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    Hen can't stand and wobbles around

    I have a 6 month old Barred Rock hen who I noticed was walking around as though drunk. I brought her in and checked for injuries but can't see or feel anything. She is otherwise acting normal, eating and pooping, etc. It's just as though her left leg doesn't work very well. When I pick her up...
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    SO many mixed views on whether they are hens or roos.. Help!?

    The mom of the blond one is a buff orpington, the dad is a ginormous colorful rooster (not sure of the breed but he's the beast amongst his hens in one of the pictures). The mom of the brown one is an ameraucana. Roo or Hen? The daddy roo is in the middle there.
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    1 Roo, 5 Hens (different breeds), 1 broody hen...

    I have 1 roo with 5 different ladies. My silkie is laying on 10 eggs which should hatch next week. How will I know which breed the chicks are?
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    Rooster Attacking Me

    This is going to sound odd, but someone told me that when my rooster attacks me (which he did frequently) that I should pick him up and cradle him like a football. Carry him around for 10-15 minutes and then put him back. Each time he attacks you, do it again. Amazingly this has toned down my...
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    Separating my Rooster?

    I have one very large rooster and 5 hens of various sizes. I read that you should have at least 10 hens per rooster and now I see why. Their feathers are starting to disappear off their backs from over mating (I assume). Other than that they all act normal. Do I need to separate him and if so...
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    Broody hen & egg question

    I have a silkie who has been laying on eggs for a few days. I moved them into a different nesting box because the other hens were crowding her. She didn't take the move to well and went back to her original spot, sans eggs. So the eggs were sitting in the other nesting spot all night and part of...
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    I thought she was eggbound... but after many attempts, nothing is working!!

    So I felt an egg.. way down in her abdomen and I tried to help it move up. When it got close she really strained and strained and wheezed and I never could feel the shell. She was just pushing a bloody mass out (like a big hemmoroid).. She is in chicken heaven now, I just couldn't watch her...
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    I thought she was eggbound... but after many attempts, nothing is working!!

    another thing-- she seems really wobbly. She keeps going into the corner of her cage and just stands there (up like a penguin).
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    I thought she was eggbound... but after many attempts, nothing is working!!

    When I felt inside I didn't feel anything hard like an egg. It seemed like there was a bloody mass of some sort but I wasn't sure if that was just the inner vent being swollen and aggravated.
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    I thought she was eggbound... but after many attempts, nothing is working!!

    Update: Many warm baths later, some topical antibiotic cream.. there isn't much changed. The vent is less red but that's about it. THere seems to poop caked on the underlip of the vent but I can't get it to come off.. She seems more lively and isn't ok with just sitting in a bath anymore...
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    I thought she was eggbound... but after many attempts, nothing is working!!

    She just finished molting and was beginning to lay again.. although it's hard to say because I have two americaunas and it's hard to say which one lays and which one doesn't. Her "underneath the vent" area is quite swollen and hard.
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    I thought she was eggbound... but after many attempts, nothing is working!!

    Does she appear to strain at any time? She may hold her breath while doing this, then pant afterwards. Also, does she pant every now and then? Is she showing appetite? Trying to get around after the others? It's possible she may be an internal layer, and also possible that she's got a...
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    I thought she was eggbound... but after many attempts, nothing is working!!

    I have an Americauna hen that is just about a year old. I came out today and saw her walking like a penguin, dragging her butt on the ground. I picked her up and below her vent is swollen. I followed some advice on the forums and gave her a warm bath, felt inside the vent for an egg, but...
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    HUGE Ameraucana?

    Thank you for all of your replies! I'm a bit bummed she is a he but it's all good! I appreciate the info!
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    HUGE Ameraucana?

    SERIOUSLY!! Well, that would be why HE (Rose) haha isn't laying eggs. When will he get his comb? And starting crowing?
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