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    Hen down

    I have a hen approx 9 months old. I found her by herself lying in the coop. She has no energy. I put her in a private cage with food & water. I don't think she is partaking of these. She appears to want to sleep all the time. Poop is cream color. Seems to be normal. Last month I found the...
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    Rooster pussing

    Thanks rimshoes, that looks like it. Sorry for the repost.
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    Rooster pussing

    Thanks Miss Prissy
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    Rooster pussing

    "dub" him? What is that?
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    Rooster pussing

    My rooster's bottom lobes are swollen and oozing puss. My wife says it looks like he has testicle hanging from his beak. He is not active. He is hudled in the sun. It has been cold here (Iowa) lately. I've had a heat lamp on them. My wife says he looks as if he isn't going to make it. Any...
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    UPDATE! 18 hens - ZERO eggs for 3 weeks...

    I have 20 hens and wasn't getting any eggs. They free range so I shut them up in their coop. After a week still nothing. I let them out a day to get some excercise and graze. I shut them back up for about a week and moved their original nest box back in the coop. All this time I have a heat lamp...
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    20 hens = NO EGGS

    Do hens belong to a union? Is there a strike I'm not aware of? I have been lighting my coop also. Nothing.
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    20 hens = NO EGGS

    Thanks for the fast replies. I did move their old nestboxes back into the coop. They were laying in the new one before but I'm hoping the old familiarness of the old nests will promt a laying spree. It's a sad day when I chicken farmer has to buy eggs at $4.00 dz.
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    20 hens = NO EGGS

    It has been 3 weeks since I seen an egg from my hens. They went through a molting period, now nothing. I kept them in the coop for a week to so they would use the nestbox but still nothing. They were laying then I started getting 2-3 eggs daily then 1-2 eggs now “0”. Anyone else having troubles...
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    Insides coming out her butt

    I noticed one of my hen's has part of her insides coming out of her butt. She seems to be okay but it looks nasty and is strating to smell a little. Is she okay or is she stew?
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    Mite-dusted hens

    I dusted my hens Thursday. I was informed that the dust would affect the eggs momentarily. True? If so how long do I wait before resuming the collecting of eggs for consumption? Thanks.
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    My Polish are bald

    My two White top Black Polish roos are bald. They don't seem to be getting pecked on. They run right up to the feeder and dive in. I don't see any of the birds picking on them. One of them was found dead this morning. I was at work when my fater-in-law found him. His head wasn't bloody. He...
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    ROOSTER forum needed

    That sounds like a good idea. Roosters should have a place to strut their stuff
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    I had my feelings hurt today...

    Have you thought about raising hogs ? That might get rid of those pesky neighbors
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    Something gutted my chickens

    I was on vacation last week. My M-I-L called to tell me something got six of my chickens. One of them was gutted. They couldn’t find the others. I set the live trap Saturday nigh. I put it at the edge of the tree line by my coop. I woke up Sunday and a coon was in the trap. I dispatched him and...
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