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    Buff Orpington not herself

    How can I tell if she has egg yolk peritonitis? She does have some of the signs. Is there a cure? The article doesn't say. Now, I'm really worried!
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    Buff Orpington not herself

    Yes, I'm pretty sure she was molting. She was leaving piles of feathers everywhere and she stopped laying in the fall, resuming only a couple of weeks ago. That's why when she stopped laying this past week, I got worried. I always have oyster shell available along with the scratch grain. I will...
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    Buff Orpington not herself

    I brought Peaches in first thing this morning and checked her vent. There was some dry poop stuck to her feathers, so I washed her and cleaned her up as best as I could. I noticed her vent looked prolapsed, but she was contracting it without any problems. I inserted my finger in her vent but...
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    Buff Orpington not herself

    Thank you so much Eggcessive! I will check everything first thing in the morning!
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    Buff Orpington not herself

    Hello! I'm a little worried about my almost-two-year-old buff. She recently started laying again after molting (about every other day), but stopped five days ago. Her last egg was Jan. 5. I'm concerned because the following morning, with temps in the upper 40's, she didn't run out of the coop...
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    Raccoons and Bears

    Thank you ChickenCanoe. I hope the bear was only passing through. I live in a rural town in south central Virginia and have never seen a bear run through here! He was headed in the direction of the mountains, so maybe he's ready to hibernate. This evening my girls made their way to the coop on...
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    Raccoons and Bears

    Two nights ago, a raccoon got into my hen house by lifting the lid to the nesting box (my husband assured me that no animal would be strong enough to lift it and a bungee cord would be enough to keep it closed - he was wrong...). I heard the lid slam and the ensuing commotion and ran down to...
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