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I had a isa brown suddenly started acting lethargic so I bought her inside and gave her a Epson salt bath, and smelled her breath to see if it was sour ( it wasn't ). then I noticed her butt was dirty so I cleaned it off after I was done I wrapped her up in a towel and she started seizing and acting like she was throwing up I quickly called my mom and she quickly took her and he...

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I miss a lot of things because I tend to browse via New Posts, and threads I like to read or questions I would've been able to answer get hidden behind a load of intro posts from someone who'll quite likely never post again and other stuff like sales/rehoming threads that are irrelevant to me because I'm on the other side of the world. If there's enough interest from other post...

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I think a few of my ducks that I just adopted have water belly. One of them already did but the others just suddenly developed larger abdomens within the last few days out of the blue. I am reading up a bunch and figuring out if there’s anything I can do for them BUT in the meantime.. can we still eat the duck eggs we are receiving or does this symptom render our eggs inedible? ...

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I acquired a flock to add to mine and discovered one of the khaki Campbell hens has a distended tummy and when I checked out her vent, it does seem to protrude if ai give any pressure to her tummy or if she kind of “pushes”. She secretes a bit of white, milky liquid too. Given the circumstance and being concerned about her health, I couldn’t tell if it was beyond normal just poo...

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Hello! I have 5 Barnavelders and 1 Silkie. I would love more chickens but my girls get on well so I don't want to introduce any chicken politics! My chickens are super fun pets and I love finding a fellow chicken lover to talk about all things chickens! I also have a cat, and a new little border collie puppy. The puppy and I go down to the girls every day, so they can grow up to...

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