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    Rapid weight loss and swollen abdomen in a khaki Campbell

    I posted last week about my khaki Campbell having a swollen squishy abdomen. Now she is skin and bones, still has the enlarged abdomen that's not hard and can't walk very far without falling. Does anybody know how I co help her?
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    Duck with swollen abdomen

    Thanks, I'll look into it.
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    Duck with swollen abdomen

    I have a 7 month old khaki Campbell female that has a very swollen squishy abdomen. When you push on it she gasps. She's not have hard breathing but opens her mouth every now and then. Does anybody know what could be her problem?
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    Young hen doesn't lay

    My hens just don't lay eggs. I don't know if they are deficient in something or what. I have a rhode island red that is about 2 and half years old and lays about one egg a year now. I have an Americauna that is about the same age and lays in stages. She goes several months without laying...
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    Hens don't lay eggs

    Thanks poor girls must be out of their prime.
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    Hens don't lay eggs

    Nobody has been sick or anything. They've been doing this for over a year now.
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    Hens don't lay eggs

    I have 2 Rhode Island reds, 2 spotted Sussex and 1 bantam Americana and a wellsummer. I get 1 egg probably every 4-6 months. That seems a bit low out of 6 chickens under 3 years old.
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    Hens don't lay eggs

    I have 6 chickens that are between 2-3 years old and I get 1 egg every few months. When they were about a year we got eggs constantly but now it's rarely. I finally got an egg from this one hen the other day and she hasn't laid in over a year. Does anybody know what could be their problem or...
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    Sort of lethargic, stuffy sounding nose and tail down hen

    Thanks for the info. I have some left over antibiotics from a sick chicken from a while ago. I hope your rooster gets better.
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    Sort of lethargic, stuffy sounding nose and tail down hen

    Yesterday afternoon, I noticed my copper maran was just laying in the yard by herself. Earlier that day she seemed active and staying with the rest of the flock roaming the yard. For the rest of the day she kind of just stayed by herself with her tail down and sounding like she had a stuffy...
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    Hen pecking at back

    I have a 10 month old rhode Island red and she just started laying eggs this week. The problem I'm having with her is she started pecking out feathers on an area on her back. She constantly keeps pecking at it to where she has a bald spot about the size of a half dollar. What could it be...
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    Hen's have never laid eggs

    I read that but it doesn't seem like anything they have.
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    Are your May babies laying?

    I have 4 girls that are from march and none of them have started laying yet. I hope they will eventually lay, I'm still having to buy eggs from the store
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    Hen's have never laid eggs

    The two that are laying frequently are americaunas. The ones that have never laid are two sister rhode Island reds, and the other is an americauna. The one that started laying but stopped is a copper maran. The americauna that hasn't ever laid got conjunctivitis so I put all the girls on...
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    Hen's have never laid eggs

    I have 3 hens who are about 8 months old and they have never laid an egg. I also have a 8 month old hen that started laying eggs very regularly a couple months ago. But I had to put them all on antibiotics and ever since then she has only laid 2 eggs in three months. I have 2 10 month old hen's...
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