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    Help please - Laying Hen Hurt Her Leg

    Thank you! I'll get those started right away! It didn't occur to me they would be picking out only certain things from the mix. When they were babies I would blend the whole grains and add warm water to make a paste, which they loved.
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    Help please - Laying Hen Hurt Her Leg

    Yes vaccinated. No other symptoms, she's very alert. I did compare the legs again yesterday and they were the same. I don't feel any heat or see swelling. We have gently felt the legs and joints, but will do it again today to make sure there's nothing new. Thank you! I will start researching...
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    Help please - Laying Hen Hurt Her Leg

    No grip or movement in the toes or foot. She still uses the leg to scratch the ground, the top joint seems to work fine. She doesn't stand on it at all. No swelling, not even a little, her legs are light colored and there is no noticeable coloring. No rooster. She's not alpha in the flock, so...
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    Help please - Laying Hen Hurt Her Leg

    Homestead Harvest layer feed, grass and lettuce, the occasional kitchen scraps, BSF worms as treats. I also soak/ferment the feed too.
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    Help please - Laying Hen Hurt Her Leg

    Hi All! One of my hens mysteriously hurt her leg. They were out in their pasture as usual then when I checked on them about an hour later she was limping a little. We looked her over a few times that day and no visible cause. By Day 3 she was much better, almost walking normal again. But the...
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    Ongoing Aggression or Bullying?

    I don't have any pictures at the moment, but we did thorough checks on all of them for skin issues/parasites and nothing found. I use sand in the coop and run and am a neat freak so they have a sanitary home. They just recently molted and no issues, all feathers grew back. They have pasture, a...
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    Ongoing Aggression or Bullying?

    I thought this too but wasn't sure at first, thank you for your suggestion :)
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    Ongoing Aggression or Bullying?

    I've tried searching for a similar post on this issue, but no luck. I have 4 wyandottes and 4 EE. As of May they turned 1 year old and the feather plucking began. First with one EE and then a second. Then one wyandotte's butt feathers were all plucked out then another started having it happen to...
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    Hen with feather loss around vent.

    Did the diaper rash cream help? I'm having the same issue and trying to find a solution.
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    Hi! New member here

    Hi! I was surprised at how efficient they were at removing all the weeds and grass, then digging in the soil and of course pooping everywhere haha. Once the garden soil was ready, I tilled it all in. Now if only I could train them to eat the bad bugs this summer and not the vegetables, that...
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    Hi! New member here

    Thank you!
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    I'm a new chicken/duck mom

    Hi! That's an amazing goal you have to sell produce/flowers at market! I found the book The Chicken Health Handbook by Gail Damerow to have a good amount of information for the overall health of chickens.
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    Hi! New member here

    Hi everyone! New to chickens and I love my girls, they are so entertaining! I have 4 easter eggers and 4 columbian wyandottes. They started laying eggs in December and will be a year old next month. Building my first coop was a great learning experience and it's just been so fun raising...
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