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Hi All- We noticed on this Barred Rock tonight something in her eye. At a distance I thought maybe eye worm. After dark I plucked her off the roost and had a good look. It appears to be some sort of skin tag, but definitely not a worm. Any thoughts on this one? The only real issue is it has...

Hi @Sue Gremlin ! I have a slide that I would like your opinion on. This was a fresh sample (3 minutes old) taken from our deck. This hen has been "off" for a few weeks. We don't believe she has laid an egg in several months. We are trying to rule things out one by one. We treated her for...

Hello all, Yesterday we found one of our 2-1/2 year old sexlinks outside in the run at dark. She either didn't have the strength or desire to go in. We gave her a good look over and with the exception of her left foot curled under a bit, she checked out okay. We separated her last night in a...

We haven't seen lash material in a little over 30 days now because the last one that was passing it is still in "sick bay", the other 2 died. More about that here. So this is now going to be the 3rd, but possibly the 4th hen passing lash material. (I'm thinking #2 was EYP) I'm starting to...

Hello. We got 5 17 week pullets last week. They are in quarantine for 30 days. Today, while changing the water, I took advantage of a fresh dropping to do a fecal float. I didn't find much on the slide. Does this just look like debris to anyone? I'm trying the fecalizer tubes today. @azygous...

Hi All...! We are going to add 5 Barred Rock Pullets to our flock. That will bring our number back up to 12. We've had a bit of bad luck recently, more about that here... https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/second-sick-hen.1445783/ These five will be going in a very large kennel with a...

Our sickness started a few days ago with one hen. All Hens are 2 years old. We were leaning towards impacted crop/sour crop. Listless, fluffy, tail down, not eating much. We never saw any droppings. I thought I could feel a small lump in her crop that didn't seem to break up with massage. She...

Hello All- We have 10 sexlink hens. They are 2 years old. They have thrived well in an 8 x 8 coop with an attached 20 x 20 run. Up until last year, they were 100% free range until the hawks found them. They get out of the run every day around 4PM and go in on their own at sunset. (supervised)...