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Sugar
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Backyard chikens Posted 74 days ago Hello there,
Would any one know how to prevent chicken having laid soft eggs and then drinking it.
The other problem I have is that some of them have what is looks like swollen abdomen and around vent marked from white diahhria,become very heavy and could hardy walk before she dies.
Thank you in advence.
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kathym
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RE: Backyard chikens Posted 74 days ago ARE YOU FEEDING YOU FOWLS A FOOD WITH CALCIUM IN IT TO PREVENT SOFT SHELLS??
HOW OLD ARE YOUR FOWLS & WHAT BREED ARE THEY??
I HAD A BYBRID VARIETY OF LAYER THAT DID THIS AND THEY WERE ONLY 3 YEARS OLD. I WAS TOLD BY A POULTRY FARMER THEY LAID SO MANY EGGS THEY WORE THEMSELVES OUT AND BECAME SUSEPTIBLE TO PROBLEMS OF THE REPRODUCTIVE TRACT.
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misstrish
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RE: Backyard chikens Posted 71 days ago Once your chickens know what is inside its eggs you will have a hard tim trying to stop it from eating them.
Putting shellgritt somewhere for the chooks to scratch in will also help harden eggshells.
I think you need to find out from a vet/poultry expert what is wrong because they sound pretty sick. Even if you decide to replace them, because you don't want the next lot ending up the same.
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mittajohn
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RE: Backyard chikens Posted 69 days ago Hi Sugar. Sounds if your chooks are past their use by date sorry to say.
Look up this site http://www.backyardpoultry.com/ it will have a heap of information for you to browse.
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bebop63
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RE: Backyard chickens Posted 6 days ago Re the soft eggs, it is due to calcium deficiency. Give the chooks some shellgrit in a container separate from their feed, that they can eat from whenever they wish.
As for the diarrhea, it sounds like a bacterial infection like salmonella or e coli. Without more details from you, I can't really say more, but having kept chooks before, I can suggest that you give the chook run and house a really good clean with antiseptic spray. Then start afresh with young healthy hens preferably from a free-range source. Worm them regularly with commercial worming liquid available from feed stores or large pet supplier. Hope this helps. |
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