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    Sluggish Chicken, won't eat

    We thought of the heat stroke idea too and gave her a bath to cool her down. Her coop is in the shade all day and there is plenty of ventilation. It is cool today (rain) and she has not improved. The hens are about a year old and free range at times with our other coop hens which show no signs...
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    Sluggish Chicken, won't eat

    Thanks for the info. Chickens were inoculated for Mareck's and I was told it is very rare on the east coast (NY). I was told by a vet to try dry cat food which chickens will eat when they will not eat anything else.
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    Sluggish Chicken, won't eat

    I have a Blue Cochin who was paired with another hen. We were away on vacation and had our neighbor taking care of our hens. When we returned late Friday night I went down to the coops and locked the girls in. In the morning I went down to let the girls out and found a hen dead in the pen. She...
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    Reintroduction

    I need some advise. We had a problem with our chickens a week ago and thought there was cannabalism going on. We seperated a Blue Cochin from the other hens because she was missing feathers around her rump. After a week, I tried to reintroduce her to the other hens and she was immediately...
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    Two dead chickens

    It looks like I may have found the answer. While inspecting the coop and the pen area for clues, I discovered a sharp stick pointing up about 4 inches under the middle of the coop. I believe that the hens impaled themselves and may have ripped themselves open trying to escape. The other hens...
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    Two dead chickens

    Thanks for the info. The dead hens had their abdomens sliced open. The intestines hung out of the wound. Their rectums were not touched. We have seperated them in the daytime and are keeping them together in the henhouse during the night with lights off and a flat panel heater on. The fourth hen...
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    Two dead chickens

    We recently lost two chickens to what we believe is a predator but are not sure. Both chickens (one each day) were eviscerated but were not eaten. They both survived for a while but had to be put down because their intestines had prolapsed outside their bodies. This seemed to happen between 3...
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