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    I am having problems with one of my buff Orpington hens. She is swelled around her body.

    She do want to go into the coop one night. I finally urged her out from under the coop and put her inside. I didn't notice anything unusual. Next night same thing. She seemed a little tired, now I'm thinking maybe weak Next night same thing. I thought maybe she wanted to be by herself and...
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    I am having problems with one of my buff Orpington hens. She is swelled around her body.

    Thank you for all your replies. Seems like the best I can do is try and keep her comfortable. We have lost chickens before, and it's never easy. We keep a flock of about 12. They are all pets, and have names so it is like losing any other pet. She was one of the first chicks we bought. It...
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    I am having problems with one of my buff Orpington hens. She is swelled around her body.

    Thanks for the link. It was very helpful, but not too encouraging. Her name is Blondie, and is one of my favorites. Thanks again.
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    I am having problems with one of my buff Orpington hens. She is swelled around her body.

    I can't seem to get pic to work. Is there anything I can do for her?
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    I am having problems with one of my buff Orpington hens. She is swelled around her body.

    She is almost 4 years old. Working on pic
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    I am having problems with one of my buff Orpington hens. She is swelled around her body.

    She has refused to go into the coop for the last 2nights. She seems lethargic. Does anyone have any suggestions from my poor description? Ask questions and I'll try and answer them. Tonight I have her in a warm room in my house. I have layer pellets and water. Right now she seems like she...
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    Keeping the neighbor's chickens out of my yard

    If my chickens got in the neighbors yard and they told me about it and they didn't want them there, I would do my best to keep them out of the neighbors yard. If they still go over them, I would have no problem with him shooting the ones that got in his yard. Eventually it would stop. I...
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    2 1/2 y o buff orpington has poop near her vent

    We did wipe her vent. Can't seem to get all the poop off, but the area was cleaner. Today when I checked on my chickens she was walking around and eating. Can chickens die from this, and is it anything contagious?
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    2 1/2 y o buff orpington has poop near her vent

    She is also not as active as she normally is. She goes to the corner by herself and just sits there. What are some things I should look for?
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    Comment by 'Steve2saint' in article 'How To Tame Chickens from the Start'

    My wife is the one that got us started with raising chickens. We now have 16. They all have names and different personalities. When I go out to feed them, see them, or close up their coop for the night, I always sit down and talk to them for a while. ALWAYS touching them or holding them...
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    Do people lie about how many eggs they get??

    In Carrollton Illinois, mid way between St. Louis Missouri and Springfield Illinois. I January we get ABOUT one egg a day for every TWO hens. now that April is here we are getting 10 eggs a day from 13 hens. We feed them Layer Pellets we get at Farm and Home. I give them 2 scoops a day, 1...
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    my feed room is infested with MICE!!!

    I had mice get into boxes of OUR food storage we have. A lot of cans. They ate the paper off the cans. I did lose some soft Pac k aged products. Like a total of 4 boxes the size of stove top stuffing. They also got into a case of toilet paper. 12 packages of 12 rolls. They only damaged I...
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    my feed room is infested with MICE!!!

    I am surprised I have not had a problem with mice with my feed. Chickens have a mouse resistant coop. Feed is kept in the garage on a bench that a mouse could easily get to, but I have not had a single bag damaged. I buy 2 bags a month. I figure as soon as I get a bag chewed, I'll get some...
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    my feed room is infested with MICE!!!

    Bucket trap doesn't need to be reset either. May want to put fresh bait on it once in a while.
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    Coop roof ventilation

    I live in Illinois between Springfield illinois and ST Louis Missouri. I put I north and a south opening for ventilation. I put window screen in to keep most of the gnats out, and 1/2" hardware clothe on top of that to keep critters ( raccoons and coyotes etc.) In the winter I put...
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