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    My hen has egg bound symptoms but I can't feel an egg

    Egg yolks go down the tube, essentially, and begin to become infected. A swollen underside, lethargy, lack of egg production are all symptoms. If your hen is eating and drinking fine and doesn't seem lethargic I would suspect something else.
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    My hen has egg bound symptoms but I can't feel an egg

    If you cannot feel an egg, she is not egg bound. The Shell Gland is only about 1-2 inches in, which is where the shell forms. When was the last egg received? Is she acting ok? From the sound of it (swollen abdomen), she might have egg yolk peritonitis, which has no cure unfortunately.
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    Do I have a blocked egg?

    A little background - One of our hens has had some trouble laying eggs in the past. She developed a prolapsed vent last year that we treated successfully, but she has continued to have a runny vent ever since. Yogurt is fed regularly and does help some, but it's never gone away completely...
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    Vent issues

    This is exactly what my chicken looks like! Even the white feathers. I believe this is vent gleet.
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    2nd Prolapse in 2 weeks

    We have a hen that developed a prolapsed vent about 2 weeks ago. She also had some flies and subsequent maggots get on her vent because she was making a mess of herself and we didn't catch it right away. We cleaned her up and isolated her and began treating her vent with honey for the fist...
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    Who else is waiting for that first egg?

    They do seem to take some time to start producing regularly and the last few weeks are torture! We haven't gotten any since the first one last Thursday. Must be taking her time on the next . ;)
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    Hens not leaving roosts at all

    We have decided to keep our Blue Andalusian cockerel. After 3 days of assessing him with the pullets he is definitely the best for keeping the flock balanced. I had it occur to me that the reason the others have turned so aggressive toward the pullets is simply because they don't have any...
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    Who else is waiting for that first egg?

    Imagine my surprise when I got home from work and found this out in the run under the shelter. We got our first tiny egg yesterday from one of our easter eggers. She is 18 weeks today.
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    Hens not leaving roosts at all

    That is exactly what was going on. With the 2 cockerels gone (I didn't know about all these terms :) ), things settled down a little bit but we still had one that was going a bit crazy so we put him in the coop all day and keep the rest outside in the run. Things are very nice now. We have 2...
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    Blue Andalusian thread!

    We have 5 andalusians, 2 roos and 3 hens (one of each color white, blue, and black). The roos have never been social and always scared and flightly. The white and black pullets are a bit tamer and will come up to us but we can't touch them. The blue pullet on the other hand jumps in our lap and...
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    Blue Andalusian thread!

    Keeping along the lines of rehoming chickens, we have a pure black andalusian rooster that we would love to rehome instead of culling. He is 18 weeks and very docile in nature. We are in the Quad Cities, Illinois side and could meet someone in the local area.
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    Illinois traders!!!!

    We have a Black Andalusian rooster that we need to get rid of and hate to cull simply because he's so beautiful. We are willing to give up for free if you come get him or are in the area. We are in the Quad Cities. Will post a photo if you need it. We will be culling him within a week or so if...
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    Who else is waiting for that first egg?

    Sometimes, yes. Also the males are beginning their mating while the hens seem uninterested/scared until the male actually gets them.
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    Who else is waiting for that first egg?

    What do you mean squatting? I have never heard of this. We are 18 weeks and waiting for our first egg. They like to sit in the nest boxes during the mornings!
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    Rooster Mating my Hens to death? Is something else going on?

    We have experienced something similar in the past couple of weeks with our roosters. We had two large cuckoo marans that were getting very aggressive with their mating, often mounting the same hen at the same time and then fighting on top of here. We had 1 cuckoo maran female get VERY exhausted...
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