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    Lost our first hen to a....................................?

    Okay, for tomorrow's errand list: One Bale Wood Chip Bedding Greek Yogurt Vit B Complex (Irwin Naturals) Bio E + Selinium (Solar Ray) Thanks, CCs Garden. Much appreciated. Sure hope that will keep any more from dying. I love my chickie girls..........they are all pets. Hurts to lose two in...
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    Lost our first hen to a....................................?

    "Have any of the other hens showed signs of sickness?" Well, they have all looked healthy..............even the two who died. That's why I'm so puzzled.
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    Lost our first hen to a....................................?

    Well, I buy a bag of feed and when it's gone I buy another. I'd say on average about once a month.............so the feed isn't old and moldy or anything like that. Hmmm. I thought the treats I was giving them were good for them. I'll cut way back as you've suggested.
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    Lost our first hen to a....................................?

    As I previously mentioned, they get fresh treated water and are fed Purina Flock Raiser Crumbles. Treats are Black sunflower seeds, Black Fly larvae mixed with Oatmeal flakes. We occasionally give them a head of lettuce. No poisons on our property. How would I administer that B-complex? They...
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    Lost our first hen to a....................................?

    Sorry for my tech ignorance, but I don't have the slightest idea what your post means, Cheekychook12.
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    Lost our first hen to a....................................?

    Okay...............no discoloration of skin, face, comb or feet. Crop is empty. No mites. Without cutting her open, I don't think she's egg-bound, that I can tell. A lot of her feces were outside of her body stuck in her feathers.(huge clump) I don't know if that was as a result of evacuation...
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    Lost our first hen to a....................................?

    Sorry to just be getting back. She died within 2 hours of me finding her and posting here. That was bad enough but.................... This morning (Friday 5/9/25) I went out to let the hens out of the run into their pen and another hen was dead in the floor or their coop. "Houston, we've...
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    Lost our first hen to a....................................?

    Boy am I ever embarrassed !!! Just went out to pick up the eggs for the day and in the darkest corner of the coop was our missing hen struggling to breath. While I'm relieved to know I was wrong about losing her to a hawk, I'm totally perplexed to imagine what might be causing her to die. ...
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    Lost our first hen to a....................................?

    Well we lost our first hen today to a predator. ☹️ No feathers anywhere..............no foreign tracks from any 4-legged critters..........no evidence of a scuffle in the dirt so my assumption is it was a quick attack from the air. We've been observing and chasing off a lot of larger hawks...
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    Hen plucking own breast feathers

    Okie-dokie, just got a 5 pound back of flakes. Will see if they'll eat it. Thanks.
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    Hen plucking own breast feathers

    He-he, the only Chewy we have around here is a Mexican restaurant, and I'm pretty sure that's not what you're talking about. :confused: I'll get on the Internet and do so searching. Flakes. That makes sense. Now if I could just find the "Post a new thread" button. :wee
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    Hen plucking own breast feathers

    Well, I took the forum's advice and went back to Flockraiser Crumbles and she's looking like the beautiful Black Astrolorp she was meant to be. So thank you to everyone. I know I should start a new thread for a new question but I'll be hanged if I can find out to start a new thread. I've...
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    Hen plucking own breast feathers

    Pulled my chicken-feather-pluckin' hen out of the pen and brought her into the house for closer inspection. We couldn't find any crawlin' critters on her behind or any place else. She lost some feathers and debris while in the kitchen, so when we got her back into the pen with the others, we...
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    Hen plucking own breast feathers

    Thanks, but I've not seen her exhibit any broody "hints". I feed her (and the rest) Purina's Layena. With ought going out in this cold (cold, cold) weather to my shop where the feed sacks are, I "think" the protein is at 16%, which "should" be enough protein, or at least Purina thinks so...
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    Hen plucking own breast feathers

    We have 6 hens. They are coming up on 3 years old in April. (I think) Last Summer we were getting as many as 5 eggs a day but as the weather got cooler they have pretty much stopped laying. I attributed it to molting. We typically get one egg a day now. Have no way of knowing if it's just...
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