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    Dirty Hen Butt

    I have a chicken that has had a dirty for a few days. She also gas been making more noises, low sounding. I've inspected her wings and vent and they don't have more or live, and her vent isn't poofy or red. She eats and drinks normal. I've noticed that she may be starting to be broody. She is...
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    Help! Chicken laid broken egg...

    I am worried. This evening my almost 2 year old hen had thick clear goo coming out of her vent. I immediately went into "she's egg bound" mode a started prepping my tub to help her. (One of our hens last May did something similar, no clear goo, just acting funny and nit laying. I took her to the...
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    Introducing additions to flock

    The little ones are being housed in an addition off the coop not with the older hen. They have their own food and water containers. I have created a run in the yard just for them and yesterday afternoon my hen was going up to it and laying next to it and pecking around the run at the grass.
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    Introducing additions to flock

    Ya they do not want to be separated. They have been snuggling a lot.
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    Introducing additions to flock

    I perused all the articles last night. They were quite informative. I just wanted to make sure I was doing it properly. Thank you for the links to the articles.
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    Introducing additions to flock

    She has never been broody but she was the top chicken with her sister. With the newbies she is very vocal and she has only chased them twice. Other than that she stays on the other side of the yard.
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    Introducing additions to flock

    Hi, let me give you a little back story... previously I had two hens. They are 2 1/2 years old. Last month one of them became egg bound. I did all the suggestions and she passed it the following morning. I even followed it up with a vet visit just to double check. He said that he could treat her...
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    I'm new so here's my intro...

    Hi! I'm new to to this site and thought I'd do an intro. I've had chickens for about 3 years. I started hatching them in my classroom 3 years ago and and fell in love. I have since left the classroom to be an Educational Diagnostician but I still have my chickens. I have 3 currently. We just...
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    Amateur chicken keeper but love my bawk bawks.

    Amateur chicken keeper but love my bawk bawks.
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