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    Sick Chicken - Need Help Please!

    Well, look at her now! She has been out doing chicken things all day. It’s like she’s a normal girl again. I’m baffled but grateful!
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    Sick Chicken - Need Help Please!

    Thank you! I give the birds crushed eggshells, which don’t seem to interest them much, tbh. So, I thought maybe they had enough calcium and that’s why they didn’t want them, but I will order some oyster shell to see if that helps. One of the birds is molting. If she is as well, I guess that...
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    Sick Chicken - Need Help Please!

    What is the calcium supposed to help with? Is it just in case she is egg bound and to help her pass the egg? Do you have any other suspicions about what may be wrong?
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    Sick Chicken - Need Help Please!

    Hot! Very hot! But the hens have had plenary of shade and cooler places to hide out. When I’m home, they have full access to the yard and garden beds. They like to hang out under the coop when they can’t be in the yard. The other three hens seem perfectly normal. I can’t help but think the...
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    Sick Chicken - Need Help Please!

    I don’t know if it was a broken egg or a shell-less egg. I found no evidence of a shell.
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    Sick Chicken - Need Help Please!

    Wet from epsom salt & warm water soak
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    Sick Chicken - Need Help Please!

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    Sick Chicken - Need Help Please!

    So, her tail IS tucked down. Or maybe it’s like that because she is sleeping while standing? She hasn’t moved from this position for over an hour…
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    Sick Chicken - Need Help Please!

    I haven’t seen poop. She has a little bit this morning. It was normal color but thin and not much, more than a teaspoon, less than a tablespoon. i gave her one tums. She spit it, so I broke it into smaller pieces. She spit it. So I crushed it and mixed it with west food and she ate a little...
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    Sick Chicken - Need Help Please!

    Yes, I have tums. How much should I give her? I don’t even know if I can get her to eat any. I’m afraid to do the wrong thing(s)
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    Sick Chicken - Need Help Please!

    I’ve got her inside. She’s wet and puffed up a little because of it. She really just stands there. So sad.
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    Sick Chicken - Need Help Please!

    Hello! I need some help helping my favorite hen. She is about 18 months old. The night before last I went out to close up the coop and she was in the nesting box with egg yolk all over her. No shell in sight. The next day I went to check on her and she was very subdued. Since then, she has been...
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    Rooster Paranoia?

    Well, they are definitely all Pullets! 17 weeks old today. Do you think this one is getting ready to lay? 😃
  14. Kel80537

    Automatic Coop Door - What do you like?

    I did not. I ended up getting another horizontally sliding door, which I like. But, it scares me a little because the safety feature only works if something is already there when it tries to close. If something crosses the opening when the door is in progress, it won’t trigger. So, I have it set...
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    Automatic Coop Door - What do you like?

    Has anyone used the Pullet-shut door? That one is interesting to me. It doesn’t have the safety sensor, but I’m wondering if it isn’t safer simply due to the way the door opens/closes. If you have one, or if you have used one, please let me know what you think about it. TIA...
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    Automatic Coop Door - What do you like?

    Thanks! I definitely want the safety sensor. I was shopping on Amazon (almost always creates more confusion from too many products), and I read multiple reviews where birds were crushed or decapitated. I can’t even imagine…
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    Automatic Coop Door - What do you like?

    Thanks @Debbie292d! One other note for anyone who wishes to reply. I should have noted that the door will open to a covered run on the north side of the house. It will very likely not get enough light to operate a light sensor accurately.
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    Automatic Coop Door - What do you like?

    Hello! We are building a new coop and want to add an automatic door. Unfortunately, there are SO many products out there that we are having a hard time knowing which will be best. We don't necessarily need a bunch of bells and whistles, but we do need: 1. Timer 2. Battery (with solar is a...
  19. Kel80537

    Rooster Paranoia?

    Thanks for responding!! I think so also, really, but the devil on my shoulder keeps telling me otherwise. 😂 Maybe just an early bloomer 🤞🏼
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    Rooster Paranoia?

    Here’s a body shot of Jacki
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