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    Will some chickens never moult?

    Thanks very much for the info - didn't realise that some could moult over such a long period of time and this must be the answer (though she looks like she could still do with some new ones!). She is certainly a much happier chicken than my little 'throw them all out at one go' bird, who has...
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    Will some chickens never moult?

    I have a very reliable and lovely hen who has always laid regularly, even when whe was being picked on by some of the other birds. I am not sure what variety she is, but she is over 3 years old and has never moulted. Some of her wing and tail feathers are very degraded and just spikes really and...
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    Chicken standing still

    She must have passed and eaten the rest of the shell while I wasn't looking - she seems fine now in herself, but still has white poo. Does anyone know if this can be just a one-off, or is it a sign of somethiing else?
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    Chicken standing still

    Hi there, thanks for the advice - I just put her in a nice cosy box (she had only moved about half a metre since my last post) and was waiting for the scrambled egg to cool a bit before I gave her it, when she 'laid' an egg white, a bit of yolk and a bit of shell. She ate the shell straight...
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    Chicken standing still

    Please help with our poor bird. Three days ago she was standing still in the garden and didn't run to get her snacks (unheard of). She had a very full crop and I could feel the grain inside it that I had fed her 24 hours previously. I rang the vet (who by her own admission is not an expert), and...
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