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    Bald patches behind ears - skin trouble or bullying?

    I have two healthy 1 year old Australorps, Mary and Cass. We did have three, but lost our youngest just a few weeks ago Since then, Cass, one of the remaining chooks has developed wee bald patches behind her ears...not bigger than 1 pence pieces or for those across the water, I suppose a...
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    What's up with this egg?

    that's amazing! you could enter that pic and the egg into a contest! world's smallest.
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    Which end of the egg comes out first?

    are you serious...? ......
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    Weird Egg (Pix)

    rebbetzin, that looks really like the thing my youngest chick tried to lay a few months ago. It got stuck in her though and we had to pull it out ourselves (eek!). It was pretty gross! But we figured the "shell" was too soft for her to squeeze out so it's good that your girl managed to get it...
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    possibly eggbound.. EDIT : didn't make it.

    I'm really sorry to hear Grace didn't make it I hope now a few days have passed, your youngster is ok with the loss. Good luck with the rest of your family flock. I suppose the "good" thing (for want of a better word) with an animal being unwell is that it motivates you to look into what it...
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    possibly eggbound.. EDIT : didn't make it.

    PS keep the room she's in dark to supress further egg laying - a top tip I got from someone!
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    possibly eggbound.. EDIT : didn't make it.

    Hey how's the patient? I was reading your posts and wondering if Grace was looking like she was doing any heave-ho straining? As if she was trying to do a HUuuuuggggeee... toilet stop? Almost like contractions? My little chicken was eggbound recently and it turned out her egg was a soft...
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    HELP!!!! Pullet eggbound???

    PS. if it so happens that the egg breaks, just try your best to clear her insides of any remaining shell debris or egg debris. If you can, get a syringe and wash her out with water till it runs clear. During the week that Betty was unwell, I discovered that this can really go 50/50 and...
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    HELP!!!! Pullet eggbound???

    animal nut - I just recently had an eggbound girl. Please see my initial message at following link https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=125317 I hope this helps. Run down of first things to do that I promised myself I would do straight away if it ever happened again: 1...
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    Egg Bound Betty Bouncing Back - advice on reintroducing to routine!

    Betty update! Thanks everyone for your brilliant advice. We spent Sunday afternoon with the chickens and let Betty out - first just near the run where the others could see her and they could see eye to eye - then we let them all out together into a new bit of field at the back of the house so...
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    Egg Bound Betty Bouncing Back - advice on reintroducing to routine!

    Wingnut1 - I will look into pedialyte and baby bird formula. Fingers crossed we can get our hands on some relatively quickly. I love the idea of a soft food stew! Will give you a progress report as soon as poss!
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    Egg Bound Betty Bouncing Back - advice on reintroducing to routine!

    Fantastic advice Jenski and Lobzi! Do you make porrige with the oatmeal first or are they able to deal with it if it's just moist? What foods are good for protein? We've got lots of cat food! And I think as we're in a bit of a fishing community, we'd be able to get mealworms without much...
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    Egg Bound Betty Bouncing Back - advice on reintroducing to routine!

    My Australorp, Betty, has been in the house since last Friday. She was trying to lay her first egg and it turned out to be a double yolker with a soft shell. We got the egg out on Monday and watched daily for signs of poisoning or deterieration. I'm delighted to say, she has perked up on a...
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    De-stressing a trip to the vet

    Hey - firstly I LOVE that your chicken is called Helen - brilliant name secondly, I wonder if there's a chicken friendly rescue-remedy out there? I know you can get a homeopathic calmer for cats and probably most other animals. just a thought...! Good luck Helen!
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    Egg-bound ...do they survive? - please tell me YES THEY CAN!!

    Thanks birdlover - I will have to do some chicken senses research, I think! I have apple cider vinegar in the cupboard but it's not organic so I'll look out for some when next at the shops! We've done exactly what you suggested with the scrambled eggs and egg shell - she's eating away at it...
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