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    Hen with feather loss around vent.

    I have a 8 month old Ameraucana hen that started laying in January; however she has not laid in 2-3 weeks. She had a small bald spot where her tail feathers would be and the other flock members began pecking her near the same time she quit laying. In a week she had a baseball sized area of...
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    Hen is repetitively egg bound - having trouble laying

    I’m feeding Dumor 16% Layer Pellets
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    Hen is repetitively egg bound - having trouble laying

    I have hen over a year old that started laying in January. We’ve had no problems until last week she was egg bound, fluffed up, appeared to be in labor trying to push the egg out, standing to herself and not being active. She did lay it right before dark after I put her in a warm water bath. The...
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    Advice for family dog running chickens

    Thanks for the advice, I underestimated my lazy beagle's natural traits. I am glad I focused on security when I built my chicken's run so they are protected from her. In the past two days, the chickens seem to have realized that the dog can not get to them so they are now leaving the coop and...
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    Advice for family dog running chickens

    We just got our chickens and our beagle runs them constantly whenever they come out of the coop into the run. She runs and barks which sends them back into their coop. Any advice on how to get the dog used to the chickens? I assumed she would eventually get tired of barking but that has not...
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