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    REAL talk… integrating Rescue Hens

    Thank you! The previous owner hasn’t gotten back to the rescue so I think that made my decision easy! Maybe they decided to keep them :)
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    Sleeping in the nest box

    Hi there! I’ve had this happen a few times before… for a number of reasons. Once because I think they were just cold! I think they found it warmer to be inside the nesting boxes… another time because a rat was bugging them on their roost… also could be because they are just getting older and...
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    REAL talk… integrating Rescue Hens

    Thanks so much! All great advice! I’ll ask all those questions to their current owner! The quarantine is the hardest part for me because my coops are both within the same run. I have a small prefab coop outside but it’s too small for 3 girls and not safe enough… for me that’s the hardest part.
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    REAL talk… integrating Rescue Hens

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    REAL talk… integrating Rescue Hens

    Hi there! I need some real, down to earth, solid advice! Please 🥰 I have a small flock of four girls.. all 4-5 years old. I’ve been considering rescuing 3 (6 month old) hens who’s flock according to owner was killed by a coyote and these are the survivors. I have plenty of room.. 2 coops...
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    Lump on Neck 😭

    Ok I did as good of an investigation as I could.. she doesn’t like being held under my terms ha! If I’m feeling it right it actually seems to have gone down.. I don’t feel a tick or see any.. (hard to see with feathers) I’ll look again when I have a second person to hold her. It seems to move a...
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    Lump on Neck 😭

    She will get a very close inspection when I get home from work ha! I hope it’s something this easy! I’ll send an update!
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    Lump on Neck 😭

    Probably not BUT perhaps… I would be able to see a tick correct?
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    Lump on Neck 😭

    I’ll give it a test today when I get home… it seems big to be an insect bite.. maybe the size of a grape.. she is such a pretty girl. My oldest head hen. 🙏🏻🐓
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    Lump on Neck 😭

    Thank you! I LOVE to hear about your chickens living such long lives!! She was preening it (fussing.. not sure how describe) it the other day but I haven’t seen her do that since. She eats.. drinks… free ranges.. poops are fine and is laying eggs so I’ll keep an eye on it. Like I said this...
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    Lump on Neck 😭

    That’s my guess… I’m not sure which.. I’m not even sure if it’s something new or has been developing. :( Like I said, I never would have noticed if I didn’t see her messing with the area. 😞 She doesn’t seem to like it when I touch it.
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    Lump on Neck 😭

    Hey there friends, I feel a little worried about my almost 5 year old Golden Wyondotte Hazel and was hoping for some advice. The other day I noticed her kind of trying to itch or scratch or was annoyed by something on her neck.. so I felt her neck and noticed what feels like a lump.. hardish...
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    Help while I wait for vet appt 🙏🏻🐓💜

    Hi friends.. just wanted to send an update that Lilac lost her battle with cancer. She started to decline pretty badly this past week and I made the difficult decision to have her put to sleep. I was hoping she would pass with her flock under her favorite bush but the suffering became too...
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    Help while I wait for vet appt 🙏🏻🐓💜

    Hi! A few of them I ordered online.. fish antibiotics or other online versions/birds etc.. just generic ones for emergencies. I had some left over from a previous vet appt.
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    Help while I wait for vet appt 🙏🏻🐓💜

    Thank you! That’s the one she mentioned.. I confirmed ♥️🐓
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