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    Chicken lethargic, twitching, seizures - HELP PLEASE

    Hi there, the symptoms you describe are almost exactly like what my little Hettie has been suffering since October 2024 (for 6 months now). She is now probably completely blind and her seizures have increased in the last 1-2 months but only when she is nodding off at bedtime in the evenings...
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    Chicken lethargic, twitching, seizures - HELP PLEASE

    Hi, this just to say that the way you describe your hen's symptoms is exactly what I have been dealing with with Hettie since Oct 2024, for 6 months. After all these months Hettie is still with me but her seizures have become more frequent in the last month or so. She is also blind so relies...
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    Urgent help to safely integrate adult turkeys with adult hens

    Yes, I understand that blackhead can be a concern for turkeys on ground used by chickens. However, I decided the risk to my 2 turkey girls was worth taking as I rescued them a week before slaughter. For now, anyway, they are living their best life and have both just laid their first...
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    Urgent help to safely integrate adult turkeys with adult hens

    Thank you, this gives me some hope for the future:) I'm not sure which breed they are .. they are black and not very big! I know little about turkeys ... I just wanted to give them the life they deserve:)
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    Urgent help to safely integrate adult turkeys with adult hens

    Sadly, I agree:(
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    Urgent help to safely integrate adult turkeys with adult hens

    I think I'm beginning to realise that:(
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    Sharing my girl Gidget's Story-Please Don't Overfeed Treats

    Thank you so much for sharing this very sad story of Gidget. I guess most of us have heard that too many treats can cause fatty liver but very few of us have knowingly lost a hen to this because when they die we just accept it was probably (in my case with ex-commercial hens) egg peritonitis...
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    What's your flock's favourite food/treat?

    It's mealworms, sunflower seeds, tomatoes, cucumber and peppers in our house ... but everything in moderation to avoid runny bottoms!
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    Urgent help to safely integrate adult turkeys with adult hens

    Are you talking from experience? I would so love to see them all roaming happily together:love
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    Urgent help to safely integrate adult turkeys with adult hens

    I saved two 5 month old turkey girls, Blodwen and Dilys, from the Christmas dinner table in November to live with my ex-commercial hens but the first couple of encounters were a full on chase and attack by the turkeys. I have them separated for the time being with just chicken wire between them...
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    I arrived at last!

    Hello everyone, I've been dipping in here for ages but only now decided to join you all!!! I have a lifelong love of hens since I was about 10 years old if I remember rightly (so it's a very long time!) My passion is rescuing ex-commercial hens and recently I adopted 2 female turkeys. My...
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