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    LGD puppies killed a chicken. Any hope?

    Honestly just making sure your chicken run/coop is secure is your best bet. Not only will they be less stressed because they know the dogs can't get in, it will prevent any injuries or accidental deaths. Make sure there is no way the dogs can get to the chickens. They way I did it was sticking...
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    Egg-Bound hen. Can't feel the egg.

    Good news and bad news. Bad news is today is the first day ever that her comb hasn't been stiff and bright red. It is floppy, pale, and brown. Today was also the first day she was sitting down. The good news is she took a good amount of electrolyte water through a syringe without too much...
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    Egg-Bound hen. Can't feel the egg.

    She passes very runny white/yellow droppings and leaks some clear fluid from her vent. It has been 5 days since she laid. I have been trying to give her water with electrolytes with a plastic syringe but she doesn't like that so I have just been keeping the electrolyte water close to where she...
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    Sexing my Silkies!!!

    See if this video helps at all.
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    Sexing my Silkies!!!

    Have you tried checking for feather length? Often times hens have 2 layers of feathers on the wings and a fairly long wing span, probably twice as long as a male.
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    Egg-Bound hen. Can't feel the egg.

    My beautiful little white leghorn, Marco, (her sister is named polo) seems to be egg-bound. She starting seeming lethargic on Tuesday and didn't lay or rush out to get treats like she usually does. She looked a little puffed up but she didn't have anything else really going on and she seemed...
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