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    Barred rock with sour crop and hard swollen abdomen

    Help, I need advice - my 3.5 year old barred rock hen became ill this weekend. It fit all the symptoms of sour crop - and with my assistance she vomited up some foul stuff yesterday evening. Her crop did not re-fill overnight but today her abdomen is swollen & hard. I gave her an Epson salt bath...
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    Sick Black Australorp - wasting away

    We have a lovely hen that developed some issues quite awhile ago. She is just over two years old and developed normally and laid eggs normally for about 6 months. Then one evening she had an issue laying - and laid a shell-less egg, She has never laid a normal egg since and has always been very...
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    Review by '' on item 'Andalusian'

    My flock of 10 chickens includes two Blue Andalusians (Blue & Bell) that I hatched from eggs from Gabbard Farms, my birds are both about two years old. They are amazing little hens, they lay a huge white egg in relation to their body size. They are also great flyers and both have their...
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    Advice for Chicken coop with Greenhouse together

    I live in Alaska and also combined by chicken coop & green house. The chickens have a small access door under their coop that lets them into the greenhouse but they only have access to a small perching area and run under the plant bench. Here are a few photos of what it looks like. Inside the...
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    Comment by 'ChiniakChicken' in article 'High Altitude Hillside Hen Hut'

    Beautiful coop, what a great view your hens have!
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    How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

    9/11 today 8/11 yesterday from my mixed flock.
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    Attempt to Get Long-Term Survival in Mareks Infected Hen

    I realize that this thread has been dormant for a bit but wanted to add my story. It's not yet resolved - but I am hoping for the best. First, I'm new to raising chickens. I purchased 8 one-day-old chicks in October but only one survived the shipping; I’m in Alaska, the box stalled in...
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    Only one chick survived, any tips in keeping him alive?

    I'm currently raising a single chick (it's a long story), she is 4-weeks old and I keep a small plastic mirror in her cage and she perches right next to it, we also have a big mirror in the room we have her in and when she's out of her cage she spends a lot of time next to it interacting with...
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    Problem with egg turner - turning to often and inconsistently

    Thank you for responding - I'm just a nervous first timer - I still have 28 eggs in the incubator and have high hopes for about 12 of them - they shipped all the way to Alaska, so I will be so happy if any of them hatch!
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    Problem with egg turner - turning to often and inconsistently

    Hello I am brand new to BYC and to life as a chicken owner. I have eggs in the incubator on day 9 but need some advice. I thought I noticed that the egg turner was leaning right more often then left but had not tested it before starting except to see that it turned left and right. So on day 7...
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