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    Mycoplasma UK

    I had a hen that laid soft shelled eggs but now she has stopped laying and has foamy eyes. The vet suspected Mycoplasma and prescribed Tylan soluble which I added to the water for 5 days, she is in a seperate coop but next to the others so she can see them. She still didn't look good so a few...
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    Laboured Breathing swollen nostrils

    Hi StaceyH thanks so much for enquiring after my hen. She is doing OK when she is out and about in the day you can hardly notice it, she is still eating well and a good weight. But when you see her on the perch at night she has noticeably more laboured breathing than the rest. I am beginning to...
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    hen laboured breathing

    Thankyou eggcessive for taking the time to get back to me. I gave her a real pamper session this morning and looked in her mouth and all round her beak and couldn't find anything obviously wrong, I also checked her belly as I had been reading about squishiness between the legs, again all seemed...
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    hen laboured breathing

    My rescue hen is only just growing her feathers back so looks a bit scruffy but is well in herself eating well and a good weight. But I am worried about her breathing
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    Laboured Breathing swollen nostrils

    One of my rescue hens has quite noisy breathing the nostril looks narrow and she has a lump above her nostrils. She is eating and happy in herself, isn't laying anymore. This might not be relevant to the problem but her background is she had very few feathers when she arrived and all her other...
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    feather loss on neck and belly

    I didn't find any other reason other than moulting but she didn't moult anywhere else just her belly and neck. She was like that for several months and then it just grew back again.
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    sick hen

    We have a brown lohmann who must be 6 or 7 years old now and as tough as they come, always boss hen, she has survived numerous dog, fox and pine marten attacks and is the oldest member of our flock. But a couple of days ago she didn't come for breakfast with the rest and is standing by herself...
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    Lemon Pekin

    Question: Are lemon pekin bantams and lemon cuckoo pekin bantams the same or different? thanks
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    feather loss on neck and belly

    Thanks for your reply, she is 3 years old and hasn't molted before. I will give her some extra protein and see how she gets on. thanks
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    feather loss on neck and belly

    2 of our hens started loosing feathers on the bellies and i thoroughly checked for mites and dusted whole coop with dic earth. One of them now has feather loss on her neck and it looks very red, I spray with purple spray to stop others pecking at it but I haven't seen any evidence of her being...
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    Letting chicks out with mother hen

    My buff orpington has raised 4 lovely gold laced orpington bantams. They have been in a run next to the main hen house all the time and the chicks are now 10 weeks and mum is still with them. At what age can should I let them out with the big girls who free range the whole of the woods and...
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