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    Suggestions on a mystery death???

    So sorry about your hen. I too found a dead hen in my coop Thurs. She had been active and bossy as ever the day before--she was the alpha hen. I've had a total of 3 sick hens each several weeks apart, and now 2 dead. Like you, I suspect poisoning and am concerned they ate something in my...
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    Sick hen, tail down (pic) please help if this looks familiar

    No, none of them have laid in months. I was away for 3 weeks in Sept. and had a housesitter taking care of them. Things looked ok, but who knows what really happened while I was gone. Since I got back, I got a handful of eggs over the next couple weeks and then nothing. About that time they...
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    Sick hen, tail down (pic) please help if this looks familiar

    I suspect it is something like that. Something she ate in the yard. Will be searching or anything suspect. Could mushrooms make them sick? We've had a lot of rain and I'm seeing mushrooms I've never seen before in the yard. Am going to get rid of as many as I see just to be safe.
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    Sick hen, tail down (pic) please help if this looks familiar

    Thanks
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    Sick hen, tail down (pic) please help if this looks familiar

    If this works, I will add an pic of her now. This is a pic of Honey (on top of the wheatgrass) and the other hens in better times.
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    Sick hen, tail down (pic) please help if this looks familiar

    Yah, I suspect something like that, but can't figure out what caused it. Am concerned though, since this is the second one dying in several months. I don't think there is anything in my yard that is poison, but I'm going to look into that more thoroughly. I have seen some strange mushrooms...
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    Sick hen, tail down (pic) please help if this looks familiar

    My sweet Honey Buff Orp is sick. I noticed her holding her tail feathers down yesterday. I took her out of the coop & put her in a crate last night with a heat light. Today it was sunny & I made her a little run with the crate open. She stayed in the crate. I was able to give her droppers...
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    Sick hen seems blind

    I have a sweet buff Orpington who I noticed was behaving strangely today. She was not holding her tail feathers up. Since I had another hen die a month ago who started with the same symptom, I'm really concerned. My hens will be 2 years old in March. I had 5 hens (now I have 4). They...
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