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    Help sour crop or what?

    My hen has been off colour, I think she had sour crop when I first drained her the liquid was see through, the next day it was red and stunk and then it went yellow, now the liquid is yellow with brown lumps in. I have no idea what to do I have been feeding her natural yoguart with a egg beaten...
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    Limping Chicken

    I went outside this morning and I noticed that one of my chickens is limping. I checked her over no broken bones no bumble foot and no signs of cuts are injury's. I'm thinking that she has sprained it or pulled a muscle as I know how painful that can be and she isn't putting any weight onto it...
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    Broody hen has got off her eggs after 1 hatched

    Hello, i dont know if anybody can help me. Yesterday morning one of my eggs hatched, and the others should hatch today but my hen keeps getting off the eggs to play and follow the chick. I dont know what i should do as i dont want the others to get cold and them not to hatch i do have another...
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    Swelling on foot with black scab

    I have been soaking her foot in warm salt water for the past few days twice a day for 20 minuets the lump is no longer hard or red I pulticed her foot yesterday and this morning the scab came off I then pulticed it again this morning and she was standing on her foot when I first checked her when...
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    Swelling on foot with black scab

    Hello I brought a hen home from the farm due to her not walking n not being able to get to the food. She is eating but she isn't walking still. Every day twice a day I soak her foot in warm salt water and I think it is helping. She did have a thorn in her food that we removed at the farm. I...
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    Depressed Hen

    Thankyou for everybody's help but she died last night I will get another one this week coming so the one I'm left with isn't alone
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    Hello

    Thankyou for your help but she died last night I will have to try and get another chicken next week so the one I am left with isn't alone
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    Depressed Hen

    when the farmer gave her a health check he said she was healthy and the others said it would take around a week for her to come round :( but i dont know what to think. I will see what she is like tomorrow morning but i hate to think that she might be in pain. I am at the farm again next week so...
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    Hello

    Hello She seems very depressed, she always seems to be sleeping. she has been pecked quite badly and she just seems to have given up the will to live. :(
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    Depressed Hen

    Hello I rehomed two ex battery hens, When cleaning the chicken barn at work i saw afew chickens pecking one that was on the floor. I picked her up and i have brought her home with another in the same kind of condition. One has picked up very well but the other seems very depressed and always...
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    Hello

    Hello Im new to owning chickens :D i have re homes two ex battery hens they have one is find but im abit worried about the second one :(
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