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    Chicken unable to stand/walk

    Hi, I have a 3ish year old chicken who has been unwell for almost a week. The first couple of days she seemed very unwell - just sat in the coop with laboured breathing and looked very off colour. Based on how unwell she looked I had thought she was on her way out, but she then perked up a bit...
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    Some of flock stopped laying

    Thanks everyone. Really good to know. As long as they stay happy I will wait it out and see what happens. At least 2 of them are still laying to keep me going with eggs!
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    Some of flock stopped laying

    Thanks for your reply! I guess it possible, it just seems early to me (much earlier than last year) and it was also very obvious from their behaviour that they were molting previously. My plan was to wait for them to molt and hope they start laying again afterwards but want to check there wasn't...
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    Some of flock stopped laying

    We have 5 chickens (all different breeds) that are all roughly 2 - 2 1/2 years old. One of them stopped laying properly a while ago and was having the odd day of looking under the weather and laid a couple of just yolks and since then hasn't laid. I am fairly certain she has stopped laying for...
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    New chicken being pecked

    Thanks for your reply aart. Any experience on how long to keep them separated? Do we wait until the feathers grow back? Pretty new to chicken keeping so your help is much appreciated!
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    New chicken being pecked

    Hi all, We recently added a couple of new chickens to our flock. We tried to introduce them gradually, keeping them separate but next to each other for a few days and introducing them at night etc. There was still a bit of scuffling and chasing around, but its been 2 and a half weeks and they...
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