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    Sick copper maran hen

    She died in the night. Was never sure what was wrong. Poor hen. She still ranged in the garden a small amount yesterday and ate a few meal worms I hand fed her. Last night she slept in the egg box instead of the perch, always a bad sign.
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    Sick copper maran hen

    I'll see if I have anything like that that I can give her this morning... haven't been up to see her yet today I did then all together using flubenvet feed in March.
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    Sick copper maran hen

    I've had a read and will check her vent again tmw 🤷‍♀️ from memory it doesn't exactly look like the pictures I've seen just now. Other chickens all look ok so far. Why does someone always get I'll just when I'm going away 😬 Thanks very much 👍
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    Sick copper maran hen

    Thank you. I'll search that now. She's no better today. Slowly walks around, drinks water and eats very little. Her vent is a bit poopy from his runny yellow stuff she's passing, otherwise clear looking. She went up to roost about 6pm again. I'll see her in the morning briefly first thing...
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    Sick copper maran hen

    Would love some advice if anyone knows if I can do anything to help her today. I am away for the next 6 days and my in laws won't help much. Just pop in for eggs food and water.
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    Sick copper maran hen

    The same type of yellow watery poop mess under her in the perch again, it's a lot. And she does smaller amounts of this poo throughout the day, almost just leaks out of her when she moves, doesn't look like she goes to much effort to do it. She doesnt apoear to be swollen down below, crop...
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    Sick copper maran hen

    She has walked around the garden a bit and definitely drunk plain water. Not sure if she's eaten anything. Passes the same odd poos
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    Sick copper maran hen

    Much the same today very slow out of the coop. Not interested in any vitamin water or wet food offered to her. Let the chickens in the main garden and she has come out and is either sitting by our patio wall or in the herb plot. And same big yellow/wet poo mess in the coop same as previous...
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    Sick copper maran hen

    She took herself up to roost very early again this evening. I'm not sure that she's eaten much today
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    Sick copper maran hen

    Copper maran hens are approx 4yo. Have been healthy until latterly we've had regular soft shells, shells with dark imperfections/scab type marks, or very very thin shells which crumple when they lay them or you go to pick one up. They have growers and layers pellets available in their coop...
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    Shadrach's Ex Battery and Rescued chickens thread.

    Ours so the same. Once the chicks are about 5 months old they stop sleeping by choice in their eglu but instead of going into the main coop where all the others are they sleep in the dead plum tree. They do this for a few months and when i think the hens are nearing coming to lay, I have to...
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    How do you cull chickens?

    Done it for the second time tonight too. First time was a very sick weak hen. Husband did that. This time it was 6 2mo cockerels. I had tried the rehoming route first for 6 weeks but no takers and I couldn't keep them any longer. Was fortunate husband was home too. I held the bird and he...
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    East Anglia UK - Polish, Frizzle and mix cockerels and hens

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    East Anglia UK - Polish, Frizzle and mix cockerels and hens

    Maybe because I've bought a few cockerels when starting my flocks. Also my mum has sold a few of mine too. I never thought of using this site to sell but I saw some sale posts pop up so thought I'd try it but I wouldn't have thought to ever look here if I wanted to buy iykwim. I have also been...
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    East Anglia UK - Polish, Frizzle and mix cockerels and hens

    Does this site actually bring in buyers I'm wondering? I'll need a solution to these little boys asap now
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