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    8 m/o pullet stopped laying, not eating, lost weight (Update - hen died)

    Sadly, Maple died last night about 10 minutes after your post. We had given her some antibiotic late in the afternoon but was too late to be of any good. We also had another pullet who died about an hour beforehand. That one had an impacted crop that we had been treating for a few days and...
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    8 m/o pullet stopped laying, not eating, lost weight (Update - hen died)

    Well, after all that optimism about her doing better, today she reverted to not eating at all but her crop still has some food in it. I don't know if she got chilled last night since the outdoor temps were in the low 20's and she is in an unheated room off the kitchen. Today she has been in...
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    8 m/o pullet stopped laying, not eating, lost weight (Update - hen died)

    That is rather odd. Maple seems to be a bit better today since she drank a little on her own. And I'm beginning to wonder if she doesn't have enteritis, too .... I ran across this thread (not even sure how I even ran across it - every thing is blurring together)...
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    8 m/o pullet stopped laying, not eating, lost weight (Update - hen died)

    We have had experience with egg yolk peritonitis in the past with a few hens and she does not have the same symptoms. I believe that the difficulty walking that my daughter reported on was from dehydration. I did not see it happen the day the pullet appeared ill but later on I noticed that she...
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    8 m/o pullet stopped laying, not eating, lost weight (Update - hen died)

    Since my daughter started this thread we've treated her with Safeguard about 8 days ago and, so far, really no change. It appears that she has plateaued. She still is not drinking on her own and doesn't really eat a whole lot but she does like to eat yogurt, crumbles and cracked (more like...
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    8 m/o pullet stopped laying, not eating, lost weight (Update - hen died)

    (Feathyr here - I forgot my password and ended up having to use mom's account.) Two days ago, my eight (8) month-old Welsumer pullet began showing signs of illness. Her tail droops, she's lost quite a bit of weight and she eats litle. Yet, she continues to drink, forage, talks to me, and is...
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    New BYC Shirts - My Pet Makes Me Breakfast

    Seconding, thirding... whatever-ing the call for a hoodie!
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    Day 21 tomorrow and still no "pips" today?

    (This is hobomom's daughter, I have her permission to post from her account.) I second bobbi-j, chicks don't always hatch exactly at twenty-one days - sometimes it can take more, sometimes less. I would give them another three or four days to hatch. And while I'm on the topic, I would like to...
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    Heavily Impacted Crop

    (I would have posted this in the title, but unfortunately I have no clue as to how to edit my posts.) Anyways, I have a positive update! Chick-A-Dee finally recovered from her crop impaction about a month after this thread began. We were in the process of moving and I didn't have an chance to...
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    Heavily Impacted Crop

    Thank you for your response and your advice! For the time being, we'll continue isolating her, keeping her off food, using the olive oil method and see if there are any improvements. Should we consider heating the olive oil, or just leave it at room temperature (roughly 70 degrees) ? The...
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    Heavily Impacted Crop

    (This is hobomom's daughter just using her account.) My beloved Americauna, Chick-A-Dee, has once again come down with a case of impacted crop. At first, I wasn't worried, because she's had this before and, after a healthy dose of oil and some massaging, she'll be fine. However, she's been...
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    california - CENTRAL COAST

    Hello from Atascadero.
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    How much do your chickens eat? :D

    We have 23 hens, a goose and a duck. They all go through a little more than 100 lbs a month and they get to free range for a few hours every day in a fenced area that we move around in the yard for them. They all get veggies, grain or treats. Something you may want to consider is are your...
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    !! BYC Recognition Awards ~ January-March 2013 WINNERS ANNOUNCED !!

    Congratulations to everyone!
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    The 2nd Official BYC Coloring Book Contest! Ends Sept. 30th!

    Here's our entry. (Done by my daughter, Kirsten.... my drawing skills are stick figures and, well, you can't color in stick figure drawings, can you??!) There's some really nice submissions so far, keep up the good work!
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