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    Prolapsed cloaca!

    My 4yr old Buff Orpingtons still lay occasionally. This morning, after laying, one them developed a plolapsed cloaca. You can see both the egg, and the poop holes. I got Vaseline and pushed it back as far as I could, but half a minute later, out it would start coming out again. What should I...
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    Returning to Iowa after 5 Years in Chicago

    Welcome home! Where are you moving to? Will you have a little land or will you be in a town/city? I moved to Iowa from a small farm in Lake Oswego, Oregon , which is pretty much a wealthy bedroom community near Portland, and let me tell you, it was a major adjustment. Now I live in SE...
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    Okaloosa County (Shalimar-ish) here!

    If you live in a town, ask at City Hall. If you live in County, ask your Board of Supervisors, or the equivalent. Do you live in Iowa? I live in Fairfield.
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    Looking for Ameraucana pullets this spring

    Hi. I have Americaunas. I got them from Murry McMurry. They have a great catalog which has some very enlightening descriptions of breeds, and their characteristics. They also have poultry supplies, if you can't find them in your area. I have used MurryMcMurry for years, and have never had...
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    Hen eats raw eggs

    I have two problems with this years pullets which have just started laying. (1) Egg eating. I have 10 pullets which are housed with 5 3-year-old hens. The hens lay only sporadically now; maybe an egg or two a week. The pullets have just started to lay.....in fact, I'm not sure that all of the...
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    My hen can't walk!

    Update: after several days of perching and seemingly happy in the basement {dark} where she ate and drank just fine, I found her dead on the floor this morning. Any ideas as to what it was? I don't want my other girls getting this. Do I fumigate or burn down the hen house, of what??
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    My hen can't walk!

    Suddenly, my hen can't walk. Falls over. Her feet seem flat and her toes are sort of limp and will curl under when I try to place them in a proper position. Her legs seem weal. because she'd prefer to crouch down instead of standing up. She eats well and drinks, and went nuts for a banana...
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