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    Hen reproductive issues

    I didn’t get a chance to slice open the one in the nesting box but I cut the jelly bean looking one and it seemed like tissue. Thanks for the suggestion, I am hoping I can find that in my rural town or can order it in time.
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    Hen reproductive issues

    I have an ameracauna hen that is 2 yrs old. She has been sitting in the nesting box frequently and I took her inside. Since she’s been in she’s pooped out a weird jelly bean fleshy looking thing with feces. The next day when I went to check on her it looked like she layed a disformes shell that...
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    Crop not fully draining post ascites

    Thanks for the info. It seems like her crops mostly draining but there’s still a little bit left over the next day which kind of baffles me. Is it possibly to have pendulous crop or sour crop with that little left over? I have been massaging her a bit.
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    Crop not fully draining post ascites

    Hello chicken people! I have a 2.5 yr old ameracauna who recently had ascites. I drained her a few days ago and she’s starting to feel like herself again although I noticed that her crop doesn’t seem to be fully draining. She would hardly eat anything while she had ascites but I fermented some...
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    Rooster can’t walk, lost muscle mass in one leg

    I was worried about the possibility of Mareks. No new chickens in the last 6 months but I did get some more chickens about 10 months ago. No one is vaccinated as far as I know. Do I need to be concerned about all my other chickens?
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    Rooster can’t walk, lost muscle mass in one leg

    Hello Chicken people! Last week I noticed my rooster was slightly limping and figured he jumped down from the roost wrong. He is roughly two years old. A few days later I went to the run and he could not walk at all and the hens started pecking his comb until he was bleeding. I decided to...
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