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    I cannot get rid of MITES!

    Hello! I've had my girls for almost 4 years now. I didn't have trouble with mites until recently. I've tried so many things! Regular cleaning, DE, elector psp after every cleaning, permethrin spray etc. We even moved during this time and had to disassemble the coop to transport it. So we power...
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    Hen breathing heavy while sleeping

    She's the same! Healthy otherwise! I noticed she wasn't doing it when she was broody. How strange. She's happy and doing everything else she should be doing so I just watch to make sure nothing changes.
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    Introducing new pullets

    Update: today seemed better! The older hens only chased the littles when they got in their personal space and when I went out to lockup the pullets, they weren't in the dog kennel because they were in the coop! It's a small coop with enough roosting space for them all but the pullets were on the...
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    Introducing new pullets

    Thanks! I figured they'd stay in cliques possibly forever! The kennel is open during the day and they all have access to it. The little ones retreat there sometimes for a rest. Hopefully another week and they can at least start sleeping in the coop!
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    Introducing new pullets

    We are in the process of introducing 2 new pullets. They are about 12 weeks old. We have 3 adult hens that are 2 years old. We kept the pullets separate for a week in a dog crate within the run. Then they were allowed to mingle with supervision. After seeing that no blood was drawn and the...
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    Hen breathing heavy while sleeping

    Hi everyone. I took the hen to the vet a few weeks ago. They said her respiratory rate was high and they did blood work. Her white blood cell count was high which could point to a respiratory infection. There were other high values on the blood work but nothing that would point to a cause for...
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    Hen breathing heavy while sleeping

    All great points to consider, thanks! Nothing has changed...no hens added or taken away and nobody has been moved. They have always happily roosted on a 2x4 with the 4" side up. Last check for lice or mites was good, but I'll check again. We've had so much rain recently it's been hard to get out...
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    Hen breathing heavy while sleeping

    Thanks. She's definitely not hot. And I just noticed one other hen is sometimes breathing with her mouth open and these are our 2 big hens😓. Here's a link to the one breathing heavy. She's second from the left. https://drive.google.com/file/d/17N3egWCgq-hVGVr0p2evtIkC-PiPsLLW/view?usp=drivesdk
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    Hen breathing heavy while sleeping

    We have a small flock of 4. They all appear healthy by day, but one of the girls seems to breath heavily while asleep. I took a video from tonight (https://drive.google.com/file/d/17N3egWCgq-hVGVr0p2evtIkC-PiPsLLW/view?usp=drivesdk) with her head tucked but still heavily breathing, but other...
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    New hen dozing often

    We got them from our local feed store. A store with a great reputation. They were quarantined prior to getting them.
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    New hen dozing often

    Hi all! We brought home 2 new hens a week ago to join our 2 EE's. Chickens have all been checked out and are healthy and getting along just fine. The new hens are a Black Australorp and a Sage Egger. The Sage Egger is acting odd...she just randomly sleeps during the day. She's eating, drinking...
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    Introducing new coop AND 2 new hens

    We are getting ready to build a larger coop to replace our starter coop. The new coop will be in the same location, same chicken door entrance, same nest box area, it will just be about triple the size of the old coop. One reason for the larger coop is that we want to add to our small flock...
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    Fall/Winter hen behavior?

    Hi All! This is our first fall/winter with our tiny flock and I was wondering what to expect from them. We are in Northern California where it doesn't get terribly cold in the winter. However, in the last few days, they haven't wanted to be in their larger roaming area at all unless I throw...
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    Lethargic, green poop, pale comb...

    I really appreciate your response 🙂 I read up on possible reproductive disorders and fatty liver disease as well and maybe I was looking for some agreement from someone with more experience! We will never know for sure, but the fact that she looked very close to laying and it never happened is...
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    Lethargic, green poop, pale comb...

    I'm really bothered by her death and am wondering if anyone could possibly give some insight. This was our first flock so we've never dealt with this before! She wasn't drinking at all yesterday so we gave her some water very carefully so it didn't harm her. However, after that she got worse...
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