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    Scaly Leg Mites - Need Best / Easiest / Quickest Solution - Scaley

    Quote: Hi, Loidy here, my small flock of 16 mixed breed free rangers had/have scaly leg mites. one bird had it bad & i didn't realise what it was & eventually had to put her down as she was so lame she was suffering........ it has been slowly spreading through the flock, so i decided to look...
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    breathing with mouth open

    hi loidy here, i've had chooks for over a year, and am still learning. have, from time to time noticed hens breathing with mouth open, while sitting in nesting box. (with tongue working). why is this, can anyone tell me? is it due to heat? or could it be straining to push out the egg?
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    white chook that never lays

    I have now found out that apparently, in a flock with no rooster (as mine is) sometimes one hen can take on the role of a rooster & have even been known to crow! this sounds very like my bird. has anyone else come across this, & is there any way to snap her out of it???? thanks guys
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    white chook that never lays

    a lot of the time they are all in a (large) enclosure & house, until early afternoon, & i've never seen her taking any interest in the nesting boxes while the others are queuinig up etc. i've checked and she is a leghorn.
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    white chook that never lays

    hello, loidy here, new to this forum. can anyone out there help me with a puzzle i have with one of my chooks. she is nearly two years old, pure white (not sure what breed) i hatched her from a fertile egg i got from a friend. she is really healthy, very active, bossy, busy, has the biggest...
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