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    Sick Hen--please advise!

    I just put her in a warm tub of water for 25 minutes--she seemed to love it--relaxed yet continued the rhythmic contractions.......I took her out, and based on advice from another website, tuck a well lubed gloved finger into her vent. I didn't feel anything, so I didn't mess around too much--I...
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    Sick Hen--please advise!

    so, i just went out to see how she was--and there wasn't much change, but she had some foamy yellow stuff coming from her vent when I startled her and picked her up---I palpated her belly again and now I think it's distended and when I pushed, I could get some more foamy/bubbly yellow/clear...
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    Sick Hen--please advise!

    My 2 year old RIR, Big Mama (she is the smallest of my RIR's) is part of a mixed bag of laying hens--suddenly today she is standing stock still in the corner of the yard, I picked her up--and she has those patchy weird post-molt feather growth, but she also has BRIGHT red skin on her belly and a...
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    Worried About Broody Hen

    We just grabbed her and the eggs and ran into the house and plunked her in a new nest box (plastic bin with straw in it and some wire shelving over the top. covered the top with a beach towel for added privacy (and to keep the cat away). She did really well in there--and the baby is fine (only...
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    Worried About Broody Hen

    From the department of monstrous pooh..... We brought our broody indoors for the last few days so we could try to be present when the chicks hatched. Today one baby hatched and it is a perfect baby in every single way! Broody Momma is being a good Mom, so we thought we would take her and the...
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    Girls busted out of jail today--

    I did this morning what I usually do for them....food, water, gather eggs, and if it's sunny, prop open the door and turn off the heat (spoiled? yes, indeed). Today was only remarkable by a cabbage on a string (cabbage tetherball) as a treat and bribery/incentive from me to them for eggs, and...
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    SAD. We lost a chicken today!

    I have been gone all day, with our son, skiing. Talked with my husband and he said he had one chicken in the 'hospital' in our living room (a cage with food and water), because he thought she was acting strange. Fast forward to coming home, and getting everything settled like you do when you...
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    EE eggs, do they get bigger?

    My little awesome EE's are laying machines! I love them--and they are laying light olive green eggs, blue(pale), and pink eggs! Lucky ME! The size of the eggs surprised me--they are small compared to my RIR's. Will they increase in size like the RIR's did or will they stay petit?
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    EE's first egg!

    Yay! Beautiful egg!
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    Whoop dee dooo! first GREEN egg today!

    Thanks! I KNEW you guys would understand!
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    Whoop dee dooo! first GREEN egg today!

    We have a motley crew of chooks, and we have been anxiously awaiting the arrival of our first EE egg! Today it happened! Behold, my friends!
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    Help I have a chicken that sounds like she has laryngitis!

    anyone?
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    Help I have a chicken that sounds like she has laryngitis!

    Oh I almost forgot-- She is 10 months old, RIR/mutt type brown chicken, her eyes look good, she is not panting or mouth breathing, does not seem in any distress. Eating and pooping ok as far as I can tell and yesterday she laid an egg (I know this because EVERYONE laid an egg yesterday...
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    Help I have a chicken that sounds like she has laryngitis!

    I noticed her this morning, because she was making this expiratory noise--like a wheeze, so I watched her and then picked her up to listen closely. She sounds as if she has laryngitis! What can I do for her? Thanks in advance!
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    New treat for the winter boredom!

    ninety cents per dozen. They give me the heebeejeebees for sure! I took them right from the car to the coop, never came NEAR the house! ick.
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