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Update: I brought her in the last night. I gave her some of the Sav-A-chick electrolyte water to drink. She drank it continuously, and her poop was watery. I eventually removed it. She also has liquid coming out of her mouth too. She eats the Flock Raiser food I give her. Her poop is still...

I have a 4 year old Easter Egger who has had runny poop off and on for a couple of years. It comes and goes. Since the first of this year she has had persistent runny/ clear watery poop. I have not observed any worms or other parasites in her poop. Late last month I gave all of the older hens...

I have a 4 year old Easter Egger who always seems to have digestive issues. The rest of the flock seems to be fine. This hen has not laid eggs for almost a year, and maybe retired. She is also at the bottom of the pecking order. I was wondering if this stress can cause digestive issues in some...

You could also try to add probiotics to her water. I have a 4 year old Easter Egger who had watery poop. It was suggested on this Forum to add probiotics to her water and cut out the treats. I did cut out the treats and added the SavAChic powdered probiotics to the water. That was 6 days ago...

Thank you all for the replies. This chicken has this issue usually during the summer months. She is not molting, I will stop the medicated food and the treats for now. I have never had to worm my girls so far.

I have a 4 year old Easter Egger who is the only one in my flock of 5 that has this issue. She seems to have this issue every year. I had the whole flock on medicated layer crumbles for two weeks. The others have normal poop, but she still has it. Is there anything I can feed them or not feed...

I was wondering what to feed your laying hens during the winter months when they are not laying due to molting, cold weather and shorter days? I feed mine a 18% protein layer crumble. Only one of my five hens is currently laying, so she needs the layer crumbles, but what about the others?

I opened a Grubbly 5 lb. bag of oven roasted black fly grubs back in February of this year. Does anyone know how long these last once the bag is opened? I've stored it in a cool dry dark space with a clip on it to keep air out.

How cold is too cold when deciding to let hens outside during the day? Currently in the teens where I live in SW Utah.

Hello all: I have four 10 week old chicks that are being fed a Start and Grow crumble feed. At this age, can I introduce them to other kinds of food like crickets, or lettuce leaves? I have a veggie garden. Any recommendations of other kinds of food I can give them for variety would be...

I have four new 3 week old chicks: an Easter Egger, a Saphire Gem, and 2 Silver Laced Wayandottes. They are starting to get feathers on their bodies. During the day I put them outside in a 5' X 4" secured pen with a 5' X 9' covered run. Our day time temps here in SW Utah is in the mid-90's...

Back on April 29th I posted a thread about my 2 year old Easter Egger laying soft eggs with no shell. She did have access to crushed oyster shell on the side. I was advised to increase the calcium, so I switched the 3 hen flock to a layer crumble. Well, it worked and she is back to laying her...

Up date: my Easter Egger that was laying the soft eggs with no shell has gotten back to laying regular eggs. I changed their feed to a layer crumble with additional calcium. All the girls have oyster shell on the side. She actually stopped laying eggs for a couple of weeks after the food change...

I feed my girls Purina Flock Raiser on a regular basis. I have not introduced any new birds to my flock. You are correct...Purina medicated start and grow helps prevent Coccidiosis, not cure it. I have not dewormed my flock yet.

Well, by soft I mean no shell, just the opaque membrane that is rubbery to the touch.