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    My hen died after we cleaned around her vent... how could I have prevented this?

    That seems to be the consensus. It’s so hard on your heart losing birds for any reason but I definitely feel a little better with everyone’s words, so thank y’all for that!
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    My hen died after we cleaned around her vent... how could I have prevented this?

    I wish I knew! We have a broody hen who has been kicking the others out of the egg boxes in the main coop (she’s a bully normally anyways) so the other girls have started laying in random spots in the yard, as well as our smaller secondary coop, so I have only been able to really keep track of...
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    My hen died after we cleaned around her vent... how could I have prevented this?

    Thank you for this. I’m trying to reassure myself because it was such a freak thing. Like literally had some warm water running over her vent area for maybe a minute, and she was not being held upside down (which I have read can cause them to aspirate) and she went limp. But I still can’t help...
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    My hen died after we cleaned around her vent... how could I have prevented this?

    Yeah we tried calming her, but I think it had to have been painful for her because we weren’t rinsing the area for more than a minute. I honestly don’t know if we could have prevented this doing it at any other time because of that, but I definitely won’t be trying to clean any of the other...
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    My hen died after we cleaned around her vent... how could I have prevented this?

    We had only had her for maybe a minute and that’s when this happened, she was definitely stressed but I didn’t realize how bad it was. Cleaning her was definitely necessary though, I didn’t take pictures but she had to have been in pain for a while because of this. It was SO inflamed. But I feel...
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    My hen died after we cleaned around her vent... how could I have prevented this?

    One of our Lavender Orps has had an issue keeping her vent clear of poop for as long as I can remember. Recently the feathers under her vent have been falling out and the skin underneath was very red and inflamed. Today we used warm water to try and clean the remaining poop off so the area...
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    Does my chicken need a friend?

    My parents had a solo chicken who showed up as a stray and was happy for years, so that’s why I didn’t even realize they would NEED a companion until doing some reading on here! But looking back she probably found her friend in their barn cat who was her buddy. we will have to see how she does...
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    Does my chicken need a friend?

    so a companion is definitely necessary you’d say? She isn’t laying quite yet so it’s hard to judge her demeanor based on that, but we plan to keep a close eye on her to see.
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    Does my chicken need a friend?

    I have 8 chickens total, but I keep my two Easter Eggers separate because one has a slipped tendon (this happened when she was about 8 weeks old and was not fixable per our poultry vet) and I don't want the other 6 picking on her. These two have been together since I brought them home when they...
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    Hello!

    (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? -I am new to having my own chickens as of 2020, however I had chickens growing up in my later teens! I got our first flock of 6 from a local man where I live, back in April. (2) How many chickens do you have right now? -Currently we...
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