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    year old healthy hens suddenly dying

    I've kept chickens for 20 years. The 4 panties that died had free range of the back yard. The 2 standards do not. They eat the same food, use same waterers and all sleep together in the same coop. The 2 standards are healthy and normal. My bitty girls all got sick in the same manner: no...
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    year old healthy hens suddenly dying

    Now that we've sterilized all feeders and cleaned house and run...After some careful observation we discovered that at dusk a large cat was entering the hen house. It caused quite a ruckus last night, and we are suspicious that it also injured the two banties that died the previous two days -...
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    year old healthy hens suddenly dying

    Did the lice/mites check - I don't see anything. Except for faded comb, they look completely normal. Have isolated the ill one and she seems to be perking up...not excited about eating or drinking though I was able to get a bit down her. Her crop still feels pretty full but she did poop once...
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    year old healthy hens suddenly dying

    Never been wormed, but poo looks normal, not seeing anything unusual. Vents appear normal and healthy. That's why we're so stumped. So I just checked the ill chicken, and her crop is full...so not digesting properly? How can I help her...I've gotten her to eat some cooked egg and take a bit...
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    year old healthy hens suddenly dying

    We've lost 2 hens the past two days and another sick today. Not a mark on them, appear healthy one day, the next day they're ill and by night they're dead. Comb gets pale, breathing appears labored, don't appear to be egg bound. Bodies are not puffy, don't seem to have a full crop. No...
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    Your Chicken Pictures Needed For The BYC 2012 Calendar

    Our little Karen insisted on nesting here so I put some straw in the basket for her.
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    Your Chicken Pictures Needed For The BYC 2012 Calendar

    Lippy hiding from the neighborhood Sharpy
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    hens won't eat layer crumble

    I have 3 hens living the high life in a moderate sized backyard with a nice coop and house. Inside the coop are a waterer and feeder. We now purchase layer crumble for them - as they didn't like pellets. I generally toss a handful of scratch in daily. Two are game banties - very very small...
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    Golden Comet chick - foot injury

    We have a half grown golden comet (sexlink) hen that disappeared for about 36 hours and then returned with a foot injury. She had wandered out of the enclosed back yard with another chick that was was killed (I think by a cat). We searched for hours but were unable to locate "Lippy", finally...
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    Pigeons taking over my chicken feed area

    Help! I have three Old English Game hens, tiny little girls, living happily in my small backyard. They have the chicken house equivalent of "Fort Knox" which they happily go into at night and in inclement weather, but not a secure coop for daytime. They are very safe and secure at night...
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