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    Chicken X-ray. Hen has huge egg inside of her…

    3 year old golden comet went to the vet today. If you’ve seen any of my previous posts you know she’s laid a lash egg and has been a little lethargic. Well one vet visit and an X-ray later… 7cm egg is inside of her. On the x ray it looks huge. Vet is obviously very concerned. She is on...
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    Lash egg, full crop, diarrhea help!!

    My 3 year old golden comet hen has laid a lash egg before but I gave her baytril 0.25 ml twice a day and she started laying again normally But last week it happened again. She laid a lash, then laid a shellless egg with infection on it, then laid an egg that broke but I’m not sure inside of...
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    First time respiratory infection. What now?

    My 3 year old production red during her calcium medication I noticed she was slightly gasping from her mouth and the corner of both her eyes had clear bubbles coming from it. This is the first I’d seen this and I handle her frequently so I’d assume this is first day symptoms I’ve read of...
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    Chickens and feeder mice?

    I work at a bird rehab center and we end up with a lot of mouse scraps (stuff we drop on accident) It sucks seeing a lot of perfectly good reptile grade feeder mice that were just dropped on the floor wasted. Would it be a bad idea to give one to my chickens as a treat? I am mostly worried...
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    Scaley dry face? Any ideas? Photos included

    My roos face has been dry for half a week maybe I thought it was just dried food stuck on his face (I wet their pellets) but I noticed today it’s skin and it’s flaking off on both sides. I can’t spot any mites and he dusts bathes frequently but also his feathers are black so I’m not quite...
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    Breed and gender? Craigslist listing. 7 weeks

    I’ve seen these chickens on Craigslist for quite awhile now and it’s making me sad. They finally have been listed as “free” and I had planned to adopt them before then but I’d been told they may be roosters by other people I’d ask. So I’ll ask you guys too. This photo is from 7 weeks of age...
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    How to tell if a chicken isn’t getting enough grit?

    For a week now my 1 year old silkie roo has been having crop issues. It’s not sour crop or impacted crop. Sometimes he wakes up with doughy crop or just a crop that’s full of food or a completely empty crop. He seems low but still active just no longer crowing. I feel like I have tried...
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    Staggering rooster? Extremely hungry and thirsty

    My 1 year old silkie rooster has been acting weak or since I’ve noticed I had just gotten back from a trip. Previously I had posted that his crop would not empty which has ceased but now I have a different issue He seems to have a lack of balance and is eating a lot more than usual. I am...
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    Crop full of chicken scratch, not emptying?

    My 1 and a half year old bantam roo has had a crop full of what feels like chicken scratch for two days now. I don’t know if this is impacted crop but I know it definitely isn’t sour crop. I dosed him twice with 10ml vegetable oil and massaged his crop, it didn’t seem to go down any. It feels...
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    Can oyster shells cause impacted crop??!

    My 1 year old rooster died today from an ongoing impacted crop that, besides my best efforts, wasn’t going down. I could feel some kind of pebbles inside of his crop that I could tell was the cause. This is unusual because our yard has absolutely no kind of pebbles or rocks that I know of. This...
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    What is this that my chicken pooped out?!

    my 3 year old hen was sitting inside the house and pooped this out. Is it a lash egg?? What do I do now?
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    Chicken won’t stop eating her own egg after laying

    My 3 year old hen picked up this terrible habit of immediately eating her egg after she’s laid it. Not only do I not have many eggs now because of her it’s also concerning because I’d like to monitor her egg health as she’s getting older. I’ve tried fake eggs and that hasn’t worked because she’s...
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    I lost my first chicken yesterday

    I just wanted to make a tribute post to my beautiful baby Kerropi. I could not have asked for a better chicken and she loved me as much as I loved her. Every Halloween we went trick or treating and every day we’d go together to the bus stop to pick up my sister. Words cannot express how having...
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    Best chickens, in terms of health?

    After getting my first chickens at 16 I didn’t know how bad later year health problems were. I’m 19 now and my chickens are old and having issues because of their breed (reproductive issues) and it hurts to see them this way and I never want to go through this again honestly When I decide to...
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    Huge watery crop after abdominal drainage, please help!

    My 3 year old hen recently went to the vet for reproductive issues. She had swelling in her abdomen which was drained and she seemed in much better spirits. So much better that she finally ate after 2 months of not eating much at all. However I noticed that two days after her drainage she was...
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    Prevention for egg perintosis?

    My hen has suffered from this condition and recently went to the vet. She was drained and seems a lot happier and was prescribed an anti inflammatory for the rest of her life, along with her sisters when they eventually retire. However, my vet suggested our hens take two tums a day (2000mg) to...
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    Nonstop crowing! Suggestions?

    I love my 1 year old baby boy silkie but this week he has been crowing like crazyyy! He usually only crows for 30 minutes in the morning and doesn’t crow any more but I think with the warm weather he never shuts up. My only concern is I have new neighbors that I rather not disturb and I usually...
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    Unknown illness?

    My chicken has previously struggled with sour crop but now suddenly after she’s gotten better for the last month I noticed she’s been a little lethargic. Now she is quite lethargic and eating very little unless it’s snacks. Here are her symptoms: -Runny droppings -Poopy butt -Pale comb...
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    What’s your indoor coop setup?

    Not sure if this is the right forum and I know there is a lot of controversy on indoor chickens but let me start with that I’m not looking for opinions and I keep partial indoor outdoor bantams and I’m just looking for some coop ideas for when they sleep indoors! :) Anyone out there with an...
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    Best way to give chicken medicine? Please help

    My 3 year old hen I suspect has sour crop and has lost most of her appetite and I’m struggling to hide medicine in food she’s not willing to eat. I’m giving her liquid vaginal yeast medication and it’s incredibly hard to give it to her straight but she’s not accepting it in food anymore. Besides...
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