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    My hen looks like she's falling asleep standing up...

    She passed a few minutes ago. The poor thing. Very sad here.
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    My hen looks like she's falling asleep standing up...

    It's pretty soft under there...at least, I can't feel anything hard, like an egg. Just the fact that I can feel around without even holding her tells me it's probably illness or some other kind of injury. My neighbor thinks she may have fallen from her perch last night and could have an internal...
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    My hen looks like she's falling asleep standing up...

    She's definitely been dewormed. They get a de-parasite powder in their food each month. I don't believe she's malnourished - I wouldn't call her breast bone prominent or sharp. This behavior came on kind of suddenly. I only have five hens and everybody was acting normal yesterday. Even this...
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    My hen looks like she's falling asleep standing up...

    I think my 6 month old black laying hen is sick. About an hour ago I noticed she wasn't really scratching around like the other hens and when I walked up to her she didn't really move. I've separated her from the rest of the flock and she's drinking a lot of water, not really eating. She's just...
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    What are the white specks on my eggs?

    Occasionally my eggs have white speckles on the shell (which is peachy-brown) - the white specks aren't raised so it seems like it's part of the shell rather than some substance on the shell. Know what it is? Anything to be concerned about?
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    My rooster won't crow!

    I enclosed my flock a little while ago and who should appear? Romeo the Rooster from next door. I know this because I heard him crowing next to the coop. Of course Guapo, my new guy, just stands there...not a peep. I got Romeo with the hose again but I just know he'll be back. What else can I do?
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    My rooster won't crow!

    Unfortunately, asking the neighbor to keep better control of his rooster isn't really an option. I live in Costa Rica where chickens essentially have the run of whatever territory they can get. My rooster will crow in the middle of the night (of course) but never during the day, when it would...
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    My rooster won't crow!

    My new, and only, rooster has happily taken charge of his flock of 5 hens but the neighbor's rooster thinks they are his hens. I've been fighting off the neighbor's rooster because 1. he's much bigger than my rooster and 2. mine doesn't do anything but get out of the way when the rooster next...
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    Need guidance regarding fighting my rooster's battles for him

    A few weeks ago we moved to a new house and brought our five, black sex-link laying hens with us. We got them at about 6 weeks old and they've just started laying around the time that we moved so we've been enjoying the new rituals each day. Since we moved, our neighbor's rooster (not sure of...
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