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    One hen bullying new pullets

    There is space for them to be out of sight from the bully. Before we separated her, they could hide on the other side of the coop/run and she'd leave them alone for a while but eventually would go over there and scare and chase everyone, trying to attack as they ran away. One thing I was...
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    One hen bullying new pullets

    We have 4 one-yr-old hens. We're currently integrating 7 12-week-old pullets. We raised the new chicks separately and then introduced them slowly. We started with putting them outside in a separate enclosure during the days where they could all see each other. After a week, we'd let them out...
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    I thought she was egg-bound or prolapsed but not sure now, looking for help identifying/helping issue with young light brahma hen

    Here's a little update: Dotty received a few more epsom salt baths and started looking better and her poops and eating/drinking got back to normal. She still hasn't laid an egg but I also don't see/feel one and haven't this whole time. I'm still really not sure what happened but we've put her...
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    I thought she was egg-bound or prolapsed but not sure now, looking for help identifying/helping issue with young light brahma hen

    I think I will try this torpedo method if she still won't take anything in the morning. Based on getting the calcium tablet into her pretty easily, I think this would work. Thank you.
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    I thought she was egg-bound or prolapsed but not sure now, looking for help identifying/helping issue with young light brahma hen

    Thank you all for your help so far. I think she is getting a little annoyed by me fussing with her, she usually barely lets anyone touch her. I did get the calcium tablet and some water in her today, she's still unsure about the food but I will keep trying the egg, oatmeal, etc. suggestions. She...
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    I thought she was egg-bound or prolapsed but not sure now, looking for help identifying/helping issue with young light brahma hen

    I just tried giving her some scrambled egg and grapes but she wasn't interested. I will keep trying, it's getting late and she would normally be up for the night by now. I had to look up how to check her crop, I'm pretty new to this. I believe it is empty or mostly empty. It's not very big...
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    I thought she was egg-bound or prolapsed but not sure now, looking for help identifying/helping issue with young light brahma hen

    I don't think so but I am not entirely sure how to tell. She looks and feels pretty normal. She is our biggest girl (all the same age but different breeds).
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    I thought she was egg-bound or prolapsed but not sure now, looking for help identifying/helping issue with young light brahma hen

    Thank you! I was able to get a half a tablet into her, they're 625 mg and they're pretty big. Any suggestions on getting her to eat something?
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    I thought she was egg-bound or prolapsed but not sure now, looking for help identifying/helping issue with young light brahma hen

    I don't think she has eaten since Sunday but she does have access to food. I got some water in her today with a dropper and I've been doing that every hour or so. I have those tablets so I'll go try to put one in there shortly, I had read to crush and mix into food or water so I didn't know I...
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    I thought she was egg-bound or prolapsed but not sure now, looking for help identifying/helping issue with young light brahma hen

    Hen info: Dotty, light brahma hen, 24 weeks old, has not laid any eggs yet Current State: she is separated, seems mostly alert, not eating or drinking much if at all, pooping but seems to be barely coming out and just dripping onto her feathers. Timeline: Sunday morning - we heard two singing...
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