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    OK to eat eggs from now dead hen?

    My 10 month old black star died last night after wheezing and gaping for about 7 hours. I couldn't see an obstruction or worms and she was otherwise in perfect health. I have more than a dozen eggs in my fridge from her and my other 3. Is it ok to use the eggs when I don't know what she died...
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    Help! Wheezing hen--seems like she can't get air--Edit: She Died :(

    Another question-- since I don't know why she died (and won't find out) should I dispose of all the eggs in my fridge?
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    Help! Wheezing hen--seems like she can't get air--Edit: She Died :(

    Thanks for the help. Unfortunately for my little Scarlett, tomorrow will not be another day. I have no idea what was wrong--only that her wheezing got worse. She was still eating, drinking and pooping. I hope my other three will be ok.
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    Help! Wheezing hen--seems like she can't get air--Edit: She Died :(

    My 10 month old Black Star wouldn't come out of the coop today and was stretching her neck and opeing her beak like she was choking. She was standing but wouldn't otherwise move. Her comb looked a little whitish. I brought her inside, looked for an obstruction, poured oil down her throat, fed...
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    Chick Induced Heart Failure!

    I just came upstairs to check my 4 little 9 day-old chicks and only saw 2 of them, quietly sleeping. I almost had a heart attack when I found the other two-one trying to sleep balanced on the waterer--right over the water (I thought it drowned!) and the other nestled in the corner of the box...
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    New mom questions

    Love having them, even if all my friends and neighbors think I'm nuts!
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    New mom questions

    I have 4 of the cutest chicks-hatched on Monday and arrived here Tuesday afternoon. Right now I have paper towels down over pine shavings, and I am wondering when I should take out the paper towels and just let them be in the litter. Sometimes they pull the towels back around the edges and...
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