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    Hello!

    Thank you all for the warm, warm welcome!
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    Help! Hen not pooping!

    she‘s off the fun stuff definitely for now! I made her an egg shake, and she’ll eat a few pieces of crumble occasionally, but she’s not eating much at all…
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    Help! Hen not pooping!

    Thank you for the laxative list! My chickens are all on layer crumble from a local feed store, with a (2cup) scoop of 6 grain scratch tossed in the outdoor pen each morning. They all occasionally get our table scraps, but only the veggies and fruits types. She had a wonderful appetite last...
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    Hello!

    1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? 6-7 years ago I adopted my first three chickens. (2) How many chickens do you have right now? 19! Chicken math is exponential! (3) What breeds do you have? Mille fleur duccle, banty frizzle, banty Cochin, Easter eggers, Welsummers...
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    Help! Hen not pooping!

    I “expressed” her cloaca, and this is the poop that came out- typical of these last few days, only if I “help” very gently, and absolutely no poop otherwise. it doesn’t look entirely digested, and the white part is very thick. I’ve got molasses, saline solution enema, and more Epsom salt, so...
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    Help! Hen not pooping!

    Thank you! That’s great information, I’ll stop the nutridrench right away then!
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    Help! Hen not pooping!

    Hello! Her abdomen feels small- not poofy or heavy, if anything, she’s definitely lost weight this week so her breast bone is pretty sharp 🥺.
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    Help! Hen not pooping!

    I have a hen I hatched last spring, and she has not been able to poop on her own for several days. I thought at first she may have been egg bound, so I put on a glove and checked her cloaca, feeling nothing- when I pulled out my finger (a short 2”) a load of stinky (not broody, though) poop...
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