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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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    crop with grit/pebbles

    Feathers are something all chickens eat. Their bodies digest them as a source of protein and roughage. It usually involves fluff feathers, though, not the hard feathers. There are some chickens that have a disorder called "pica". This can affect other animals, as well as humans. It causes them...
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    crop with grit/pebbles

    Hold off on the coconut oil for now. But do make a crop check each morning to assess how the crop is emptying. As I said, following treatment for a crop disorder, it can take another week or so for the crop to be completely empty in the mornings. But as long as the crop is mostly empty, there's...
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    crop with grit/pebbles

    It's a good sign she has her appetite back. Food in the crop is the best thing to get things moving properly again. Let her eat how much she wants.
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    crop with grit/pebbles

    Seven days of Monistat is sufficient. But it can take another week for the grit and gravel to be emptied. You may give a probiotic to help speed this up.
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    Blood and goop coming out of chicken's butt, is she egg bound? What's going on?

    Just saw this in the unanswered file. Has the situation resolved over this past week? The photo of the blood looks more like an external injury, broken toe nail, bleeding comb, or nicked feather shaft, than internal bleeding. The poop appears normal, and the blood seems to be only on the...
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    What skin illness is this?

    You don't "buy" hot compresses. Use a cotton rag or wash cloth. Run some hot water, stick a cooking thermometer in it to be sure it's not over 42C or just stick your wrist in it to make sure it won't burn, then squeeze the excess water out of the rag and hold it on the red patch of skin until it...
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    What skin illness is this?

    The cause of such local skin infections is usually an injury, some way for bacteria to get past the outer skin layer. Since chickens live in less than sterile conditions, a scratch or a peck from another chicken can invite bacteria to enter even the tiniest wound. I think if you continue to do...
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    What skin illness is this?

    I meant to ask you if you trimmed some of those butt feathers. They have an abnormal appearance that may be relevant if you haven't done anything to them.
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    What skin illness is this?

    It appears to be a localized bacterial infection. You're doing the correct thing to treat it. Continue the soaks, but add hot compresses to the site after the soak. Use hot water up to 42C, no hotter or it will burn. Add a wound disinfectant to the soak water along with the Epsom salts. After a...
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    Calcium Dosing for Oops Egg Advice Needed

    Your hen could benefit from five straight days of calcium therapy. But the petites are only half the 400mg that is stated on the front of the bottle. It's a mis-labeling that is perpetrated on American consumers. The front label states dosage recommendation, not calcium content. So you need to...
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    Please help my chickens aren't making new feathers

    https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/great-new-chicken-toy.688785/ This cheap toy filled with black sunflower seeds can entertain your chickens while adding extra protein to their diet. Keeping chickens busy is half the battle when fighting feather picking. But cramming them into a small...
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    URGENT- egg bound?!

    You just needed to paste the link into its own message window.
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    URGENT- egg bound?!

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