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She died yesterday, so never mind. Thanks for the one kind responder.

I have a Buff Orpington hen, 2 1/2 yrs, that its sick. I think she is drinking, but not much at all. She's not eating. She has runny poop and I've had her quarantined while I treat her with Wazine, which is the only thing I know to treat with. No eggs for weeks. She just sits in the coop and...

Howdy folks, I have a barred rock that should be about 1 year old, maybe 1 yr 2 months. This summer in Texas it was hot and she started laying these really narrow, thin shelled eggs. About two months ago, my daughter picked her up and a soft, rubbery egg popped out of her and we've seen...

I don't have the time to figure out how to post pictures here, so here is a link to my blog if you care to see how you guys helped me. It won't withstand a storm or anything, but will at least make me feel better for a few days. http://henfresheggs.blogspot.com/ Thanks so much! Wendy

So they have a fenced off section of the yard on the side of the house, which is where we couldn't catch them easily last night. This is because of the bushes along the house which are perfect for dust bathing, cooling and hiding from me. So, with your suggestions, I think I will take some...

Thanks folks. I thought about keeping them in the coop, but it seems awfully small; although they really got calm once we got them in there. I will clip wings tomorrow and hang out with them, but I may consider keeping them in the coop, at least until the sun hits it. I think the girls are...

I just brought home three new hens. My other two hens died after a nice long life and I thought getting new hens would be easier (please stop laughing). First of all, my other hens were adopted at about age two or three, so they were calm, tame and very spoiled girls. THese new girls are...

I have two RIR's about two years old, getting closer to three. They are adopted and their birth owner wasn't too sure. One of my hen's Hazel molted this summer and wasn't laying at all. Her sister, Myrtle, was laying maybe three a week. The molting is over for Hazel, but still no eggs...

Thank you very much!

Thanks you guys. To answer some of your very good questions: 1. No Roos, just my two RIR hens. 2. They are free range, but sleep in a small two hen coop. There is NO vegetation in our yard because of the record breaking drought in Austin. Seriously, just dirt, although we feed them veggie...

I guess those are new feathers. I am so unfamiliar with this. I just don't know enough. Her belly is so red and things look the same on her behind up until you are under her tail feathers. Her skin isn't red under her tail, just on her belly. They have never molted as long as I have had them...

My hen, Hazel, is maybe 3 years old and a Gingernut Ranger and had lost some of the feathers on her head near her comb awhile ago, but it didn't seem to get worse, not did it get better. This week things have gotten worse and I got my husband to catch her so I could check her body. I could...

My two 2-3 year old Gingernut rangers have really slowed in egg production. It began with hide and go seek laying. I tried putting a decoy egg in their box, but they still laid around the yard. Recently they decided to lay on the plastic bag that holds the pine shavings. They brought a few...

Update Myrtle was pretty quiet and happy to stay in her coop most of the day. She had some water and food easily accessible to her and by mid afternoon she seemed to want to go hop around. My husband let her out and brought her in the shade. She chilled out for awhile and seems to have got to...

THanks for all the advice. I put some antibiotic ointment on her leg and put her in her coop early for the night to sleep in her nesting box. I also got some aspirin in her, but not much. She is not super interested in drinking. I guess we'll try to keep her in her coop tomorrow and evaluate...