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    HENS BOUGHT AT AUCTION, NO EGGS.

    I bought 4 Barred Rock & 4 Red Stars labelled as "laying hens" at auction over a week ago, from 2 different sellers. They are quarantined in the barn from my 29 other hens, who are pastured during the day. The new hens are in a large horse stall-turned coop with nesting boxes, roosts, all the...
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    Laying hens dying in my flock. Help!

    Update: After 2 1/2 days sulfa antibiotics I think we are out of the woods.. Everything cleaned. Pictured here is my beloved Honey Bunny, one of my original 7 hens that died. Thank you all for your help.
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    Laying hens dying in my flock. Help!

    I forgot to answer your question about other animals. I have 2 horses in the next pasture over and I have 5 guineas running loose outside the run (they still think of the area as home since I raised them with the hens before cutting them loose a couple months ago). This morning when I went out...
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    Laying hens dying in my flock. Help!

    Thank you. Great information. I have a 900 sq ft outdoor chicken run that is secure from predators. The hens are out all day and go into the henhouse (which is a corner room of the barn) through a window to roost at night and lay eggs in the nesting boxes. Sometimes they roost in there during...
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    Laying hens dying in my flock. Help!

    Thank you. I just got back from taking the sulfa medication to treat the water and the hen I isolated earlier was dead. I am so terrified of what this might be. The weather has been terribly humid and pretty hot here in southern Indiana, but was not necessarily that way when my first hens died...
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    Laying hens dying in my flock. Help!

    I have lost several laying hens recently. NO obvious symptoms, lethargic then dead next day. Another today. I called my vet. He is not a chicken guy but prescribed SulfaMed-G to put in the water. The guy at Tractor Supply recommended Tetracycline. Should I treat the water with both to cover all...
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    My 13 month old Easter Egger hasn't laid an egg in a week.

    She seems fine and if she has "gone broody" she does not show the signs, such as prolonged sitting in the nesting boxes. It's like she just decided to quit laying! It has been 10-11 days now. I do not know what to do next. Wait it out?
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    My 13 month old Easter Egger hasn't laid an egg in a week.

    Oh, perhaps I was misunderstood. She has been a regular layer since 22 weeks. She is now 13 months old. She has not given us an egg in a week. The other hens are laying fine. They are all 13 months old.
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    My 13 month old Easter Egger hasn't laid an egg in a week.

    I gave Honey Bunny the warm water bath last night that I saw recommended here. She sure seemed to enjoy it! I massaged her and felt around; not sure what I might find, but she did not seem swollen or anything like that. She doesn't seem pouty or less active. She gets layer food and forages in...
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    do chickens eat holly berries? Are they poisonous to chickens?

    Jeepers, I just bought a couple of sale holly bushes thinking they'd be great for my chicken garden.... Hmmmm... guess I'd better locate them elsewhere. Glad as always to learn from the veterans here. Our 7 girls are doing great by the way, and we should be seeing eggs in about 4 weeks!
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    Comment by '7-hen-jones' in item 'Frizzle'

    Congrats on your new chick. Chickens are very social animals and need companionship with their own kind. PLEASE get another chick to keep your one chick happy and healthy!!
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    Hello fellow chicken lovers! I'm a newbie...

    My husband and I got our first baby chicks April 15. We thought about getting pullets or hens already laying, but when my husband saw all those baby chicks at the farm store, he was smitten and that was that. I am so glad we are raising them from babies - We have seven beauties: 2 Buff...
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