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    Please help me with sick hen, crop issues

    I have a hen recovering from sour crop right now. I used the advice in the article that Eggcessive posted. I just wanted to mention that wet cat food pate seems to be a highly desirable food for my sick hens that don't want to eat much. I use Sheba beef flavor pate in the little single-serve...
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    How long before sour crop improvement after treatment?

    Update, my hen seemed fully recovered this morning! Her crop was finally completely empty, no smelly breath or squishy crop. Yay! So 5 days of treatment with 2% miconazole (2x a day), coconut oil (2x a day), probiotics, and ACV in the water seems to have done the trick. I will continue the...
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    Bubbly eye

    Will do. Thank you for your help!
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    Bubbly eye

    Yes I believe it is all dried drainage. It looks like black specks in some places, but I think it's dried on dust/dirt. I do happen to have Tylosin on hand already so I'll go ahead and treat her. Her eye does look a lot like the pictures of MG. Would it be beneficial to treat the whole flock...
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    Bubbly eye

    Another day, another health issue with my flock. This time I've got a 6.5 year old EE with something funky going on with her left eye. It's a little watery, swollen, with clear bubbles on the inner corner. She's also acting a little slower than typical, hanging inside instead of out in the run...
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    How long before sour crop improvement after treatment?

    Crop wasn't a big squishy water balloon today (yay!), but still seemed pretty full for the time of day (early morning). I'm continuing treatment as recommended for a few more days. I think a contributing factor might be that she's a big eater. She regularly fills her crop up until it's larger...
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    Post First Egg Pictures Here ❤️

    3 of my 8 new pullets have begun laying in the last week. They are giving me a beautiful rainbow so far! Olive Egger, Easter Egger, and Speckled Sussex. Can't wait for the others to lay for even more colors!
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    How long before sour crop improvement after treatment?

    I swear my pullets are giving me a crash course in chicken healthcare this year. I have a 22 week old olive egger hen with suspected sour crop. 2 days ago I noticed her crop seemed huge. I felt it, and it was full of food, not hard or impacted, just like she had stuffed herself with too much to...
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    Welsummer and Marans, seeking insight!

    I added a Black Copper Marans and a Welsummer to my flock this year. They're only 22 weeks old pullets, so some of the behaviors I have seen might change as they mature. Both handled our record breaking summer heat waves this summer just fine when my EEs were struggling (upstate NY, upper 90s...
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    Hen going blind

    Following because I also have a hen who i think is beginning to lose her sight as well. My hen is 7.5 years old. I have found that she's able to be more active in brighter light (I think it helps her differentiate distance/objects/shadows better), so I've been leaving the coop lights on for her...
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    Dirt-flavored eggs

    I've had eggs that tasted or smelled "fishier" than average, but never like dirt, and never all of the hens at the same time, just one or two eggs here or there. I can almost always connect the off-flavor to something the hens had been eating (like extra high-protein treats or something.) Could...
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    Old hen laying soft shell eggs while roosting at night

    Yes, otherwise a very healthy hen. I'll try supplementing. Thanks!
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    Old hen laying soft shell eggs while roosting at night

    How common is it for an older hen (6 y/o) to occasionally start laying soft shelled eggs on the roost at night? I mistakingly thought the few soft shells I've been finding up on the poop boards were from my 21-week old pullets just beginning to lay. But I caught it on camera last night and it's...
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    What time of day do YOUR chickens lay?

    My two laying old ladies (6 and 7 years old) have a very consistent egg cycle. It's something like 30 hours long. So one day they'll lay early in the morning, the next day they'll lay in the afternoon, the next day they'll take a break, and then the cycle repeats. They never lay after about 5pm...
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    Beak injury, pain medication?

    That seems likely. She could have gotten it stuck in the hardware cloth of the run trying to grab a bug or something. I will keep giving her mushy food and hopefully the pain subsides soon. Thank you for the links!
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