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    Sick hen

    Of course the next day a second got sick. We freaked out and took them both to the vet. The second one who got sick. (Lola). The first one (Sweetie Pie) ended up staying from Fri until Mon. Lola came home with us that Day I guess Sweetie may have had peritonitis, and Lola did not end up...
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    How Many Eggs Did You Get Today?

    Where do you get the worms? Do you keep them in the fridge. What do you keep them in? Thanks
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    Sick hen

    One of my hens had a bit of eggshell in her vent. It is red and swollen. She also has a bump to the right of her vent. Stuck egg? We are not sure and have no idea what to do. We washed her off and she seemed to feel a little better, and the hemorrhoid, or swelling seemed to be better. Help
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    people with house chickens

    We make them oatmeal with raisins. They love meal worms, raw sunflower seeds and cheerios. They love red grapes too. We feed them a variety of snacks off our list of OK stuff to feed them. We however do not let them get into cat or dog food.
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    Blood spots in eggs

    Thank you so much! I have 4 hens. There is only one that I have found the little spots on the edge of the yolk. We don't worry about it. The hens are about 16 months old. Does anyone know how long chickens life or when they totally stop producing eggs. We found they laid better and more...
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    people with house chickens

    Our 4 hens won't eat pellets. They are very spoiled, yet not 24/7 indoor chickens.
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    Blood spots in eggs

    I have 4 hens, no roosters but sometimes find blood spots on the outer edge of the yolk. I am concerned because I give away a lot of eggs. Is this a bad thing, and can they still be eaten?
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    Comment by 'Didymus' in article 'Cleaning and storing fresh eggs'

    Good article! I wasn't washing my eggs, but now I know I can safely do it using warm water and a gentle scrub. Thanks
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    The Natural Chicken Keeping thread - OTs welcome!

    We have only had one hawk fly over as far as we know. The chickens (no roo) made ungodly sounds, very unusual. They all ran for cover under the bushes. There was a hawk sitting on the storage shed next door. We threw rocks at him and yelled. He flew across the yard and onto our shed. Same...
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    people with house chickens

    It could be a sickness, but there are certainly worse things than wanting more chickens. I know I do!
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    The Natural Chicken Keeping thread - OTs welcome!

    joyfulkeeper from Didymus Thank you for your response. w them su If I keep my hens in the "house" they have a fit. Squaking and noisy and unbearable. I saw them sucking worms out of the grass. They are so having too much fun. They are little slackers for sure. So I guess that we will...
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    The Natural Chicken Keeping thread - OTs welcome!

    All those darling chicks! It is now about 64 degrees in CO and about 40 at night. Time to plant. And i am making a big list. Problems with my 4 hens, to laid all winter long with no light or encouragement. They are 1 years old now. We were getting 4 eggs daily, and now we are lucky to get...
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    Antibiotics and chickens

    Thank you all for your valuable advice. It makes sense. I was pretty surprised when the salesman suggested antibiotic drops in the water. With all the advise out there about to not take antibiotics, I certainly don't, and neither do my cats and dogs. I see no reason to give them to my hens...
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    Antibiotics and chickens

    I was looking for a few more chickens, when I went to a new store to me, and was advised that all their chickens were vaccinated , I assume it was Mareck's and this man told me I should put this antibiotic drops in their water, and feed this food to them. I just left. My hens are well, laying...
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    My biggest hen had a little blood on her egg

    Thank you much! As I said I am always in a panic mode with something happens to my pets. JJ seems to be ok. I will keep a close watch on her. My Chloe (cat) is 17 years old, needs an extraction of one of her teeth. It will probably cost 6 to 7 hundred dollars, but not for 6 months, until her...
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