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    hen pulling out feathers

    can anyone help me? I welcome any advice..... thanks jen
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    hen pulling out feathers

    hi, I have three hens. One of them is loosing feathers around her neck and her wings. I think the other two hens may have started pecking her (although there's no blood and they still sleep in the same nest togther). the hen may also be pulling some of the feathers out herself. Is this...
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    listless hen with swollen crop

    My 4 year old Isa Brown hen has a swollenn crop, poopy feathers at her rear end and is puffed up and not moving much. She's had the swollen crop for about 2 weeks now, although was still lively at that stage. Can you please help? So far we've tried massaging the crop and giving her some olive...
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    enlarged crop or crop bound?

    thanks for your help everyone I've checked Delaware (my chooky) this monring and the crop has reduced signifcantly in size - so both and her and I are feeling much better I will watch her diet over he coming days. Perhaps I gave her too much food and that's what led to her crop becoming...
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    enlarged crop or crop bound?

    Hi, can you help? my three year old Isa Brown hen has a large swollen lump the size of a golf ball just lower than her throat - it came up yesterday afternoon. It's in her breast bone area. I don't know if this means she is 'crop bound' as I don't know what crop bound looks like? She's still...
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