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    Lethargic Hen. Won't eat or drink. Help!

    Since around noon yesterday (8/24/2009) as far as I can tell. I'm stuck with gape, cold/flu, or pneumonia as it rained very hard the other day. Now with the rain I must say, they have a nicely built house that stays dry but I was not around to see if my nutty hens took their time getting into...
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    Lethargic Hen. Won't eat or drink. Help!

    Any type of gurgling sounds or a cough? Just wondering as one of my hens has a cough and gurgling, she isn't eating much or drinking alot and just kind of lays around. I isolated her to a temp cage hoping it won't spread to my others. I am still trying to figure this one out myself. I hope...
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    RIR with beak open most of the time today.

    My hen has not eaten all day and looks like very little water. Any suggestions?
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    RIR with beak open most of the time today.

    gjoyner - Thanks. I love all animals and hate to see anything suffer. It seems she just doesn't feel good since she is not behaving the same as the other RIR or Dom. I need a chicken communicator so they can just tell me whats wrong.....
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    RIR with beak open most of the time today.

    As an update - I opened the door to the house and she came off the roost, but has not come out of the house. I have not heard her cough, however she seems to have a gurgle crackely sound to her. I also notice she seems to have some stool leftovers around her rear. My other 2 hens are out of...
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    RIR with beak open most of the time today.

    How old are the hens? About a year old What are they eating? Layer pellets from TSC, also given them some lettuce, tomatos, grapes(seedless), celery(they didn'y like that), baby carrots Have they ever been wormed? I can't answer this. I would think yes, but it could be no..... How are the...
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    RIR with beak open most of the time today.

    My hen won't come out of their house this mornig. She is hanging out on her roost. I don't see any kind of discharge coming from her. I am figuring maybe she just doesn't feel good and wants to stay in bed today. What worries me is her getting water and food.
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    North Carolina

    Rocky Mount
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    North Carolina!

    Rocky Mount
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    How long does it take for new hens to start laying?

    Ok, this is my second post....... I got 2 RIRs and a Dom 4 days ago. They are all around a year old. They had been laying according to the guy I got them from. I know stress of new place and all can stop them from laying, but I was just wondering if there is a general time period. The ladys...
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    RIR with beak open most of the time today.

    Thank you both for your reply. Since it is only the one, I will monitor and see how she does. It has been humid the past few days, and we had a couple frog strangler storms last night. I will post answers to those questions if she gets worse. I did take notice since they have gone to roost...
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    RIR with beak open most of the time today.

    Hello, I hate this is my first post, but where else better to ask. I got 2 RIRs and a Dom this past Friday. The hens have been getting adjusted fairly well. Today however (this afternoon is when I noticed) one of my RIRs has been moving around with her beak open, occasionally it seems like...
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