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    Nearly unresponsive hen

    Thanks for your reply! Hopefully we see improvement soon!
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    Nearly unresponsive hen

    Hi all, We went outside this morning and found one of our hens lying there, appearing to be at death's doorstep. She's lying on her side. She has her eyes open and can lift her head a bit, and flaps her wing occasionally. She's been drinking some water we give her with a syringe but won't eat...
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    Chicken tractor vs coop & run

    Hi all -- Currently we have a chicken tractor which we built ourselves, with 4 hens in it. The size amounts to about 8-9 sq ft/hen outside and 2 sq ft/hen inside (they only go inside at night; we're in HOT South Carolina). We are considering expanding the size outside and building a longer run...
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    Introducing new hens/pullets to existing hen

    Hi all, I had three black australorp hens but have sadly lost 2 of them, likely due to moldy food. The surviving hen is awfully lonely and breaking my heart. Once I know she's okay and it wasn't a disease killing the others off, I'd like to introduce new chickens to her. I'm interested in...
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    Hello from South Carolina

    Hi all, Thanks for your friendly welcomes! It's so nice to post on a forum where you don't have to worry about trolling and snooty responses ranchhand, I'm in Columbia. It has been awfully rainy and humid, and we're going to start feeding the chickens by hand again rather than leaving a feeder...
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    Hello from South Carolina

    Greetings from South Carolina, I wish I came to this forum under better circumstances (I should have earlier!), but I just posted in the Emergencies forum because my Black Australorp hens are mysteriously dying on me. If you have any advice on that post, please let me know! But I'll introduce...
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    Black australorp hens mysteriously dying - moldy food or bird disease?

    Hi, We had 3 black australorp hens, about 1 yr old, in a coop in a bamboo thicket in our backyard. They have been laying very well. We've been feeding them laying pellets, oyster shell, and occasional chicken scratch, and fresh water every day. Two days ago I found one dead on the ground in the...
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