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    hen stopped laying

    Thank you. I'm hoping you are right and it is due to the heat. I have looked everywhere outside the coop for her eggs. I have taken a flashlight to look under our porch, but I can't get under it. From my view , I see no eggs.
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    hen stopped laying

    My americauna is 9 months old. She was laying everyday until 3 weeks ago. I've only gotten 3 eggs in 3 weeks. Nothing has changed except it has become very hot here, 90 plus. She free ranges but I did contain her for a while just in case she was laying someplace else. But no luck. She isn't...
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    Injured leg

    Mrs. B, Thank you for the information. So, it looks like it is bumble foot. I had never heard of that. I am grateful for the information. I looked up treatment and I am not good with the thought of taking a blade to my hen. I think I'll be taking her to the vet tomorrow. If you have any...
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    Unknown predator returned my hen

    Thank you for your thought. I don't think it was a mink though because I don't live near water.
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    Injured leg

    My hen is suddenly limping and won't put weight on her right foot. She was free ranging and I had checked on her 20 minutes before she started limping. I have no idea what happened. Her leg doesn't appear to be broken. When she tries to put weight on her foot her wing goes out and she falls...
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    Unknown predator returned my hen

    Thank you. I hadn't thought about a dog or cat finding it and not being the killer. Perhaps a coon or fox did the worst part. Thanks for your input.
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    Unknown predator returned my hen

    I had just 2 hens. I let them free range during the day. When I returned home yesterday around 5:00 I found 3 piles of feathers from my buff. So sad. To make it worse this morning my hen had been returned with a missing head and one leg. And body feathers missing. What would not eat her...
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