry vet and they’ll be getting back to us. Not sure if there’s...
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    Respiratory or Gapeworm?

    I checked her crop this morning and it was pretty much empty, I had just given her a little food and water so there was a very small amount in there, but compared to last night, it was much less
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    Respiratory or Gapeworm?

    Here’s the link for what she was doing, I’ve only seen this once and otherwise it looks like she’s been acting normal
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    Respiratory or Gapeworm?

    We live in the woods on the coast in Maine, our roosts are pretty high up. I use pine shavings now but unsure if I should switch to straw for the ducks? We don’t keep water in the coop or anything so all the moisture that’s in there is from the rain or ducks. We have not added any new birds, it...
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    Respiratory or Gapeworm?

    when she was gasping, there was clear almost like water that dripped from her nose but I have not seen it since. I’m not sure if it’s a worm issue or respiratory so I’m not sure how to treat it or what to try first and also if it’s effected my whole flock. We have vents all around the top of our...
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    Respiratory or Gapeworm?

    I have a chicken that was almost gasping for air last night for around 10 minutes. I brought her inside, she ate a scrambled egg and seemed to be okay after that. I am worried that it’s a respiratory infection, I looked down her throat and could not see any worms. Unsure of what to do and what...
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    Chicken sick?

    I think she could possibly be molting, I live in Maine and the seasons are switching from hot summer to chill fall. She seemed much more active a little later in the day. We’re giving the coop a good cleaning and I’m going to check her again. I gave her a good soak in the bath, I didn’t see...
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    Bumblefoot

    Just an update to this duck!! She is now fine after 2 vet visits and multiple drainage sessions of the foot. She does have a larger ankle joint, but she gets around just fine with the other girls, swims, eats and forages around the yard. I am SO happy for this girl, she’s one that I bonded with...
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    Chicken sick?

    Hi all!! I have a hen, she is about 3 years old. I noticed she is standing around outside but not moving around a whole lot. She’s standing, I go over and she is alert and runs away from me when I go over which is typical for her. She’s not mean, but none of my chicks love being picked up as it...
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    Bumblefoot

    Was your duck mobile with all of this occurring?? Mine is laying pretty low, she’ll put some weight on it but much prefers not to..she’s rather lay. She is still eating, drinking, bathrooming normally at the moment, just obviously laying down with her foot wrapped and clearly that little foot is...
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