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    Bald hen!

    Hi, I have 3 hybrid hens - all 18 months old. For the past 8 weeks now my black hen has been losing feathers on her tummy, chest and under her chin/neck! Sometimes the areas look quite sore and red and it has become progressively worse. I have checked for mites/lice and have not been able to...
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    Soft shells! Help!

    Thanks for replying - sorry about the pics above if they are a bit gross! So the same happened again today - the same chuck all of a sudden became bloated at 7pm came over to me as if for help - looking at her vent i noticed the above as in the picture - i manually had to help her pass the egg...
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    Soft shells! Help!

    Hi, I am new to chicken keeping and picked my 3 hybrids up 4 weeks ago. They are 21 weeks old and started laying about 2 weeks ago - i panicked as didn't expect eggs so early and mixed their grower feed with layer feed (not sure if I should of done this?!?) 2 of my hens are laying regulary and...
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