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    Chicken yawning and scratching her neck. Gapeworm?

    I have an old hen who has been shaking her head for about 2 days now. Today she began sneezing and yawning a lot. She's even started scratching her neck with her beak. I've never had a chicken with something like this before so I don't know how to deal with it. Is it possible for an old hen to...
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    Chicken missing without a trace

    We found our chicken the day after she disappeared! She was pecking around the grass a few roads over. Probably slept in a bush or somewhere else well hidden. She was missing a couple feathers in the back so we think she might have been chased by a cat or other animal. Thanks everyone for the...
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    Chicken missing without a trace

    There is no gate down the side of our house, but our hen's never wandered that far. She's scared of the road. We did think a person could have gone there easily, but who would steal an old chicken?? Does that happen?
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    Chicken missing without a trace

    We live in the SW of England in the countryside and have never seen a fox in the area. Also, she disappeared sometime between 8am and 4pm so it would have been light.
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    Chicken missing without a trace

    My hen is the last of her flock, very old (4 and a half years) and very sweet. She follows me and the rest of my family everywhere and waits patiently at the back door til we get home. Yesterday, when I got home at about 4, I couldn't find her. We searched the garden for about half an hour then...
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