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    Subcutaneous Emphysema- Pictures Added

    It isn’t huge, I can feel it when I hold her. It doesn’t seem to be getting bigger. I spoke to the vet who told me about the air sacs but seemed convinced there must be an invisible puncture wound. I think the hen did it on the kitchen taps when escaping the fox. I took her in yesterday, but...
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    Subcutaneous Emphysema- Pictures Added

    Hi, A fox got into my kitchen by following the hens hentry door I’d put in so I can close my back door in the winter but the ex-caged hens can still find refuge.) Two hens were killed. Two were untouched, one had horrible-looking flesh wounds (vet stitched her/antibiotics & she’s ‘a still...
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    Chicken sometimes lays 2 eggs a day, one hard and one soft

    I wonder what’s making them over-deliver the eggs though. Is it a hormone or something they’re eating? Mine is about six months old. Are yours similar?
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    Chicken sometimes lays 2 eggs a day, one hard and one soft

    Very sad news for Lavender, but that’s interesting regarding egg cycles, thank you. Celia doesn’t seem to have had a break in laying unless I’m misidentifying her eggs. She’s my only non rescue so her eggs have been smaller and smoother in texture & colour than the others but perhaps one of the...
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    Chicken sometimes lays 2 eggs a day, one hard and one soft

    Yesterday, I saw her pass three soft eggs in 4 hours. She seems happy enough today but there’s very little information about hen reproductive abnormalities.
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    Chicken sometimes lays 2 eggs a day, one hard and one soft

    Thanks. Yes, they have baked shells, oyster shells and grit. I’ve just videoed the moments before she lays a soft egg. She often hangs around me when she’s about to lay one. One other hen is a little too interested so I missed the actual lay because I was moving the other hen away. I’m pretty...
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    Chicken sometimes lays 2 eggs a day, one hard and one soft

    Thanks. Your sound like they’re on a nice path. None of my kale got beyond infancy last year so I have no idea what they prefer! They do like broccoli leaves but not the broccolli. I’m just not sure why a hen would be laying two eggs a day. Given one has a very healthy shell, I’m not surprised...
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    Chicken sometimes lays 2 eggs a day, one hard and one soft

    Great news on yours. 🙂 I didn’t know that about spinach. They love it and won’t touch raw kale. Do you cook yours? There’s garlic in a hen supplement mix that I bought and people seem to think its properties are good for them, but I’ll try removing those things and see if they decide they’ll go...
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    Chicken sometimes lays 2 eggs a day, one hard and one soft

    I have a similar situation. I had 3 rescue hens and when the second died, it was a month before the next rescues were due so I got a point of lay Dark Sussex (Celia) to keep my lone hen company. The young hen has steadily been growing and getting to the size of the older one. She’s active and...
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    How many chickens can you have?

    In the U.K. it’s more space than that, but that little space certainly won’t make happy hens as they love to roam and are very social so need space for milling around eating & dust bathing together.
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    My chicken's skin in turning yellow -- help

    I’m really glad to hear this. I’ve only had rescues and how have an 18wk old and her yellowing was worrying me - she seems healthy otherwise.
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    My chicken's skin in turning yellow -- help

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