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    Strange Growth - cyst? Eggbound??

    Another update - and some good news! The Barred Rocks feathers have all finished growing back, and she has been laying us beautiful big brown eggs She still walks with a bit of a waddle due to the the lump (which hasn't grown), but she is eating well, looks healthy with bright red comb and...
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    Nesting, then egg song.. but no egg!

    She did the same again today... and she's not moulting. Not sure about laying internally either. She was funny when she first started laying - she nested and sang the egg song and walked out of the coop. I ran over and there was no egg! Walking back to the house she stopped, and her first egg...
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    Nesting, then egg song.. but no egg!

    Hi all, I have a 18 month old RIR hen who has always been a good layer. The past maybe six weeks she has not laid. The other hens slowed down also, but we put this down to the extraordinarily wet weather we have had here (the city even flooded this week - luckily we are on high ground). The...
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    Strange Growth - cyst? Eggbound??

    Just an update on our hen. She is growing her feathers back and does not seem to be losing weight. You can feel her breasbone, but she definately has fleshy pads on each side which have not changed. The lump is still there, but does not seem to have grown any. She is still eating well, but...
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    Strange Growth - cyst? Eggbound??

    Thanks speckledhen, after doing a bit of research about internal laying I think you may be right. Is there any treatment at all?
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    Strange Growth - cyst? Eggbound??

    1) What type of bird , age and weight. - 15 month old barred rock hen, normal weight to heavy 2) What is the behavior, exactly. - normal, behaviour, eating and drinking - not sure if still laying 3) How long has the bird been exhibiting symptoms? - I first noticed that her feathers were hanging...
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    Strange Growth - cyst? Eggbound??

    My barred rock hen has been moulting the last few days and today we noticed a large lump at the base of her belly. She is eating and acting normally, but has not been laying. Not sure if the moulting is due to the lump, but she is growing back new feathers while losing them at the same time...
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    Hinged (swinging) door on Coop - like a cat/doggie door?

    Thanks for the comments. I haven't seen any battery operated doors here but will have to research it more. As far as critters go, we are pretty lucky in that we only really have possums and maybe the odd cat to worry about (I live in australia) - the coop is in a fully fenced yard. Cane...
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    Hinged (swinging) door on Coop - like a cat/doggie door?

    Hi there, has anyone tried (successfully) to use a pet door on their coop? It gets daylight here very early in summer, about 4am, and the chooks screech until they are let out. I've been making the trip out to the backyard in my pyjamas all winter to save the relationship with my neigbours...
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    Moulting when so young?

    Here are some photos I took today - she has lost alot more feathers as you can see... and is quite cranky (more than usual!)
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    Some kind of rocks?

    Oh, can you give me any idea of their ages? I honestly don't know how old they were when we got them back in January. I'm still worried they started on layer pellets too soon, but it was tricky as when they got too big for the tractor we had to move them in with the big girls. The smaller...
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    Some kind of rocks?

    Thanks again Judging from the other birds where we got them from they are probably crosses, which is fine as we got them as layers/garden fertiliser makers and wanted something different than the normal Isabrowns or battery hens. They are beautiful girls, not aggressive in any way and have...
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    Moulting when so young?

    thanks for your advice speckledhen, she is quite funny looking - right now she has a wing feather poking out at a 90 deg angle! Here's hoping her tail grows back straight!
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    Some kind of rocks?

    Here are some updated photo's. The black is the most beautiful natured chook, which is good as she is definately the biggest. The brown one is a little skittish and does not seem to be developing as fast. Neither have started laying yet, and by the looks of it the smaller brown one may be...
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    Moulting when so young?

    Hi all, I have a hen something along the lines of a wayandotte/sussex cross that has been laying for around three months. the weather has just started getting cooler here, down from the 30+ daytime (celcius) temps of summer (mind 20's at night), to low 20's during the day and around 10 deg at...
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