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    Failure to molt

    I have a flock of about 20 SLW layers. I've been raising them for the past 20+ years, and for the first time, I had two of my mature hens (not first year girls) fail to molt this past fall/winter. Now that it's the end of April, they are laying regularly, but they have the most ragged looking...
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    My hen laid an alien!

    My girls are starting to lay again as the daylight period lengthens. I was collecting eggs yesterday when my hand contacted something in the nest box that was not an egg. At first I thought 'egg without a shell', but no - it felt more like hard rubber than the water balloon feel of a shell- less...
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    Mysterious chicken/duck disease

    I'm posting this for my daughter who lives remotely without internet access. She wrote: "Seeking ID on disease. Chickens die very shortly after beginning to display poisoning-like symptoms: full-body tremors which progress into violent tonic seizures, possible (not 100% certain) pupil dilation...
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    Hello

    Hello! I've been raising chickens for 20+ years for eggs and meat. Currently have 20 SLW hens, 2 SLW roos and 5 Easter Egger hens. I raise Kosher Kings for meat. I also raise heritage turkeys and have three emus in Northern CA.
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