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    Open Contest Guess When BYC Will Reach 520,000 Members!

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    Will my hen ever lay again? Bronchitis and lash egg.

    I have a closed flock. I’m terrified of avian flu. (The higher powers say it’s low risk, and none detected here, but still..) I don’t rehome my chickens, and I haven’t bought any chicks, although my broodies have hatched out a few. All seems healthy so far. Is there anything I should do to help...
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    Will my hen ever lay again? Bronchitis and lash egg.

    Diagnosing chickens is difficult. Almost everything causes the same symptoms. Not eating, drinking, being lethargic. Is bacterial or viral? My biggest question besides treatment is, how did/do they catch whatever it is? The coop is clean, as clean as it can be with chickens. Well ventilated...
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    Will my hen ever lay again? Bronchitis and lash egg.

    My vet treats chickens, among other animals. The vet said respiratory infection, probably bronchitis. My hen is ok now-so far. Except she hasn’t laid in 3 months with the exception of a lash egg. I’m giving her calcium and extra tuna, it’s her favorite treat. I put vitamins in the flocks...
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    Will my hen ever lay again? Bronchitis and lash egg.

    She was standing still, with her head down. She kept her eyes closed, and had labored breathing. Her comb was almost white. She wouldn’t eat or drink. And her poop was a thick liquid yellow. The next day I took her to the vet. He started her on tetracycline. She was so lethargic, I had to use a...
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    Will my hen ever lay again? Bronchitis and lash egg.

    I’ve got a one year old legbar, she’s been laying well up until she got sick. This was in February. She was SICK, she wasn’t eating, or drinking, lethargic is an understatement. I took her to the vet and he said she had bronchitis. After antibiotics and tons of TLC, after 5 days she was better...
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    Need Advice- How do I start a Bachelor flock?

    Oh my goodness! You have a beautiful rooster flock! Thank you so much for sharing such wonderful pictures! Can I ask about your austrolorps temperament? I’ve got a Austrolorp hen, she’s so docile and easy to please. She gets along with all my other chickens, and is super people friendly. Are the...
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    Need Advice- How do I start a Bachelor flock?

    @chooki I’m sorry but you can not post pictures with such beautiful birds without breeds and names. They’re gorgeous!
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    Is this a lash egg?

    (I can not tell you how much I did not like doing that.) um so it looks slimy, and it feels like firm jello in a deflated balloon. Kind of squishy/firm. It doesn’t have a smell, I didn’t want to put my face too close, but it smelled like..egg. Definitely does not look like one though.
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    Will his apparent recessive white gene ever show up in his offspring?

    He’s* not hrs
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    Will his apparent recessive white gene ever show up in his offspring?

    12 pounds. 12. Hrs still too big for my 14 oz bantam. But 12. Is there a way to edit posts? Either I hit the wrong button or autocorrect puts craziness.
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    Will his apparent recessive white gene ever show up in his offspring?

    17 lbs is the biggest I’ve ever heard of too! He’s 12 lbs twelve. The mother? No solid white even as a chick. The baby? Yes the was mostly white at hatch with mixes of black.
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    Is this a lash egg?

    Cracker, my legbar is a year old. She lays every other day. The last time she laid, a few days ago it was a shell-less egg. Today she laid this. She’s acting completely normal, eating drinking, she’s active. If this is a lash egg, what do I do as far as bio security with the other hens?
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    SOP's Can you help, or do you want to learn?

    He’s beautiful! And can concur as a fellow North Carolinian it’s HOT!!! And just going to get hotter :(
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    Will his apparent recessive white gene ever show up in his offspring?

    Nope, I read hens can retain sperm for up to 5 weeks, that much I already knew. The only other active rooster I had is a 12 lb Wyandotte mix. He was indoors, up until 5 weeks ago or so. (It’s a long story, he’s special, I’ll leave it at that). So this is an oddity? I’m not crazy right?
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