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    my americauna wont lay

    I have two 1.5 year old araucana/ameracuana hens. I have not found them to be very reliable egg layers unlike my barred rock and RIR's. When they first began laying eggs I would get probably 3/week. Then one went broody and I didn't get any blue eggs for 6 months. I think that one of them...
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    Sick Hen...Please Help!

    Thanks for everyones help! I actually took her to the vet today because she was sitting in the corner of the coop when I got home while the others were out and about. She wouldn't eat and let us pick her up without a fight. We brought her in the house and then decided to take her to the vet...
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    Sick Hen...Please Help!

    Here are the list of questions: 1)araucana, 1.5 years old, not sure of weight 2) Behavior is not as active as usual, yet still free ranging, eating, and drinking. Could not fly up(didn't even attempt to) on the roost last night. Although her wings do not seem injured. Missing a lot of...
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    Sick Hen...Please Help!

    She doesn't seem to have the symptoms of e coli in poulty that I have read. She is not exactly listless, just less active than usual. She is still out there running. She is more out of it than listless. She also does not have any of the labored breathing or coughing which seem to be symptoms...
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    Sick Hen...Please Help!

    I have a araucauna hen who is about 1.5 years old. She has been a somewhat regular egg layer until she went broody in May and since then didn't begin laying again until two weeks ago. A few days ago we noticed she was acting strange. She was getting spooked more easily when we were around...
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    Hens losing rear/vent feathers

    I have five hens and one rooster. I noticed today that the hens are losing their feathers/fluff around their vent. They are also a bit red around their vent. I noticed it on two of them because it is pretty bad (don't know how i didn't realize it before) and then after examining the others...
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    Diarrhea and messy rear

    I usually give them one scoop of scratch a day to get them back in their coop. I gave them a scoop before just to see if she would eat any. My husband thinks she may just have an upset stomach from eating something outside (they free-range for most of the day) Do chickens get upset stomachs? I...
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    Diarrhea and messy rear

    I noticed this morning that one of my hens has diarrhea stuck to her rear fluff. It is not dried up yet...meaning it must have started occuring this morning or late last night. It is hard to explain exactly if she is acting truly abnormal because I have been examining every move she makes...
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    Spread wing while sitting

    One of my chicks did this last week for the first time (they are four weeks old) and I freaked out. The other chicks were also pecking at it. I made my husband make sure it wasn't dying.....since then I have realized that they all do it. I have also noticed that they aren't really pecking at...
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    Chicks in the car???

    How should I keep the temp comfortable if I was to take them? Close the lid on the box or just make sure they aren't drafty? Or should I put something warm like a towel in the box? Thanks!
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    Chicks in the car???

    Thank you! That makes me feel better...I feel terrible leaving them home but I am sure you are right and I should save them the stress! Thanks- Christine
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    Chicks in the car???

    It depends...if we take them with us we would stay overnight...but if we leave them home it would be at least 6 -8 hours with traveling.
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    Chicks in the car???

    Hi- This is my first time writing in and my first time raising chicks.... Here is my question... I have a family surprise party this weekend that has been planned well in advance of my knowing when the chicks were coming (today). I don't know what to do with them because there is no one...
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