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    lead paint--soil contamination

    i'm not sure which section i should post this in but i'll start here. does anyone have any info about how lead in the soil (in the run) may effect chickens? we have an older house and therefore have lead paint contamination in the yard. because the yard is small there is nowhere really lead-free...
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    sick hen--dont know whats wrong--help

    i tried to give the tums yesterday but they were not very cooperative so don't know how much they really ate. gave to all 3 brown egg layers since i dont know which besides the barred rock is having the trouble. we'll see if they got enough down to make a difference. we tried hanging all sorts...
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    sick hen--dont know whats wrong--help

    yes, i havent given them any grain in the last couple weeks. they are getting layer pellets, kitchen scraps, whatever they can find in their run, and the special calcium rich mixes i've been making. i am making sure to keep their oyster shell bowl full and have sprinkled it around the run. hard...
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    sick hen--dont know whats wrong--help

    i spoke too soon. there were two soft eggs yesterday. one in the morning and one in the evening. could they both be from the barred rock if they had gotten backed up or might I have another one short on calcium? she is still acting normally . . . . Do you think i should give her another half a...
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    sick hen--dont know whats wrong--help

    THank you so much for responding!! Sorry i've taken a while to give an update. She is acting normally and no more evidence of soft eggs. I'm not certain that she has laid anything though. We have 3 brown egg layers and I've had a hard time tracking who's egg belong to who. I think her crop is...
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    Egg binding and calcium

    Threehorses and Chicken lass, I'm wondering if this is what's wrong with my girl?? I posted her situation last week but didn't get a reply. If you have any time I would really love it if you could let me know your thoughts. I will paste my previous messages below. As you'll see, she seemed to...
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    sick hen--dont know whats wrong--help

    also, we have never wormed them. I just saw her poop again and just a little runny white bile looking stuff. From not eating enough? I tried to feel for impacted crop but don't know if i could tell the difference. hers is slightly harder than the others which are round and squishy like a water...
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    sick hen--dont know whats wrong--help

    Hi, I would love some help with this . . . . One of our 5 girls is not feeling well. She is a 16 month old Barred Rock. Normally very friendly and active. I first noticed something amiss when I went out last night to lock the coop and she was in the nest box. Not normal. I reached under her to...
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    still not laying . . .

    thanks for the responses. the cayenne idea is interesting. i just want to be sure that there isnt some underlying health issue that i should be attending to. she does seem to get more stressed than the rest. harder to catch, feather picking over the winter, etc. they have plenty of space but...
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    still not laying . . .

    our ameraucana stopped laying during the winter and has not yet started again. she is only a year old. all the others are laying. she is behaving normally, eating, drinking, scratching. she is more timid than the rest and was the primary feather picker over the winter (even though we tried...
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