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    Post pics of your roosters!

    Here is my rooster, a naked neck named chester.
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    hens confused?

    OK, I just curious if they do this. I got a feeling my chickens are having a slow painful molt. Thanks for the reply.
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    hens confused?

    Hello, i Have have a quick behavior question, my hens are 18 months and going through their first molt. So far they been loseing feathers at a slow rate, so I have yet to see any major feather loss. (But they are sort of miserable) Egg production has entirely stoped, yet on occasion one still...
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    purple comb, lethargic and no eggs.

    I thought I'd update what's going on with my flock, so if anyone else ever has this problem...my flock is molting... This makes me feel kind of stupid because I over reacted. I am glad the only "treatment" i did was pumpkin seeds. I realized that at 18 months, with bald heads, listlessness...
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    purple comb, lethargic and no eggs.

    Not yet...I didn't because I found it unlikely several hens would get egg bound at the same time. If she is not better by tomorrow or has yet to lay an egg I may check. I don't feel anything...
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    purple comb, lethargic and no eggs.

    OK, I was thinking about this, I do not think it is sour crop anymore, what ever it is she's getting better.
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    purple comb, lethargic and no eggs.

    Thanks for the advise, she is drinking alot, tomorrow I will try it and see what happens...
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    purple comb, lethargic and no eggs.

    I will look around for some, I also doubt they all could go egg bound, but I want to be 100 percent sure.
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    purple comb, lethargic and no eggs.

    Well, treatment started today, I fed them all pumpkin seeds and raw pumpkin for worms, all though I am still nervous of them being egg bound. Can a whole flock get egg bound at once? The eggs got lighter and small in the weeks leading up to to this? what does that mean? My leghorn is doing...
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    purple comb, lethargic and no eggs.

    It is not to hot where I live. Its typically between the 70s and 80s, today its in the 60s with pouring rain. The only thing I can possibly think of right now is worms of some kind. I did just get a rooster into the flock. Maybe he was not quarinteened correctly and brought some kind of worm...
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    purple comb, lethargic and no eggs.

    I did not feel any hard mass, the crop feels relativly normal, The good news is I saw her eating and start to perk up, I am gonna give her veggie oil in her water to soften any thing up. I think this will help it pass if her crop is impacted.
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    purple comb, lethargic and no eggs.

    Thats what I am thinking, it is not noticeable to look at but it is a little bulgy and firm to touch, she hardly ate so it should not be full. I am gonna seperate her and see if I can confirm it. I am also deworming the entire flock as a cautionary measure. Thank you for the help.
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    purple comb, lethargic and no eggs.

    She did poop, mostly watery, but that is because she's been drinking a lot of water recently. I can not feel a egg but I will check again and compare to another chicken. They never been wormed before.
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    purple comb, lethargic and no eggs.

    Well, today when I checked on them to see how they are. One, still has a purple comb, but she is running around like a normal hen. But my other one, is still sick. She's not purple anymore but she is still lethargic and puffed up. Just sleeping and roosting all day. My chickens never let me get...
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    purple comb, lethargic and no eggs.

    OK, in the morning I will take some close ups, nothing I can do today, its 9:30 at night right know where I am. Thanks for the help.
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