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    Egg bound hen (our very first chickens)

    I have an egg bound girl, except hers is high...in the breast. It's obviously an egg. How do I get it out? She eats and drinks and wanders around with the other girls, but it's weight is causing her to side step and she keeps pecking her feathers away from that area. She refuses to be...
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    Someone please HELP!!!!!!!

    I have a hen that has been broody for about two months. All she wants to do is sit on a nest, regardless of whether she has an egg or not. I know its normal for broodies to only come out to eat and drink, but she's loosing weight and hasn't laid an egg in about two weeks. Any thoughts? I...
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    Help Please

    I found one of my girls this morning, dead in a nesting box. She seemed fine last night. No sign of intruders or damage to her body (other than her molt). Is this normal? My girls are less than two years old.
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