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    2 pet chickens down to 1

    Thank you I will give this a shot first and try lots of chicken enrichment to keep her busy, and spend time out with her. She's always been more of a loner than street hen, so maybe she will be okay. She has free run of my backyard, though its relatively small as im in town. I have a cat that...
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    2 pet chickens down to 1

    This is very true, I don't have other animals as it is urban (other than my cat, who my silkie has beat up time and time again) , but they have free roam of my small backyard. I like to spend as much time as possible back there when it's warmer out, reading or drawing or gardening and such. I...
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    2 pet chickens down to 1

    Can you give me any tips for keeping a house chicken? I'm worried about feather dust most of all
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    2 pet chickens down to 1

    Thank you, I guess I had it in my head that a lone chicken is a dead chicken because of all the articles but id definitely give it a try. She's always been a bit of a solo chicken so Mayne she won't suffer as much as I thought. I will be keeping a close eye and spending as much time as possible...
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    2 pet chickens down to 1

    Thank you for your input, I definitely don't want to put undue stress on her from either being alone in the yard or moving her to the chaos of the house. This helps my guilt thank you
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    2 pet chickens down to 1

    Boosting before bed
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    2 pet chickens down to 1

    Hi all, I have 2 hens as pets that live in a gorgeous coop in my back yard. I've had them for about 4 years and they were already a year or two old when I got them. One I got off the street and took her in and decided to keep her and get her a friend. This was before I knew anything about...
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    Egg bound or ascites?

    Update, she still has the egg (I can feel it so easy and her bum looks heavy) but she's doing completely fine now?? Full appetite and thirst, walking around scratching and pecking like normal.. so weird. Best case scenario she passes that egg with ease over the next week and lives to see at...
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    Egg bound or ascites?

    So quick update, I put her in the yard yesterday to join her with her flockmate and she went immediately to the nest box to try to lay. She was unsuccessful but is still much more perky and able to pass bowels around the egg, which I can still feel in her abdomen and can see from a distance her...
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    Egg bound or ascites?

    Egg hasn't passed but she's drinking on her own and able to pass a very worm/string like poop every 3 or so hours. Would getting her up and moving around a bit help or should I just let her rest? Thanks
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    Egg bound or ascites?

    Okay thank you for letting me know. For now she's resting in the kennel again with a heating pad on low underneath. I'll lay off the soaking for tonight. I couldn't feel an egg as when I got my finger in I felt her squeeze tightly and shot another tiny amount of poop/fluid out. Afterwards I...
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    Egg bound or ascites?

    I have her in her 2nd warm bath rn and it seems to relax her. It's definitely a stuck egg, as it's moved closer to her cloaca so I think theres some hope yet. Right before putting her in the wash tub I massaged her abdomen SUPER gently to locate egg and she projectile pooped some white with a...
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    Egg bound or ascites?

    Hi all, I have an older hen who was already an older Unknown age when I found her dumped by somebody and she's been with me for 3 years. Last night she ate like normal and had a big poo before bed but this morning she was lethargic and wouldn't come out of the coop. I managed to get her to drink...
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    Would a dyed silkie attract predators?

    Hi all, i have a pet white silkie and my girlfriend wants to dye her wingtips and tail for easter fun. My concern is that will make her much more visible to predators as she and my other chicken have free range of the back yard during the day. The only predators we have to worry about in our...
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    Bird with few symptoms drops dead

    Thank you, i had her in a cooler outside because i cant keep a chicken in my family fridge, she unfortunatly half froze but the people im sending it to would probably have frozen on the way because of how cold it is outside right now
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