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    Help! Is Queenie Egg Bound?

    More updates. Queenie is still with us! She hasn't laid since I posted and hasn't gotten better or worse. I keep her on her crate at night then let her out in the yard during the day. Not in the run with the others bc I tried that and they picked on her and she waddles too slow to get away. She...
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    Help! Is Queenie Egg Bound?

    Checked her crop this morning and it was empty. She seems same, no better or worse. Here are pics. She hasn't pooped this morning and so I only got smooshed into the bedding pics. She's been staying in a dog crate.
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    Help! Is Queenie Egg Bound?

    Her lower belly between her legs is not enlarged and her tail is upright when she's sitting and down when standing. We did find one last egg once and I assumed it was hers just bc she's never laid good solid eggs. I'll send a pic in the morning of her droppings. But they're solid and not smelly...
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    Help! Is Queenie Egg Bound?

    It is below her vent. Her vent seems pretty normal (for her). I'll try and get a pic in the morning.
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    Help! Is Queenie Egg Bound?

    Also quick update. She stands up and sort of yawns and stretches her neck and itches her head with her foot. It's almost like a shes about to vomit (can chickens do that?!) but then she walked over to her food and ate?
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    Help! Is Queenie Egg Bound?

    Our favorite hen Queenie is acting egg bound (lethargic, waddling, swollen bum area) but she's pooping normally and eating normally. This started about 10 days ago right as we were leaving for vacation. The house sitters kept an eye on her and she's just slightly worse than 10 days ago. I'd...
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    Chickens stopped laying eggs

    We are having a similar issue with one of our Americanas. She stopped laying over Labor Day while we were out of town and had house sitters. She hasn't laid an egg since! 4 months! We wondered if she had some scare or issue while we were gone. Her companions are all fine though. She is about...
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    Hen rapidly losing feathers - haven't seen bugs? Other ideas?

    I am glad we're not alone, but sad for your hen too. Our Olga looks like Rosie, but not as much loss on the back of the neck, and bare skin on the neck and chest. Have you checked her for mites/lice? It is tough to hold her to check since it seems painful for her to be held and she won't sit...
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    Hen rapidly losing feathers - haven't seen bugs? Other ideas?

    One of our 18 month old Rhode Island Reds (we have 4 hens total) just started losing feathers rapidly in the past couple of days. Our hens free range and it has been warm here in Colorado. I checked other threads and they suggested maybe lice or mites. It is tough to hold her (I'm sure her...
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    Safe worms for chickens to eat?

    Thanks! She seemed ok last nigh, but will watch her. I know she enjoyed her little treasure she found. And ladybugs? I guess toddlers haven't yet quite developed their tastebuds! :-)
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    Safe worms for chickens to eat?

    It didn't look like a gummy worm, but my husband told me that our neighbors trash blew into the yard a few days ago. It looks like she dug it out of the ground. If it is rubber, do you think it will pass through? It is a gummy worm I guess she got a sugar high! I got a good enough look at it...
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    Safe worms for chickens to eat?

    Here is a weird one, i just got done chasing my chicken around. She ate a fake worm! I have no idea how a orange rubber worm ended up in my back yard, but before i could catch her she gulped the entire thing down! Will this harm her?
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    Not using Nesting Boxes

    I have tried the golf ball method as well, but it doesn't seem to be working. Is this because my chickens lay brown eggs? I just placed a brown egg shaped rock in the nesting box, but my hen (she has only been laying three days and is laying in a corner of the coop instead of the box) went and...
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    When to give away a bully?

    Thank you Beth; this is all so new and it makes me sad to see these younger Americaunas so cute huddled under the wing of the other RIR. I will try the separation for a few days. Do you think that the nice RIR could end up being a bully? Or would her bully traits already have popped up? I am...
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    When to give away a bully?

    I am brand new to BYC and love it! Just recently bought 4 hens (2 Americaunas and 2 RIRs) from the same farm. The RIRs are a couple months older than the Americaunas. Noticed immediately that one of the RIRs was bullying the 2 Ameri. She would run across the yard un-instigated and just start...
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