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    think our RIR is egg bound

    I think she's okay! I really, really appreciate all the great advice!! We tried greasing her vent one more time before bed last night and I don't think any of us slept much. She was so lethargic and couldn't even lie down. This morning her comb is bright red and standing up! She is walking...
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    think our RIR is egg bound

    also her comb is now completely flat on her head
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    think our RIR is egg bound

    We don't feel anything on her abdomen. We tried greasing the vent again and she is really trying to push something out. But we didn't feel an egg in there. My father-in-law suggested that she might be constipated. Could that be it? How do you make a chicken poo?
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    think our RIR is egg bound

    okay, we gave her the bath and then put a little oil around her vent. We noticed that she has some little white sores on her vent area, but she doesn't seem to be in any pain. She is walking with her legs spread out a bit more than usual. She hasn't dropped an egg yet, but we're keeping our...
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    think our RIR is egg bound

    Maybe she is going to molt--that's a good point! I hope that's all it is, but I will try the bath and oil when my daughter gets home from school. I'll let her check the vent--she has tiny fingers. They are not yet 2 years old. I haven't seen her go to the bathroom yet today but her little...
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    Choosing not to increase light for laying?

    We have xmas lights on the coop, but our girls are free range and recently started sleeping up against the house. Until we all go to bed, they have quite a bit of light on them. When they used to stay in the coop all day and night I kept lights on to discourage opossums. I think my girls...
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    Why do people get so worked up about eating a fertilized egg?

    when we had a rooster my brother refused to eat the fertilized eggs. my husband grew up on a farm with chickens and made fun of him. I think it's totally fine. I never had a problem with it.
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    think our RIR is egg bound

    One of our chickens is just finishing her first molting and she had not laid since she started. But our other chicken (a Rhode Island Red), who didn't molt (and still isn't molting) did not lay either. (We have searched and searched for eggs to no avail. There aren't too many places an egg...
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    Molting Chickens!

    I only have two chickens. One is molting and one isn't, but neither of them are laying. In fact, they have not laid at all for the past two weeks. I can understand the molting hen, but what's going on with the other girl? It's just starting to get chilly at night here and the night lights we...
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    Light in coop - required?

    I've been wondering about this issue myself...it's still in the 80's every day here in FL. We found a possum in the coop a few weeks ago and ever since then have had lights outside for them. Xmas lights. We don't have the kind of coop that looks like a little house, just one that has three...
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    Brown eggs turning white

    Oh, good. Thank you!!
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    Brown eggs turning white

    My Jersey Giant hen's eggs are changing from a medium brown with speckles to an off-white. They taste the same and she seems healthy, but I know that the breed's eggs are supposed to be brown. I'm concerned that she may not be getting enough vitamins or something and that's the reason for the...
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    How can you tell that your coop is under siege?

    My girls never went back into their coop last night to sleep, after their scare with the possum, but they made it thru safely. One of our hens is a Jersey Giant and she can be aggressive when threatened, that's probably why the possum wasn't actually in the coop when I went out there. I hope...
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    How can you tell that your coop is under siege?

    It's 10:30 at night and I just heard my two girls making a racket. I went out there and saw a huge possom sitting on the fence right above the coop. Scared the hell out of me. He, however, was not at all scared of me. I had to turn on the hose to scare him off. Will he keep coming back...
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    Free rooster...Saint Cloud, FL

    We have a Jersey Giant rooster who is just about 9 months old. He is huge and beautiful and we love him, but he's become aggressive and my young daughters are scared of him. They aren't able to enjoy being with their chickens b/c of him. I would love to find him a good home. Saint Cloud is...
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