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    Rooster becoming aggressive!

    Does anyone know what causes a rooster to turn aggressive, and what can be done to curb his behavior? This is a rooster that we've never had a problem with before, but just in the past week he's gotten ornery, and this week he has been pecking my feet and beating my legs with his wings when I go...
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    Broody hen won't stop brooding!

    I'm looking for solutions on how to get a broody hen to stay out of the nestbox all day. We don't need baby chicks, and I've read that the process of brooding is hard on the hen, since her body temperature rises and she doesn't get out much to eat or drink. I've removed her from the nesting box...
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    Chicken limping after fall & encounter with rooster

    I'm looking for advice on our "broody" hen who seems to have just hurt her leg. She has been brooding lately, which I want to discourage; I lifted her out of the nesting box, but she jumped, landed in the coop and the rooster freaked out and jumped at her and on top of her. They both hopped out...
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    Lone pea hen; Advice on introducing another?

    I'm writing on behalf of Flannery, a lone pea hen at the farm where I work. She is the only one of her species here, and she wanders around by herself, often watching the group of chickens together from right against their fence, and seeking out glass doors to look at herself in for hours. Upon...
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    Returning isolated chicken to the flock

    Hello folks, thank you to everyone who gave advice on caring for my sick hens, 'Stella' and 'Bean.' Bean had to be put down humanely last weekend. Stella, though, seems to be getting better. She has been kept in a crate (I get her out for part of the day) for the past three weeks or so now...
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    giving aspirin to a listless chicken

    (actually, not my first post. i posted that on a forum i just discovered elsewhere-- sorry about that. i've been posting about my two ill hens, Bean and Stella, and am thankful for the feedback i've received).
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    giving aspirin to a listless chicken

    Hello! This is my first post here. I'm looking for some input on what might be ailing my hen, "Stella." She has been pretty listless and not moving around much, though she's eating fine and her eyes look bright as ever. When she does walk, she has trouble balancing. Each step seems like a...
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    Putting down a sick chicken

    I think we're going to kill off the chicken. I've been caring for her for a week, and she seems more miserable than ever. She is lying down, sprawled out, eyes closed, but still heaving with heavy breaths. I hoped she would die naturally, but she perked up for awhile, and now she's back to...
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    Poor hen with chronic, severe salpingitis (?)! How to treat her?

    I think we're going to kill off the chicken. I've been caring for her for a week, and she seems more miserable than ever. She is lying down, sprawled out, eyes closed, but still heaving with heavy breaths. I hoped she would die naturally, but she perked up for awhile, and now she's back to...
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    Poor hen with chronic, severe salpingitis (?)! How to treat her?

    I'm posting about Bean the hen again, because in my last post, I titled her condition as worms, but I no longer think that it is. From further research, it seems to be salpingitis? She's a Buff Orpington, somewhere between 2-4 yrs, and she looks miserably distended and swollen in the stomach...
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    Chicken wih severe worms(?) / use of Wazine

    that's helpful, thanks. i am confused by all the possibilities it seems it could be. i'm researching all i can, and i'm finding lots of good information, but i'm so overwhelmed by it all, i'm not sure how to sort it out. a post on being egg-bound noted, "eggbound seems often to be confused...
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    Chicken wih severe worms(?) / use of Wazine

    Thanks for responding. You're right-- I thought "stomach" sounded off! I'm not sure what to call that part, but I don't think it's the crop. The crop is closer to the neck area, right? The area swollen on her is the underside of her body, right above her rectum, i guess. It probably is the...
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    Chicken wih severe worms(?) / use of Wazine

    We have a chicken with that we believe has worms. She's a Buff Orpington, somewhere between 2-4 yrs, and she looks miserably distended and swollen in the stomach. She tries to walk, but she has a hard time, waddling from one leg to the other with the heavy weight of her distended belly. She is...
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    Chicken leaning / lying still but no sign of injury

    Thanks for your helpful suggestion; here's my answers. 1) What type of bird , age and weight (does the chicken seem or feel lighter or thinner than the others.) Rhode Island Red hen (unsure of age). Weight feels normal. 2) What is the behavior, exactly. The chicken topples over to one...
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    Chicken leaning / lying still but no sign of injury

    Hi chicken folks, this is my first post on the website. We've got a chicken that is showing signs of illness and we can't seem to find a right diagnosis. She is mostly sitting still and not standing / walking around, but she is awake and shows interest in eating. When she stands, she droops...
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