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    Egg-bound hen having complications. Please Help

    Bump for the morning crowd.
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    Egg-bound hen having complications. Please Help

    Thanks for the info. everyone, very much appreciated. The area looked a little better after todays bath/cleaning. It looks like there’s a bit of damaged intestine or skin that has remained outside and is slowly drying up. There’s nothing blocking her from pooping, just that bit of skin that’s...
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    Egg-bound hen having complications. Please Help

    We have a 5 month old BlackStar (Ginger) that just started laying. Her first egg came out sideways and caused her intestine to hang out. We got the egg out and gave her a warm epson salt bath. Following day she laid her second egg and this time and again egg and intestine were handing out...
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    Hello everyone!

    Thanks again everyone! Yes, it was quite the surprise when chicks made it home. I guess I’m kind of a house first, chicks second kind of guy, lol! Glad we got them and I know this will be a whole lotta fun for the family. I’ll get a new thread going in a couple weeks when they get a...
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    Hello everyone!

    Thanks everyone for all the warm welcomes and great info! I agree with the light brown ones being Buff Orphingtons, at least from what I gathered from pictures on other threads and around the net. The two we have are both different. This one has always had smaller wings, a smaller tail that...
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    Hello everyone!

    Just a small introduction, new to the chicken world. So chickens is something I've been wanting to do for about a year now. Because of this or that it just hadn't gotten done. 4 weeks ago my 6yr old (with grandma & grandpa, lol) shows up with 8 little chicks from TSC. All I know is he picked...
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