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    Indoor chicken light

    I now only have 1 chicken, a leghorn hen approximately 5-6y/o, that I've taken in during the cold months for many years. She's been a very healthy egglaying hen, but recently was very ill a few months after I brought her inside, and I thought I was going to lose her. Thankfully she pulled...
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    Hen barely eating or drinking with dirty smelly butt.

    They came in a sealed bag, I posted pics of the bags, but they smelled awful! The dried mealworms actually smell good, like roasted nuts and Petunia loves them. We stopped giving the stinky bugs to her when she seemed disinterested. She has continued to improve. Her bottom is clean, she's...
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    Hen barely eating or drinking with dirty smelly butt.

    The dried mealworms are her regular and favorite, the other bag is the stinky bugs.
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    Hen barely eating or drinking with dirty smelly butt.

    Thanks for the reply. Yes we bought the worms packaged at the same store, they weren't mealworms, but something similar that smelled god awful, Petunia agreed bc she stopped eating them after the first day. It was a strange coincidence so I thought possibly there was a connection. Tomorrow I'll...
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    Hen barely eating or drinking with dirty smelly butt.

    I have a 6 yr old egg laying leghorn hen that's been healthy her whole life. She had a companion that passed several years ago from a similar situation, so I'm concerned. I keep her in an indoor coop for the winter, so it's a constant temp of about 50'F. She gets egglayer pellets, dried...
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    Shrew attack!

    Petunia, the chicken, was digging a hole having a dust bath the last I saw, I then heard the squealing and saw the shrew dangling from her waddles. I can only assume the shrew either found a nice spot to burrow/ rest over night or wandered in, given their eyesight isn't great, and the chicken...
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    Shrew attack!

    Thanks eHuman Since it's already happened clearly it may be an issue in the future, so I'm thankful I know that their toxins are for hunting and not a threat to my girls...I'm also happy my girls can defend themselves from small mammals lol
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    Shrew attack!

    This afternoon I heard squealing from my coop and ran over to find a shrew dangling from my chickens waddle! After she was able to knock it off I was able to get the shrew, who died moments later. I know shrews have venomous bites and their comb and waddle are very vascular, but I didn't see...
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