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    Likely egg bound chicken, just making sure I'm not missing any steps

    Thanks. They have access to oyster shell.
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    Likely egg bound chicken, just making sure I'm not missing any steps

    My son found one of our almost 3 yo old hens (this one is some type of green egger) sitting oddly with her tail down in the run, not really moving. I checked her out and didn't see anything obvious. I put her in a warm Mg bath and could then see her backside pulsing when she came out. She's not...
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    Badly pecked hen

    No major bullying as far as I know. The two roosters get into it from time to time. I have 13 hens and 2 roosters. 9 of the hens were raised together and one of those hens hatched and raised the other 4 hens and 2 roosters, so these birds have always been together. None of my birds are...
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    Badly pecked hen

    I believe this hen is injured from pecking... it looks like the spots where the roosters mount and grab her neck and maybe she got injured and the others just went after her. Not 100% sure but the location of her wounds seems consistent with that explanation. It looks like they got one of her...
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    Dead hen and cervical dislocation for euthanizing

    Thanks, I am working on getting past my initial emotion and getting to "relieved." I don't know that I am cut out for this kind of thing and I definitely won't be able to do it to my original girls - my husband will have to. I'm just too much of an animal lover to kill anything. I wish I'd grown...
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    Dead hen and cervical dislocation for euthanizing

    Well we did it. I did mess up the first one, didn't get it right away, but redid it and he was gone, pretty quick. I also ripped a head off, not as messy as I thought it would be thank God. A lot of adrenaline made me a little shaky and trying to catch them was NOT fun, but we got it done pretty...
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    Dead hen and cervical dislocation for euthanizing

    After doing a lot of research on the subject, CD is the only home method I'd use on a bird I care about, because according to all the vets and other literature I have read, it's the most humane: https://the-chicken-chick.com/how-to-humanely-euthanize-chicken-by-dr/ I will say though, my...
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    Dead hen and cervical dislocation for euthanizing

    Yeah I just don't think I am ready for any of this yet. My husband is also a bit of a germaphobe, especially with raw meat type stuff. I'm not super rural, or I would dispose of them as you said. I think, unfortunately, they're going in a bag in the trash. The weather isn't great here right now...
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    Dead hen and cervical dislocation for euthanizing

    That is awesome! We have a 30x40 metal polebarn right next to the coop and it would be a great place to mount something like this. I've also seen ones that look like this: I've seen them used on meat rabbits as well. If I had thought through better my idea to let my broody hatch eggs, I'd...
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    Newbie Needing Help with Sick Chicken

    Yep that is true. It's just hard when you're holding them with one arm and pulling the wattle with the other hand, unless you have a helper, you're out of hands to actually shove the pill in with 😂 I try to hold them so I can pull the wattle with the same hand of the arm I'm holding them with...
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    Dead hen and cervical dislocation for euthanizing

    Thanks to all who answered. In the event that we do botch it, what corrective measures are recommended? Should we just have a hatchet ready or can the broomstick method be "redone"?
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    Newbie Needing Help with Sick Chicken

    If you open her beak and kind of shove it in, it will disappear down her gullet like magic. I've had to do this a few times and the hardest part is if the hen is feisty and getting the beak open.
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    Dead hen and cervical dislocation for euthanizing

    Thank you. This is exactly what I needed.
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    Dead hen and cervical dislocation for euthanizing

    I thought about this myself and it's a good idea, but we've already disposed of her. I have watched the videos and I feel like I get the concept, it's just the amount of force needed that I'm unsure of. I wish there was a way to "practice". I'm not going to lose any sleep if I botch it, but I...
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    Dead hen and cervical dislocation for euthanizing

    Hey everyone - been a crappy couple of days for me, you can skip this first paragraph if you want the TL;DR. I'll try to be brief. Sunday, came home to a dead hen. I have super healthy chickens, started with 10 almost 2 years ago then hatched 10 this summer. 6 of the hatchlings ended up being...
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