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    Flock has enlarged/protruding crops but empty every morning.

    Thank you, this was an ideal learning experience. Concern something was wrong pushed me to learn more, finding out nothing was wrong, was an unexpected turn. Now I am more aware and better able to keep an eye out (regularly) for my chickens health. I'm sorry to hear about your pullet. Glad she...
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    Flock has enlarged/protruding crops but empty every morning.

    I took these the night following my first reply. The weekend has been busy so I apologize for the delay. Here are the four clearest pictures I could get. If you didn't know. Chickens know when you try to photograph them and instantly become camera shy and very fidgety....
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    Flock has enlarged/protruding crops but empty every morning.

    I will work on some side pictures this evening when their crops are full again. They only seem to stay still when it doesn't matter. As soon as I want to check them or take pictures, they become like a school of fish...
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    Flock has enlarged/protruding crops but empty every morning.

    Beautiful hen, thanks for your post. It gave me a good laugh
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    Boiled Fennel Seed without crop issues, good for digestion?

    I appreciate your insight and thought process. I would like to ask if you might have such insight with regard to the nutrients and effects of raw pumpkin? I made a post that details why I ask. Enlarged crop issue...
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    Flock has enlarged/protruding crops but empty every morning.

    This is a picture from stright on, not from an angle that makes one side appear larger.
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    Flock has enlarged/protruding crops but empty every morning.

    My flock is 10 barred rocks hens. Allroughly 8 months old. They stay in a large run most days and have access to gravity fed feed tubes and a 5-gal waterer when not in coop to sleep. I have never noticed a large crop before for any of them, their crops/chest area has always seemd even on both...
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    Boiled Fennel Seed without crop issues, good for digestion?

    Never tried fennel tea before but why not. I do enjoy tea. Just had a cup of lemon balm today.
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    Boiled Fennel Seed without crop issues, good for digestion?

    Not necessarily for probiotic benefit, more so just cleansing the pathway food travels to the crop and beyond. Plain Greek yogurt is a favorite treat they get every once in a while. But I have to buy some just the chickens or I'll eat it all. 😆
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    Boiled Fennel Seed without crop issues, good for digestion?

    So pretty straight forward question as titled. As opposed to my wife throwing out fennel seeds since she never uses them, I did a search in the forums and found it can be useful for impacted crops. Since none of my flock is impacted. I wonder if anyone knows or has experience serving a dish...
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    Consistency and frequency for new egg layers?

    Thank you for asking this. I have 10 barred rock and its nearly impossible to tell them apart without the zip ties. Still, no cameras for nesting box area and the last 3 days they laid: 4 eggs, 4 eggs, and yesterday was 6. Most of them must be taking turns at this point but I had no idea how...
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    White Leghorns Flying, Jumping, or Perching in Trees?

    So the heavier or Dual-purpose breeds are less likely to 'fly' because of their weight/mass. Say some Barred Rock for example. Some of mine are starting to lay but none have made it higher than 3-4 feet high. I was thinking they might end up on the top of the 6' tall run wall. Not sure for...
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    No shell?

    Thank you for your commenting on this. This morning I noticed 2 no-shell eggs on the coop floor. Possibly layed form the rooosting bars which are about 3 feet off the floor. The flock is 10 barred rock, all 19 weeks. Only 2 are laying so far and they are normal. I wonder if 2 others tried but...
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    What size feeder and water needed for 10x chicks?

    Hey hey! Well this particular post is a little dated. Since the run was assembled, I have build a water reservior. It's an insulated 5-gallon-bucket stand with walls that feeds 1/2" PVC with several self-filling watering cups. A light duty spring pushed an empty cup up, opening the valve, it...
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    'No Eggspertise' Coop

    Just like an single x-ray gives you a year's worth of sunlight/UV exposure (supposedly), so my office was getting bombarded with years of dusting in only days. So in a mad rush, the family pulled together to get our coop built. We purchased build plans from April Wilkerson (search Youtube for...
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