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    Shifting pecking order?

    On this topic of pecking order. I have a hen that was top hen then she got sick. She’s better now but not 100%. Now the others are picking on her, she waits to eat and kind of stays away from the others. Her comb is floppy, dried our and pecked on, her tail tattered. Heartbreaking, now she’s my...
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    Too Young to Lay?

    Hi! I have a Leghorn hen that at 15 weeks laid an egg a day for 8 days then became ill (ADR). Being young and still on grower feed I thought maybe egg bound but did could not feel an egg. I fed her calcium mixed with egg yoke and a little crumbles. That got her back on her feet, literally, and...
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