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    Hen fine one day then the next can't stand or walk.

    I'm in Canada. I will check with my vet and see where I can get one tested. Thanks for the suggestions. And thanks to all of you who have sent me a response.
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    Hen fine one day then the next can't stand or walk.

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    Hen fine one day then the next can't stand or walk.

    No. We had the layers for 4 years now and this is the first time we have ever encountered this issue.
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    Hen fine one day then the next can't stand or walk.

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    Wing clipping and free rangeing

    Hello, We have four peafowl, A mature four year old pair, a two year old male and a 7 month old. Two years ago we tried to free range our older birds we had 4. Two of the females disapeared we were able to recapute one male and female and repen them. We were thinking about free rangeing...
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    Hen fine one day then the next can't stand or walk.

    I don't think that's possible we live on a 90 acre farm and are hens are no where near the road. The effected hens were in a cop with a covered run a good 15 minute walk from the road.
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    Hen fine one day then the next can't stand or walk.

    Hello, We have lost three hens in the last two months the last one just today, all less then a year old. They seem very alert, eating drinking just can't walk or stand. When we brought them in the house and nursed them in about two weeks they seemed to be better getting up waking. But when...
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    Lame Chicken

    We have a 10 month old Hen that has gone lame. She was fine yesterday morning, but when we went out for the evening feeding she was not able to stand up, and the other hens were pecking at her. We have brought her in the house and put her in a dog crate she is eating well and drinking, but...
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    Fertilized eggs

    There was only a 24 hour span between the first few eggs and the the balance of them, so we should be okay. For next year I will collect the the eggs a keep them separated until I we have the numbers we want, then put them under the hens. I have dated the eggs and have been removing any that...
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    Fertilized eggs

    Hello! It was only the next day that we added eggs. We did this last year and all the eggs hatched except one and it was not fertile. We have one hen that will stay on the nest until all the eggs hatch or at least she did this last year. It wasn't until we took the unhatched egg out from...
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    Fertilized eggs

    Hello, This is only my second year raising dual purpose chickens. With work I'm not able to get out the the hen house as frequently as I would like to transfer freshly laid eggs. My question is how many hours/days are chicken eggs viable if they have sat out at 33-34 degrees? We have two...
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    wintering peacocks in Canada

    Hello Josie, We live in Northern Ontario we have our Peacocks in an non insulated House 8' X 8' square with the roof coming to 12' at center which they use in inclement weather. You will find that they will be outside no matter what time of year. If you get your peacocks as chick and keep...
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