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    Chicken didn't want to leave coop this morning, seems weak.

    In surgery, the vet tore up her insides trying to get at a piece of metal that was poisoning her. It’s a U-shaped stainless steel thing, looks like a ‘keeper’ from a motorcycle part or something like that… Pattie (now alone) was calling for her until I looked at her and shook my head a few...
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    Chicken didn't want to leave coop this morning, seems weak.

    Grascie is behaving normally and seems happy. She gets two shots for the metal in her blood each day, and two .5 cc beakfulls of antibiotics. The vet will decide when to operate to remove the metal if it is still stuck in her gizzard Wednesday. Meantime, we are over-feeding her to try and...
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    Chicken didn't want to leave coop this morning, seems weak.

    So -75 miles and $365 later, I get to wait and see, give her another EDTA shot tonight - then when/if she is strong enough, and take her back tomorrow morning, and set up a surgery... She has two problems: 1. A massive egg seems to be stuck in the channel, the vet could just feel it. He will...
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    Chicken didn't want to leave coop this morning, seems weak.

    We have two hens,one of them is a Sussex hen a year old, who has been eating well and laying eggs with no problems. This morning she didn't follow her friend out into the yard, which is where they run to and poop as soon as I open up. She sat at the door and looks weak and confused. She just...
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    Biker chicks

    Does anyone take their chicken for rides? I know parrots LOVE to be in the car, but Gracie seems to be fascinated by the motorcycle.. just wondering if it's been done successfully.
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    laying softshelled eggs

    May I add a question to this thread? I got some great advice here a couple of months ago, so I thought I would check here again with this problem - related to soft eggs. We have two chickens about 8 months old. We feed our extra parrot greens (mixed vegetables of all kinds) to the chickens...
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    Do I have trouble here...?

    there's a poo page..... OK,thanks! I'm going to do the oyster shell thing, too..
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    Do I have trouble here...?

    Thank you ! I'll not kill the cat, then...
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    Do I have trouble here...?

    We have two hens, hatched in Sept and Oct. and have been delighted with the eggs they have been creating. A couple of things have me worried, though... 1. I have noticed a crumbly deposition on the shell of many eggs, it rubs off easily but is curious. 2. This morning a broken egg was...
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    Arizona Chickens

    Quote: Wonder if a fan would dry the chickens too much? If the air is dry and you blow it over the chickens... How about one of those summer-play things, fans with misters built onto them (for kids, originally)? Need to post a question about strange eggs - how do I initiate a post here...
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    Why are they so LOUD?

    I was surprised to see that egg laying was painful to the young hens. They seem to push in cycles just like a human in labor until the thing is out and they do this almsot every day this was distressing to discover - let me tell you... I'm hoping it gets easier after a while. Some...
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