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    Checking-In On Peeps - Post Here To Say Hello!

    We are clucking along at our coop. We lost our two White Rocks over the winter by 'misadventure'. They made the great escape (think Chicken Run) and strutted through the invisible fence into dog zone. After a respectful mourning period, we have added three Saphire Gems to our flock. The new...
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    stretching neck and shaking head

    One of my Golden Comet hens, Lois, is stretching her neck and periodically shaking her head. She's also wandering around seemingly in a daze while her sisters are searching for their meal worm treat or getting breakfast. Her eyes are clear, her bottom is clean. We haven't changed their feed...
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    Feeding the mixed flock - One older girl and 4 'teen agers'

    I have an approximately 2-year old hen and four pullets about 10-12 weeks old and fully feathered out. I've read a lot of the posts about introducing old to new but have a question about feeding. The 'teens' have been eating 'grower' food, the senior hen has standard 'layer' food. I have read...
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    4 legged chick Clover

    Chickens tend not to eat/drink when they are in pain. I would say just wait and see.
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    4+ Year old Barred Rock, Brown stinky diarrhea, wet butt, flopped over comb

    Thank you for your feedback. We've already put her in the 'chicken cemetery'. I have cleared and disinfected the coop. I'm down to two hens (they were from the same clutch and we lost another to a predator this spring), so I'm going to wait a little bit to see if anybody else has issues...
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    4+ Year old Barred Rock, Brown stinky diarrhea, wet butt, flopped over comb

    I've lost track but I believe she just turned 5 years old. Because of her age, she didn't lay every day, but maybe 3 times/week. She had layed within the past couple of days.
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    4+ Year old Barred Rock, Brown stinky diarrhea, wet butt, flopped over comb

    Well, obviously I should have noticed the problem and asked for help sooner, because the hen has passed away. I'm concerned for my remaining hens. Do you think it's possible that she ate something and was poisoned? We do not use pesticides, but live on the perimeter of farm fields.
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    4+ Year old Barred Rock, Brown stinky diarrhea, wet butt, flopped over comb

    One of my Barred Rock hens is sick. I've noticed a smell in the coop yesterday. Today she is lethargic, her butt is wet, her comb is flopped over and her eyes are a bit squinty. Up until today she has been eating normally. My hens have plenty of fresh water, crumble and get a bit of scratch...
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