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    hen laying after at least 11 months off?

    We assumed she was retiring and all done laying. She stopped around last Easter. Last year we put lights in the coop and they layed through the winter. We lost a few hens in the spring and so this year we opted not to use lights and let nature run its course. We have 2 leghorns who started...
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    Respiratory infection on my BO. Praying she will make it through. Do chicks survive this? ETA She pa

    Thank you! It was rough not to mention vet bills (never thought I would take a chicken to the vet) and still lose her. We were able to get a similar aged cuckoo maran to keep my wellsummer company. They are getting a lot great! The maran is a sweety. We have 2 10 week old leghorn pullets and the...
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    Respiratory infection on my BO. Praying she will make it through. Do chicks survive this? ETA She pa

    Still waiting for a call back from the Vet. They couldn't tell me what it was with out all the expensive test they wanted to do. The treatment we opted for was still over 200. I didn't think about Necropsy when I buried her last night. I have kids and wanted closure on her. Of course now they...
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    Respiratory infection on my BO. Praying she will make it through. Do chicks survive this? ETA She pa

    Sadly Lola passed away tonight, horrible to watch her die and not be able to do anything. I worry I killed her with her medicine. Its breaking me up. She looked better yesterday. We took her in for fluids and then more today. This morning I went to get her to give her meds and she was laying on...
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    Respiratory infection on my BO. Praying she will make it through. Do chicks survive this? ETA She pa

    No coughing, sneezing or runny nose. Doc said she delt with a lot of birds and tgat she heard wheezing in her lungs and air sacs.
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    Respiratory infection on my BO. Praying she will make it through. Do chicks survive this? ETA She pa

    So she is a 15 month old Buff Orpington, has been laying since she was 19 weeks old and stopped laying mid May. We assumed the flock was going through a molt as they were all losing feathers and none were laying. I noticed this past week that her comb was rather pale (lost most of the reddness...
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    Respiratory infection on my BO. Praying she will make it through. Do chicks survive this? ETA She pa

    I have never wormed. I plan to take a fresh sample in tomorrow morning from both birds when I take her in for more fluids. We don't know if its viral or bacterial, I couldn't fathom leaving her there for all the testing so we are treating and praying. My other hen is acting completely normal...
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    This Hen Mama is confused....

    WE went to the vet yesterday and it turns out she has a respiratory infection. They wanted to admit her, but it would at least 1200. I opted to get her some fluids and meds and bring her home. She is doing well, but they didn't give her a great prognosis. I didn't care for the vet. I am going to...
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    This Hen Mama is confused....

    They are 15 months old. By look you can't tell they are missing feathers. Only by the down looking yard and coop.
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    Respiratory infection on my BO. Praying she will make it through. Do chicks survive this? ETA She pa

    We took our 15 month old Buff Orpington to the exotic Vet tonight. She has some sort of respiratory infection. With out spending 1300 to leave her there for treatment and diagnosis there is no way to know exactly what it is. We opted to hydrate her there with subcutaneous fluids, and I have to...
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    This Hen Mama is confused....

    Should i medicate as a preventative?? If so what should i use?
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    This Hen Mama is confused....

    No, we are in the cityish. They are used to dogs (we have 2) and used to kids. Our neighbors love them. We have checked bushed kept them in the coop for days to retrain just in case. One was laying in a bush and keeping her in the coop broke it. Thanks for the response. Im hoping its just molt...
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    This Hen Mama is confused....

    We have not gotten any eggs from any of our Hens in a few months now. Its so depressing. We started with our Girls (and a guy who we re-homed) just over a year ago. All were awesome layers with the exception of 1 who passed away suddenly in Jan (believe she was egg bound). I supplemented light...
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    NON emergency question.

    We use DE. Isnt that a natural de wormer??
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    NON emergency question.

    Well I hope its just a break as I did put lights on them this winter to keep up production I don't think I will do that next year.
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    NON emergency question.

    They have layer feed provided all the time (they are locked in coop about 4 days a week with 4 or so hours of free range and then the rest of the week they free range all day. Depends on work schedule. They do get called back from time to time with scratch or meal worms. I offer some good veggie...
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    NON emergency question.

    We have had chickens since chicks for just over a year. So we survived a winter. We lost 1 for no apparent reason back in Feb. And swapped a Rooster for Hen but now this is a first. One of our girls which had lights on them over the winter (wont do that again) has stopped laying going on about a...
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    The Welsummer Thread!!!!

    My Wellsummer who we think is 18 to 24 months old and has always dropped AWESOME large eggs for us hasn't given us any in almost 2 weeks now. We have checked her for lice and the like but we are stumped. She is just as spunky as she has always been, top of the flock of 3 (even though she came in...
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    Spring molt? Is there such a thing?

    ...I was hoping to get 4 years of good laying of this flock. Will cut the treats for a while and keep her on feed to see if that helps. I thought she was just ****** because after we got new neighbors we kept them coop bound for a bit. SPOILED HENS. Do they stop laying when they have attitude...
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    Spring molt? Is there such a thing?

    What would I see? I check for bugs under the feathers and so far nothing. Whats the best way to see? They eat layer feed when they are locked in the coop along with cabbage or any other left over treats, melon, etc. I made some flock blocks recently that they loved as treats. Nothing out of the...
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