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    RIR with tumor??

    Karen - I had an xray done this past Wednesday and no eggs were shown - that was my initial concern, too. Good point about the suffering - thanks for your thoughts...
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    RIR with tumor??

    That's what I was afraid of although, I'm aware you haven't seen her. But she's not really interested in your usual "must have" foods today and is pretty much staying under the little coop out of the heat. I think she's happiest out there with her feathered friends and not inside being...
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    hens nesting but no eggs?

    That's what I was kind of thinking, too. I do have a Buff that's broody - we call her Grandma Crazy - quite the show she puts on. Thanks for your feedback!
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    RIR with tumor??

    I have a 3 yo RIR hen and the past month she rarely laid an egg - maybe 2. It's been very hot. But 2 weeks ago I picked her up and noticed her belly - below the vent - was as tight as a drum. Long story short, she had an x-ray and was not eggbound. Fecal test showed no worms. She's barely...
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    hens nesting but no eggs?

    It's been hot, hot, hot here in Hotlanta, but my hens having been getting in their nesting boxes, sitting for a spell, and then no eggs. I have just wormed them in the last week due to fecal cultures showing roundworms. Can anyone shed any light on this behavior? Not sure whether to be...
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    Sudden drop off in eggs - should I be worried????

    I have 3 Ameraucanas - 9 mos old - as well. Two have been laying for the past couple months and one still has not started. Production has really slowed in the last month. I'm worried about the one of the Ameraucanas, Eleanor, because her eggs have randomly been dropped at night with soft...
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    Odd chicken behavior... help!

    That looks like my Lucille! And yes, there are no eggs, she puffs up the feathers on her neck and body and lifts her tail in the air while in the box. Pretty amazing. Thanks for sharing - they're so darn precious!
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    Odd chicken behavior... help!

    Thanks for the info. I did move her to a separate pen. She doesn't get in the nesting boxes there, but appears to have a favorite in the hen house as you mentioned. My husband fabricated a small cover to place in front of the three boxes at night and last night she got on the roost with the...
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    Odd chicken behavior... help!

    Hmmmm... I didn't even think she could be broody without having at least one egg she was sitting on. But that makes sense. In the morning, I put her outside the pen just so she gets some exercise and will at least take some water and food. As soon as she gets a chance to get back into the...
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    Odd chicken behavior... help!

    I have a 9 month old Buff Orpington that acted like she was egg bound a five days ago. The last egg she laid was a week ago. She was laying everyday. All she wants to do is stay in her nesting box. She will drink a little and eat a little, but doesn't want to do anything but be in her...
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    Worried about my Hen's Health

    I'm sorry to hear about your loss of Waffles, too. It's so hard to lose them when it's kind of complicated to figure out what is exactly wrong. I have one 16-wk old Buff that I suspect has Marek's as well. She has had one droopy wing and walks very little. This has been going on for a week...
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    White substance on earlobes of 2 yo Barred Rock

    My 2-year-old Barred Rock was noted to have her ear lobes turning a bit white today. She was also a bit sluggish and tended to want to be quiet and in darker places today - although it was an unseasonably hot spring day here in Atlanta - 85 degrees. She lives in a coop with another 2-year-old...
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    mystery sickness for hen

    The State vet (Georgia) had mentioned getting piperazine to get her started on after she was feeling a bit better. Do most farm supplies carry it on line or do you know where to get it? Thanks for your response by the way!
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    mystery sickness for hen

    I have a very small backyard flock (down to 2 as of one month ago when I lost one hen in one day - never found out exactly what was the problem). For the past month, my Plymouth Barred Rock, Diana, has been going through molting - laying no eggs and being a bit crabby. However, she has had...
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