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    n/m

    never mind
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    She poured like a tea pot

    She died during the night Saturday. Poor Willy
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    My Sex Link died last night

    thank you
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    My Sex Link died last night

    I can't stop crying. How can I get details on where to send her for a necropsy? Thanks
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    She poured like a tea pot

    not that I can see. She's got some white poop around her vent, but it doesn't look like tooo much. I don't feel anything like an impacted egg (tho, I've never felt on before). Just sort of "messy" looking. She's not interested in eating. Now that I spend more time with her, I think it's my 2...
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    She poured like a tea pot

    I have isolated her. She has water with a little rescue remedy in it. I have a small bowl of plain yogurt in front of her, but she doesn't seem interested at all. Her crop area feels empty. Is that a good sign, or bad?
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    She poured like a tea pot

    The more I read, the more I think this is sour crop as well. She is about 6 months old.
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    She poured like a tea pot

    One of my young hens seems sick. Yesterday I noticed that she was standing by herself. And again this morning. I just got home from work and checked her, and she looks the same - just standing there - not too puffed, but maybe a little droopy. I picked her up, and when I did she started...
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    Help!! Chicken ate a piece of hardware cloth!!

    I'm so sorry to be such a downer - it's just that I feel that I kept my girl alive, and in terrible pain, longer than I should have - I just didn't know what the problem was.. Yes, her feathers will be all ruffled out - she will literally look "puffed". I am praying that it just passes through...
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    Help!! Chicken ate a piece of hardware cloth!!

    I'm SO sorry. But, if she starts to puff up - you MUST have her put down. Don't let her suffer. The very same thing happened to one of my first hens. She started laying eggs that seemed wet on the end. it started to get worse. Then she puffed up and stopped eating. I didn't know what was...
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    Can anyone recommend a good book or other resource on clipping chicken wings?

    How about the info on this site? https://www.backyardchickens.com/a/how-to-clip-trim-the-wings-of-your-chicken-to-prevent-flight
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    whats the earliest youve had a chicken lay?

    no. Actually mine lay throughout the day. I heard once (or twice) that hens develop an egg about ever 25 - 26 hours. So the time they lay will always be moving. Since they don't lay at night, when they get to the point that they would (with that 25-26hr cycle), they (somehow) just don't lay...
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    whats the earliest youve had a chicken lay?

    I have a white Leghorn that layed her first at 17 weeks.
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    how do you decide to let a sick hen go?

    Some of us were hoping you'd let us know what happened to her... :-(
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    Egg Eaters

    compassion at it's best
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