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    Sour crop? Need advice fast

    I would separate her from the other hens and don’t give her anything that can feed yeast or bacteria. Give her only protein items such as meat and scrambled eggs as well as plain Greek yogurt. Starve the bad bacteria and increase good bacteria. I gently empty the crop myself first with a gentle...
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    Broody hen with impacted crop!

    Hello. When I have a hen with an impacted crop, I first separate it from all other hens , then if it will still eat anything, I give it chunks of organic coconut oil and massage it around to work the oil all through the crop. If then hen won’t eat the coconut oil chunks, I use a dropper and use...
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    Sour crop

    Hello, I couldn’t find any threads on sour crop. The research I’ve done included “emptying” the crop before other treatments and although I’ve had success with that I’ve also had a horrible experience with it. Does anyone have a safe, effective and relatively fast way of helping your hen get...
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    Review by 'Donolson' in article 'Using Sand In Your Chicken Coop'

    Thanks for the great article. Good ideas and info to incorporate!
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    Fluffy Butt Acres: Stories of our flock

    Beautiful hens, all!
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    Greetings from Aptos, CA

    Thanks for your kind words. I will post some more about Heny soon!
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    Greetings from Aptos, CA

    Thank you!
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    Greetings from Aptos, CA

    Hello! My name is Don. I live in Aptos, CA. south of Santa Cruz. I’ve always wanted to have chickens to have eggs and the entertainment they provide 😁. My view of owning chickens was so simplistic. Feed them and collect eggs, right?? NOT 😜. A friend and myself decided to raise hens for eggs and...
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