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    Another Dieing Hen

    I hope I'm learning! I know I'll never bring in chickens from some else. I'll buy chicks from the hatchery from now on.
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    Another Dieing Hen

    Thank you Hen Pen, I was thinking that the respiratory issue and what I called the perfect storm of stress was what was causing my issues. I do appreciate you taking your time to reply and am heartfully sorry that you are going through the same thing. I just feel so helpless at trying to help...
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    Another Dieing Hen

    Thank you! Knowing that there are others that feel the pain actually helps.
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    1 year old hen, hot beak/head/feet

    I had only one chicken go broody and she was very warm. Now I never checked her head so I can't say about that but her body and breast was quite warm.
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    Another Dieing Hen

    p.s. Could cat food be causing these issues? They don't get cat food intentionally but they do know to go to the barn and clean up what the cats haven't eaten and let me tell you they check every DAY!
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    1 year old hen, hot beak/head/feet

    Is she broody?
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    Another Dieing Hen

    I just went out to put up the girls tonight and am fairly certain that I will have a dead hen in a few days. She is a leghorn and I can not usually pick them up tonight she was in the nesting box, when I reached in to get her out she let me clue number one. She is very thin and has a wet bottom...
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    Happy Easter from WI.

    Thanks Teila I'll check into all these things.
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    Happy Easter from WI.

    Thanks for making me feel s welcome!!
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    Happy Easter from WI.

    I jumped the gun yesterday and posted about my hens before saying hello, so here I am saying HI! I'm better at answering questions than I am about telling things about myself so I will go through the form that BYC set up. (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? We moved...
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    Worried S.O.S

    Thank You and Thank You.
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    Worried S.O.S

    Thank you so much. I should have spent more time last night when I posted.
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    Worried S.O.S

    They get 16% layer pellets free choice and 20% layer mash free choice and they free range when ever the weather is nice. For treats they get wild bird seed, grapes, berries, watermelon rinds ect in summer, oatmeal [year round]. In winter they get wild bird seed, shell corn, cabbage, kale veggie...
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    Worried S.O.S

    After I hit enter I realized I prob put this in the wrong place... Sorry.
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    Worried S.O.S

    I've had chickens for 3 years and every thing was going along fine and this past fall things started to go off into the ditch. 1st. Had a chicken die a non predator death. She'd been slow for a couple of days and her comb was a pale or purplish but I'd seen them get like this before an bounce...
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