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    Hens should be laying by now

    We bought baby chicks this spring. They haven't begun laying yet, and they are about 20 weeks old now. We have 3 buckeye and 3 brown leghorn hens. It has been a very humid summer in Wisconsin this year. Why aren't my hens laying yet?
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    Yolks smeared on the outside?

    We acquired 4 older white leghorn hens from a neighbor in May. It's been a warm humid summer. And we still only get about 3 or 4 eggs a week from the whole flock. And it looks like there is egg yolk smeared on the outside of the egg, so we have to really scrub the eggs when we collect them...
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    Injured leg in trap

    Looks like her foot is paralyzed. She has no feeling when we touch or squeeze it. Hope we don't have to "put her down"...she's such a sweetie. My daughter is going to bring her to high school tomorrow, and see if the "small animal ag teacher" has any ideas.
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    Injured leg in trap

    Thanks! I poured hydrogen peroxide on it, and it foamed like I thought it would. The pad on her foot is now swollen to 2-3 times the size of her other foot. And I noticed that one of her scales near the injury is greenish. But there's no bleeding or oozing. I think I'll soak her leg in an...
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    Injured leg in trap

    My friendliest hen is a blonde polish hen, named "Sleepy". As a tiny chick, she always fell asleep in our hands. We had some woodchucks burrowing under the chicken coop, and we needed to get rid of them, so we set a trap. One morning (2 days ago), we forgot to cover the "trap area", and...
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