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    Do old chicken cluck

    Wheezy, an EE, is a rare hen, almost human. She will come up behind me and just stand there, expecting me to immediately notice her. If I don't respond immediately and pick her up and snuggle with her, she bites my leg. I am in complete and total service to my chickens. At least that is the way...
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    Do old chicken cluck

    My current old hen, around eleven, rarely speaks. It's not because she's old. No. It's because she expects me to know all of her needs and desires and preferences without her needing to go to the trouble of explaining them to me.
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    EMERGENCY!! Brahma laying down responsive wont get up

    Please follow the advice @coach723 has provided to you. You can trust the experience and knowledge behind it. The sudden onset of symptoms track with exposure to petroleum distillates poisoning, paint thinner, transmission fluids, etc. It can also track with egg binding. You can safely treat...
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    What is going on with my girl?

    I am in agreement with you that she's likely got a reproductive issue since it tends to go with the territory with production breeds. They tend to get either infections or tumors after they reach this age. You can try treating for infection with an antibiotic, if you can obtain one, and see if...
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    PLEASE HELP! I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S WRONG WITH CLAIR! 😭

    To get a photo where you can see detail, you must have the subject in light. Cameras these days will only focus on the lightest part of the subject. Anything in shadow we will not be able to see any detail. Fowl smelling diarrhea is often associated with egg binding. The blood coming from her...
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    Tail injury with swelling.

    It never gets easier losing a chicken. And having to be the one to end it, is even harder. It's the bravest, most loving act we can do for our chickens when the time comes. You're a hero.
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    Urgently need to stop a hen from crowing

    I've had several hens over the years that crowed. One is current. She's a Sicilian Buttercup and doesn't crow all the time, only when she gets the notion to crow. I think she does it for her own amusement, not out of any need to show dominance since she's at the lower end of the pecking order...
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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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