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    Sudden hen death

    I don't have anything helpful for you, but I'm having a very similar problem!
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    2nd hen deteriorating after 1st suddenly dropped dead?

    Yes plenty. They have a big run with plenty of grit and are offered grit with their food as well.
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    2nd hen deteriorating after 1st suddenly dropped dead?

    No egg that I could feel and she hasn't laid in a couple days. Her vent is small.
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    2nd hen deteriorating after 1st suddenly dropped dead?

    It's possible they ate something but I'm not sure what. They've been in the same coop since I got them, and same run for months now. Sometimes a mouse or a toad will go in the run and get caught (they eat the mice but not the toads). I didn't see any egg bound but I can check more thoroughly up...
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    2nd hen deteriorating after 1st suddenly dropped dead?

    Hello! I currently have a mixed flock of egg-laying hens that I got at the same time from the same hatchery (mostly red sex link, a few Sussex white and poule noir). A few days ago one of my reds was mostly hunched in one corner of the coop and didn't move much or seem interested in food. All...
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    Hen laying only double-yolk eggs??

    One of my Easter Eggers is currently doing this! She about 6 months old and so far most of her eggs have been huge double-yolkers.
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    Giant eggs every time?

    The large eggs don't bother me, I just feel bad for the chicken. They must be monsters to pass through. I hope it's not hurting her.
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    Giant eggs every time?

    How normal is it for a chicken to lay ultra-jumbo eggs almost every time? One of my Easter eggers lays ultra-jumbo eggs more than 50% of the time (2.75 ounces). She's about 6 months old and still getting a hang of the egg laying thing. They're always double yolked. I've seen other people post...
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    DIY electrolytes?

    I do, yes. I think it was the hot weather because as soon as it cooled down a bit their poops got better.
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    Tre3hugger's Rabbit Thread

    My post may have been unclear. I meant the house rabbit stuff for people who want to keep a rabbit as a house pet, not for rabbits that are farm animals. I wasn't suggesting you neuter your animals. I was suggesting that people who want to keep them as personal pets neuter them so they don't...
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    DIY electrolytes?

    Thanks for the tips! Maybe they're not getting enough grit because the plops were quite grassy, as in I could see a few blades of undigested grass. Will take a photo next time if I remember, although whoever had the plops seems to be better today.
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    Tre3hugger's Rabbit Thread

    You may already know about it, but the House Rabbit Society has good info on their website for people wanting rabbits as pets: rabbit.org - they're UK-based if I remember correctly but most of the info will be the same. There are also local house rabbit societies in many states and many offer...
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    Tre3hugger's Rabbit Thread

    Question for you about the ones you sell as pets - do you give people info about keeping rabbits as pets, especially about neutering the boys so they don't spray pee? (Sorry if I missed this in the thread, I read most but not every page.) I volunteer for the local humane society and we get so...
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    DIY electrolytes?

    One of my chickens seems to be have watery poops. It's been hot and they eat a lot of grass, so I'm not too concerned yet (no sign of blood or worms), but I want to give them some electrolytes. When they were chicks I used Sav-A-Chick from the feed store. Has anyone used DIY electrolytes? Do...
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    Free EE Roo in central OH

    We're not allowed to have roosters, so I need to rehome "Priscilla" AKA Prince. He'd make a good rooster for someone's flock. (I'm looking for a home for him, not a dinner pot ;) Prince is an Easter Egger who came from a regional Ohio haterchery. He's a friendly bird, not aggressive at all...
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