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    Sneaky hen!

    I adore this story!! Thanks for sharing. :) I have an ex battery hen myself; she's the reason I got chickens to begin with, and she is such a little character.
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    Indoor chicken coop

    I am also in Ohio! Cannot believe how freakin' cold it is lately. O_o I've been taking warm water out to my girls 3 times a day because my waterers freeze within an hour (and I don't want to run electricity to the coop). This is how my ex-battery hen became so tame. Her foster mum kept her...
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    Indoor chicken coop

    Thanks for rescuing her! I also have a rescued hen who led me to getting my first little flock. :) I agree that keeping her inside is your best option for the time being. I'm not sure where you live but it's COLD here, and I'd be very worried about a single chicken generating enough body heat...
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    Chair by the Chicken Coop Club

    Thank you! Thanks! I'm going to have to put a proper chair out as I needed that cinderblock for something and am now chair less. Doh! I'm tickled that i have a little freeloading namesake. xD
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    My first little flock!

    It's been a rather tense introduction to chicken keeping for me! 2 days after I lost Peckington, a large branch fell near the coop and scared the girls. Meatbutt was hollering so loud to get my attention. Poor Agatha was inside the coop when it fell and seems to have flown into the wall with...
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    My first little flock!

    Thank you. <3 I opened her up and found a huge lash egg that had ruptured the oviduct. It was probably the cause of her constipation, too, since it was taking up so much space. I'm reading up on lash eggs now. I had heard of them but want to understand them better.
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    Dead hen; opinions needed

    I opened her up and found a huge lash egg that had ruptured the oviduct. :( It might have been responsible for her constipation since it was taking up so much space. Poor girl.
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    Dead hen; opinions needed

    My husband is a biologist so we're thinking about bringing her in to lab to do the necropsy ourselves.
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    Dead hen; opinions needed

    Thank you. No signs of any of those diseases. :( She went from totally normal, to very slightly morose/out of sorts, to dead.
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    My first little flock!

    Sad news this morning: found Peckington dead in the nest box. :( I started a thread in the emergency/health forum. Please weigh in if you have any thoughts: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/dead-hen-opinions-needed.1212367/
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    Dead hen; opinions needed

    Hi folks. Woke up this morning to what we all dread: one of my girls was dead in the nest box. :( I've only had these ladies since Friday. One is 7-8 years old, the others 2-3. The one who died is one of the younger girls. No sign of lice or ticks. No discharge from nostrils, beak, or cloaca...
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    My first little flock!

    Thank you so much to everyone for the warm welcome (or welcome back, I suppose)! This is such a fabulous forum. I have not posted much but I read here almost every day. So much great information! Thank you! For the few days I had Bobette, I used a covered x-pen during the day so she could be...
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    Cackleberry Cottage the exterior

    Wow, it looks fantastic! I'm so glad you love it, too. :) I have been following your progress thread and know you had some concerns along the way.
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    Chair by the Chicken Coop Club

    I would love to join! I made a makeshift seat so I can hang with my new girls. :)
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    New From Kentucky

    Welcome to the forum! I am also a new chicken mum, and your 'neighbour' in Ohio. :) What kind of chickens do you have? Pics are welcome! ;)
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