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    Sick hen won't stand for long

    She has not been dewormed. I didn't consider it since I haven't seen issues in poops, and we live in such a dry climate. She has lost some weight though. No bloat, and her crop is fairly firm, about the size of a ping-pong ball. She just ate some food. No, she hasn't been laying at all. And...
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    Sick hen won't stand for long

    I have a 2 year old Buff Orpington hen who has seemed sickly for a couple of months and is really getting picked on. She stopped sleeping on a roosting bar, and instead sleeps on the floor of the henhouse every night. She will go out to the run each day and seems to eat and drink ok, and loves a...
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    Hen in distress seems egg-bound, but no egg

    Thank you so much for your reply. I read it last night and prepared to move her to cooler shelter today when it warmed back up, but it turned out to be a cooler day. Maybe she is just being very dramatically broody? She again wants to spend all her time in nesting boxes. She is walking fine and...
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    Hen in distress seems egg-bound, but no egg

    One of my 14 month old Buff Orpington hens has been puffing up and hanging out in a nesting box since yesterday afternoon. She is panting a lot because its hot in the hen house. I physically checked her vent for an egg and there is none. Her poop seems a little runny, but like I said it has been...
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    Discouraging Roo from Biting Hen's Head

    Yes, they are all the same age. Cold is Colorado cold - current average low in the teens and 20s but will dip way lower in the next couple of months.
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    Discouraging Roo from Biting Hen's Head

    Thanks for your replies. Is it ok to separate him by himself in a small coop right next to the hens? Would he be alright with the cold weather - they all huddle on the roosts in the henhouse at night
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    Discouraging Roo from Biting Hen's Head

    Thanks for your reply. He is 6 months old. What age is maturity for roos?
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    Discouraging Roo from Biting Hen's Head

    Hi new friends! I'm told it is pretty normal for my rooster (Joe Cocker) to bite at the head/neck when mating, but my roo has no swag with the girls yet and is stripping their heads almost bald and sometimes injuring them. He has a few favorites of the 14 hens, and I'd like to discourage it. I'm...
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    Hi There from Colorado :)

    Hi all, I'm a new chicken tender with 15 gorgeous Buff Orpingtons; 1 roo and 14 big hens. The roo was a surprise but we're giving it a go. They are 6 months old now, and we've had them since a couple days old. I am really enjoying them and learning a lot. Happy to find this tremendous resource...
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