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    Chicken lethargic, dazed & confused since very hot day 11 days ago. What could be wrong?

    This was not an easy photo to get!! You can see a couple tiny white chunks on the inside edge of the lower lid. The one I had wiped away was a little bigger. So far I've only noticed them in her left eye. She used to lay an egg almost every day, but I hadn't really paid that much attention so...
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    Chicken lethargic, dazed & confused since very hot day 11 days ago. What could be wrong?

    Her crop has been small and soft, no abdominal bloating. She has been pooping all along, usually whenever I give her a syringe feeding. Not laying eggs of course.
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    Chicken lethargic, dazed & confused since very hot day 11 days ago. What could be wrong?

    Lucille is a RIR, will be 1 yr. old later this month. She's always been a normal healthy bird until 11 days ago when we had a very hot and humid day, temps in the mid-90s. I did what I always do on hot days - make sure everyone has shade, keep waterers full of cool water, a sprinkler in the...
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    Official BYC Poll: When Did Your Hen/s Begin Laying Eggs?

    I got my first flock 15 different assorted breeds as day old chicks in late July. The first one started laying at 18 weeks - my Black Star. My Red Star and my Rhode Island Red started laying next at about 21 - 22 weeks. Then my Ancona began a a couple weeks after that. The rest of the crew JUST...
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    Breeds susceptible to fishy eggs from flax..

    I just got my first flock of 15 assorted breed chickens last summer and of the handful that have started laying, one of them has the fishy smelling eggs. She's a Black Star (sex linked hybrid I think?) and was my first one to lay at 18 weeks, and she lays pretty much every day. Unfortunately...
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