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    Help with crop issue please

    Hi thank you for your reply The new feed is actually the same as the old feed just with Verm-X pellets mixed in which as far as I can tell are just herbs and are designed to help the gut so I agree that this seems unlikely to be the cause! I have had a good feel of her crop and nothing feels...
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    Help with crop issue please

    A couple of weeks ago my 4 year old hybrid hen had a mass in her crop that didn’t go down overnight (not squishy like sour crop but not especially hard like an impaction either, more like food just hadn’t been digested). This went down after a couple of days when I took her food away, put apple...
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    Hen laid an egg then another shell-less egg

    Hi all. I noticed today that there was an egg on the floor in the chicken run, under the coop which is very unusual as they normally always lay in the nesting boxes. I went to investigate and one of my 1 year old hens was standing near it under the coop, hunched over, tail down. I also noticed...
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    Impacted crop in chickens vs ducks

    Hi there! I had someone ask a question on a reply I wrote about sour crop and impacted crop in chickens, asking if ducks could get these issues too. I informed them that yes ducks can also get the same crop issues as chickens. But this started me thinking about it, and impacted crop in chickens...
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    When do I help hatching, chick pipped 22 hrs ago

    I am afraid I only know what to do for an adult chicken with sour crop, and I am not sure what would be safe or sensible to do with a chick. Sorry I can't help more, but thanks for the tag. Maybe @Eggcessive could help?
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    Chicken with caked-on poopy backside?

    Yes as someone already said it can be a sign of many different problems. I would suggest worming her if you haven't recently. However I had a girl who suddenly started regularly getting a really poopy butt when she was about 3, but she was completely healthy otherwise for a good year or two, we...
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    Easteregger hen is lethargic and has a poopybutt and I’m not currently able to get to a vet.

    Poor girl :( Yes she definitley seems quite sick and the poop on her butt is a sign of diarrhoea. Has she been wormed recently? It could be intestinal parasites, or some kind of bacterial infection, or many other things going on internally aswell, its often quite hard to tell with chickens. I...
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    Blood in feather shaft - normal or mites?

    Its hard to tell. Feather shafts tend to have a rich blood supply so will bleed easily if damaged at all. Could maybe have been pecked by another chicken or by herself when preening? I don't know if mites would cause this or not, but if neither her or any of your other chickens have any other...
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    Hen with Impacted crop

    I believe you can also use olive oil, but this might be more difficult to give her.
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    How old do your hens REALLY get?

    Yeah that wasn't what I meant. Sorry for the confusion! ok sorry! I just wanted to make sure I am not giving people incorrect information :)
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    How old do your hens REALLY get?

    I was mostly talking about specifically bred hybrid hens, that are bred to optimise egg production. But I am sure with any kind of bird there will be many exceptions where some lucky ones have lived nice long lives! I sincerely apologise if I am mistaken. My vet did say that for hybrid hens...
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    How old do your hens REALLY get?

    Hybrids generally live for much less time than pure breeds, and hens which lay lots of eggs generally also have shorter lifespans due to increased risk of developing reproductive infections such as egg peritonitis. Out of the hens I have had (all hybrid egg laying breeds) the oldest any have...
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    Sour Crop?

    Probably just a teaspoon to a tablespoon to start with, maybe diluted a little, especially if it is a particularly strong/concentrated brand. Maybe see what some credible websites like British hen welfare trust or chicken vet recommend? After that just add a little to her water.
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    I don’t know what’s happening?! Anyone have an idea?

    I would guess that moving them to a new caused stress which can lead to feather pecking. Additionally if their new area is not big enough or has less things do do e.g. less dirt to scratch in or less things to peck at, then it could be boredom, although from your pictures it looks like they do...
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