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    Bumblefoot, big time

    These hens have no idea what roosting is, so far. I've put in nesting boxes, and they sleep in them. It wasn't easy to get them to go there at night, they didn't seem to realize the light was going to "go away" after dusk. I had to go around and pick them up where ever they happened to be when...
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    Eggs

    No way to tell, the guy who found them said it was a chicken factory in Ohio, and they were boxed up with dead chickens. He threw the dead ones in the rendering dumpster and took the six live ones home. He tried to sell them, but they were in such terrible shape, no one wanted them, so he...
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    Eggs

    That's why I was worried the eggs they first laid might not be good, that they might have been sick or something, The egg color change was enough to make me wonder. I still can't understand why they were thrown away in the first place, they are obviously still laying eggs. Not every day...
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    Eggs

    Forgive me for what I know is probably a stupid question, but the battery hens I got a few days ago, are laying eggs and I wonder if they are safe to eat. The first eggs they laid were a pale tan, but after yogurt, oatmeal, catching bugs, getting sunlight, cereal grains, veggie peels diced very...
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    Bumblefoot, big time

    Thank you so much! I'm pretty overwhelmed with all this, but now at least I have a plan of action. I'll start it today.
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    Bumblefoot, big time

    One of the battery hens I just got, has bumblefoot in both feet. Would black salve work to help draw it out? Maybe bring it up to the surface close enough I could remove the scab and pop it out without cutting so much? I'm not really squeamish, but I just don't know how well I'll deal with...
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    Battery hens

    I was afraid the beaks wouldn't come back, bless their hearts, they can't even pierce the skin of a ripe tomato. Some have toes missing, nearly all of them broken, frayed feathers and naked bottoms. It has taken them three days to walk properly, and they have no idea what to do when it gets...
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    Battery hens

    A friend of mine stopped outside an egg operation and saw a big box by the side of a dumpster. He peeked inside of it, and found six live hens in with about as many dead ones. He threw the dead ones out and brought the live ones to me, since they were in such bad shape, he couldn't sell them...
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