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    Limping hen with a raw foot

    Please help! My New Hampshire red is limping and her foot is slightly swollen. She has a couple of raw spots on the top and bottom of her foot. How do I know if it's bumblefoot? I keep the pin very clean....it is only her and a rooster. Very dry environment. Completely puzzled. I have...
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    My hen has lose stools

    Please help...I am at my wits ends. I lost 2 hens last week and I have another hen that is acting fine but has loose stools. I am a naturalist so I don't use meds to worm. I got them 3 weeks ago and all had normal stools. So this has developed recently. I feed the Layena and scratch and of...
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    2 dead hens and a wet butt

    We got them about 2 weeks ago. They looked very healthy. We actually had egg production 2 hours after we received them. They coop is new. It is 8x8 for 4 hens so overcrowding is not a problem at our house. We have had normal egg production so I don't think that being egg bound is the problem. I...
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    2 dead hens and a wet butt

    Though my subject one liner could be taken as funny....I have a serious issue. I am a new mother of a 4 chicken flock(3 hens and 1 rooster) and I have quite the dilemma. I got up yesterday morning and 2 of my hens were together in one nesting box breathing deeply and acting very lethargic. I...
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    2 dead hens and a wet butt

    Though my subject one liner could be taken as funny....I have a serious issue. I am a new mother of a 4 chicken flock(3 hens and 1 rooster) and I have quite the dilemma. I got up yesterday morning and 2 of my hens were together in one nesting box breathing deeply and acting very lethargic. I...
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