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    Random Death of One Chicken

    I don't know how old your son is, but I will relate my experience of another dead hen to you, and perhaps that will be pertinent to your situation, perhaps not. My then four year old son was playing in the backyard and came in to me saying, "Betty (my favorite Rhode Island Red hen) is dead, Mom...
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    My hens have white sticky crud all around their backsides, what is it?

    Hi, I have a mixed flock of 8 hens, 1 rooster and 11 growing chicks on about 1 acre. I recently lost 1 beautiful sweet hen to diarrhea, so I've been watching the rest of the flock very carefully. Now, two weeks later, four more hens have developed a sticky white gunk on their tail feathers. My...
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