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    Lethargic 5 month old hen

    All resolved. I started feeding her high calcium foods (yogurt, chard, kale & more oyster shell) and increased her scratch a bit. I started giving her and the girls more kitchen scraps - mostly veggies. And she passed the egg about 5 days later. Egg laying is increasing in frequency and she...
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    Lethargic 5 month old hen

    Thank you! i fed her yogurt last night and treated them all to some banana. This morning she was a bit more chipper and moving better. I'll give her a bath today and see how that works out. I watched her poop a black turd this morning, so I guess that's proof that she ate. Yay! What a...
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    Lethargic 5 month old hen

    My hen started laying last week. She dropped two eggs while I was out of town for the weekend (first eggs and I wasn't around to see it!) and hasn't laid anymore (7 days now). She refuses to use her roost and nest - but she laid the eggs in the same location in the garden. Since i have been back...
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