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I realized that I never posted how this all turned out. We did euthanize her, and then necropsied her. She unfortunately had internally laid. I was glad we decided to put her out of her misery.

Hello, I seem to be having a growing problem with my flock of 35 hens. They range in age from 8 months to 6 years old, but this seems to be affecting only the younger birds at this point. 4 days ago, I notice a hen who was puffed up, comb pale and occasionally shaking her head. No discharge...

I do not feel anything abnormal when I feel her legs. My more experienced chicken friend did not either. When I pick her up she moves her legs a lot, kicking as in "put me down." When you put her down she falls right over.

Here are 2 pictures of the hen. I also included the pics I took of the stuff that came out of here about 6 weeks ago. To answer both posters...her belly is not bigger between her legs. Her poop is normal now. The diarrhea 4 days ago was brown and tan and very smelly, more in line with dog...

I am wondering if someone has a clue about a 3 year Golden Comet hen's health issues. I found her in my barn 4 days ago, ruffled feathers, hunkered down and was not able to maintain her balance. I brought her into the house to warm up and monitor her behavior/eating. She is perky, will eat...

I second Flock Mistress -- I used the bait, put it down all rat holes I could find, two weeks later, no rats, no return. We have secured the coop (an old horse foaling stall) with hardware cloth all around (due to a weasel attack) also, which should greatly reduce access for rats. My barn cat...

On the "mutt" issue....I love my chickens, every one....(and my friends are beginning to be a bit alarmed ), but I do take a bit of issue with the "hybrid vigor" idea. The only way you may have hybrid vigor is if you have two good parents to produce the offspring. If you breed a lab with bad...

Hi, I'm a new member, but have been reading the forums to learn. We've lost hens in the past while they were free ranging to a feral cat and a fox. I can deal with that, not happy, but at least I know how to keep them safe(r). Last week we had what we think is a mink or weasel get in the coop...

Hi, I've been reading for 18 months, now finally posting, of course because I have a problem....sigh. will be posting to the predator section soon. anyway, 12 chickens of various breeds, horses, dogs and one barn cat who plays with the chickens here on our small (20 acres) farm. Enjoy...