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    Lethargic hen sitting lots and sagging undercarriage

    Thanks for the advice. Just removed 4-500mls of fluid from her abdomen. Still looks like there is a bit in there, it's still a bit squishy so will check again tomorrow and maybe have another go. Any chance of it not being serious? I assume it's liver failure or something else terminal?
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    Lethargic hen sitting lots and sagging undercarriage

    Thanks. Her crop is ok, it's the back end. She seems a little better at the moment, having a peck around etc. I have taken a video of her walking around as she is still very labored compared to the others. She is the bigger of the langshans
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    Lethargic hen sitting lots and sagging undercarriage

    Hi all I have 2 year langshan cross hen that doesn't seem to be her normal self. She is walking slow although not limping, tail down and sitting a lot. Late spring here, she came back on the lay after winter and was broody. She is back laying again now and eating and drinking. I noticed when...
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    Help with soft shell eggs

    Things have been going well in the coop. After the late afternoon egg following the first calcium pill, she had a day off as to be expected but no soft egg under the roosting bars and has laid 2 days in a row. Shells are still a little thin and rough but good enough to hold and perhaps better...
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    Help with soft shell eggs

    And just to follow up, a couple of hours after the pill went in, she laid an egg in the nesting box. Just a fluke of course, nothing would work that fast! The soft ones have been overnight so we will see what happens tonight and tomorrow
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    Help with soft shell eggs

    I got her wrapped up and manged to open her beak and pop the pill in. She didn't put up too much if a fight and didn't try to peck me so here's hoping for a good result
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    Help with soft shell eggs

    Not obviously moulting but thinking about it, there is one white feather in the coop so it could be the start of a moult cycle I guess. Strange to do it in spring?
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    Help with soft shell eggs

    Thanks, I'll try and grab her and administer it tomorrow. If she squats it will make it easy!
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    Help with soft shell eggs

    I'm not sure I could get it into her beak... can you mix it into something? Or will she taste it and spit out?
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    Help with soft shell eggs

    One of our flock is laying mostly soft shell eggs, with the odd ok one. 2 year old light sussex. Her eggs have always had fairly thin shells but she laid in the nesting box and they were all good. She has been a great layer, started laying last winter and laid right through the winter we have...
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    Rough thin shell eggs

    No real changes that wouldn't effect all 4 birds. It is well into spring now here and light from about 6.30am until bird bedtime of about 7.30pm. We have had some seriously bad windy days but she doesn't seem stressed.
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    Rough thin shell eggs

    One of our 4 is laying some strange eggs. They are approx 1 year old and have been laying since around may (southern hemisphere). The bird in question is a light sussex. She lays every day, her eggs have always been smaller than the other birds but otherwise normal. For the last few weeks I...
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    Trying to work out age of pullets

    Thank you, no squatting yet but I have been keeping an eye out for it. I haven't opened up the nesting boxes yet as one of them isn't roosting on the perches at night and don't want her to think the nesting box is a good option! Might look to do that soon though if you reckon they are close?
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    Trying to work out age of pullets

    Yea, is all small fluffy feathers but there's a few...
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    Trying to work out age of pullets

    They don't look to have lost any, just quite a few white feathers around...
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