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    Senior Hen Egg Laying Problems- Peritonitis?

    Thank-you for responding. We finally found a poultry vet and had an appointment this morning, but it was too late, she was so weak and passed away during the vet visit. 😢
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    Senior Hen Egg Laying Problems- Peritonitis?

    Hi, Looking for advice on what to do. We have an 11 year old (almost 12) senior Ameraucana hen. Over the past 3 years she stopped producing eggs except for 1 or 2 soft-shelled eggs per year that usually break inside of her. We managed to find vets who treat chickens for each of those episodes...
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    What feed is best for an elderly chicken?

    It sounds like Mable is one tough girl. Ginger has put us through some scares. This has been our first experience raising chickens and they were mostly pets the eggs were just a bonus. We started with 4: a polish, buff, and 2 EE. Ginger is the only one left. A few years ago, we lost our last...
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    What feed is best for an elderly chicken?

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    What feed is best for an elderly chicken?

    Thank-you so much for the information! There is so much info on raising younger chickens but not much on the seniors. It looks like you are doing something right to have so many live to an old age. Ginger is a family pet and our first experience raising chickens. She is the only one left from...
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    What feed is best for an elderly chicken?

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    What feed is best for an elderly chicken?

    Our Easter egger, Ginger, turned 10 this summer. For the most part, she has stopped laying. But the past 2 years she laid 2-3 eggs and each year she had problems where the shells were too thin or shell-less and broke inside her. We were able to nurse her through each of these episodes. We have...
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    Older Chicken - Vent Gleet? or Infection from broken egg?

    Thank-you so much for your advice!! We ended up taking Ginger into a vet. She did have part of a soft shell still inside of her that had to be removed and she was dehydrated and needed fluids. She's on an antibiotic and pain medicine and is doing much better. That is good to know about the dawn...
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    Older Chicken - Vent Gleet? or Infection from broken egg?

    Our pet chicken Ginger is an Easter Egger who will be 10 next week and does not lay eggs very often. Last year she had a soft shelled egg rupture and she was able to pass it and recovered after 48 hours without any treatment. It appears that she passed another soft or shell-less egg 2 days ago...
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