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    Lash Egg or Shell-less?

    Thanks for your reply! Makes me feel better that both of you think just shell-less. I will keep giver her calcium in the meantime. She was acting pretty normal this evening - eating and roaming around the yard. Yesterday she wouldn’t even eat mealworms! My grandma always told me when an animal...
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    Lash Egg or Shell-less?

    Thank you both for your replies! That makes me feel better. She’s acting pretty normal now. Thanks for your reply! I give them Purina Layena which I think has good calcium content? They also have free choice oyster shell, but I switched their litter to straw a few weeks ago and they keep...
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    Lash Egg or Shell-less?

    Yesterday I noticed my Plymouth Rock acting strange. She's usually very active but was moping around. I looked her over and found something odd stuck to her feathers near her vent (see first picture). I am trying to figure out if this is a lash-egg or just a shell-less egg. Initially I thought...
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    Suspecting peritonitis. Looking for advice.

    I recently treated a hen with peritonitis. First I kept her on a broad spectrum antibiotic which went in her water. After she went back to the coop she was fine for a few days then seemed to be backtracking so I got clavamox from my vet and gave it twice daily for another couple weeks. This...
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    Brahma refuses to perch

    Thanks for your reply - I’ve been trying to place her on the roost when I can, hoping she’ll get the hang of it again. I think I’ll block nesting boxes and try this a few more nights, then, if she still not choosing to roost I will make her a box so she has her own place to sleep without danger...
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    Brahma refuses to perch

    Thanks for the suggestion. I think it may be best to just let her sleep on the ground but I hadn’t considered creating a designated spot for her. I like that idea - keeps her from getting pooped on and hopefully reduces stress.
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    Brahma refuses to perch

    Hi there - thanks for your reply! I tried that, but she just sleeps on the floor under the perches. It’s not a big coop so then that puts her in the poop firing line from the other birds who are perching - yuck!
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    Brahma refuses to perch

    Thanks for your reply! I think bullying is definitely a possible cause. She’s definitely bottom of the pecking order and if she was a school age child I’d probably describe her as sensitive 😉. Anything you think I can do to help the situation? It’s a smallish coop so I’m not sure how to make...
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    Brahma refuses to perch

    Hi all - I'm looking for advice about roosting behavior or lack thereof. I have a Brahma hen (a little over a year old) who refuses to perch at night. Instead she mostly sleeps in the nesting box. She perched with the 3 other birds until a couple months ago, then he just stopped. She is not...
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    sighing noise and other worrying behavior

    Hi everyone, My 8 month old Brahma has me really worried. Today she started making this almost constant low-volume sighing noise. It seems to be in time with her breathing. This hen has been hiccuping or sneezing for months but because she had no other respiratory symptoms I didn't worry about...
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    Consistent layer stopped laying

    Thank you for your reply! I wondered if that could be the root of the problem. I'm hoping to get two new hens this week. I was supposed to get them last week but panicked about the gape worm. I will keep working on it.
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    Consistent layer stopped laying

    Hi there, I've had chickens for about a year now so I'm still a novice and am in need of your advice and wisdom! I live in an urban environment and so kept my flock to just 3 hens so far. In the past couple of months I have had a rash of illnesses. First I Iost a hen who was egg-bound, then...
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