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    I think she ate a safety pen... O.o

    I'm not sure if this will give you the same reassurance but I heard recently of a baby who swallowed a safety pin and although it opened it came out with no problems or injury.
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    Mixing ducks and chickens

    I'm new to keeping birds and have had two (three until a couple of weeks ago ) Egyptian fayoumis since July. They are funny characters and I love them but they have yet to lay any eggs. We've been discussing getting a couple more birds partly show them how it's done and also so they can keep...
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    Fayoumi - egg bound? UPDATE dead :( some questions...

    I have just been looking at pictures of poo and pictures of hens with coccidiosis. Mrs Doyle had the hunched, wings down look of a bird with coccidiosis (although I'm sure many chicken ailments make them look like this!). Her poos were white and runny the day before she died, and I can't...
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    Fayoumi - egg bound? UPDATE dead :( some questions...

    Thank you. It is great to talk to someone else who has fayoumis. And thanks for the advice you gave - we did put up a wooden partition so the nesting box is more private which hopefully will please the two remaining ones. They should be laying by now and I don't know why they aren't, but I hope...
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    Fayoumi - egg bound? UPDATE dead :( some questions...

    I asked a friend who is experienced with chickens to come round to help but unfortunately it was too late, Mrs Doyle had died. There was no way of telling what had been wrong. My friend speculated that maybe she was just a dud - her comb never really developed properly, it was always pink and...
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    Fayoumi - egg bound? UPDATE dead :( some questions...

    Well we're on day three of it now - she's still the same, looking lethargic and sort of hunkering down with her wings low and her neck hunched. She still moves away when approached. She goes and looks at the food but doesn't really seem to be eating, and scratches around a bit occasionally...
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    Fayoumi - egg bound? UPDATE dead :( some questions...

    Ah thank you! I feel reassured. It's good to hear advice from someone with experience of fayoumis, they're such a quirky breed. I think I will try putting a curtain in the nest box. They have tended to sleep in the nest boxes as they are higher than the perch so I wondered if they would want to...
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    Fayoumi - egg bound? UPDATE dead :( some questions...

    She seemed ok! Haven't found any eggs anywhere and she still looks like she is "with egg". She came out with the others this morning and spent the day pretty much like yesterday, sometimes moving around outside (albeit gingerly) and sometimes going inside and looking like she wanted to lay. She...
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    Fayoumi - egg bound? UPDATE dead :( some questions...

    I have three Egyptian Fayoumis. I've never had chickens before and have only had these since July. They are about 6 months old. We were told they'd be laying in September but we haven't seen a single egg yet. (I've just read that giving them scraps as well as pellets can upset the balance of...
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