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    Abnormal head movement

    My lovely Australorp, Gertie has been acting strangely in the mornings for about a week. When I open the coop and they come out, I give them (4 hens) about a cup of scratch mix on the ground. Gertie is a real guts, and could eat underwater, but this last week after a couple of half-hearted...
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    Hen pecked

    My little auracana is the lowest in the pecking order who is mostly bullied by her sister. The other two join in if she tries to share food. She spends so much of her time alone and when she's with the others, she's nervous. I hate so much her being bullied to the point where she is neurotic...
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    Strange poo

    Can anyone tell me about the reason for these gravelly droppings?
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    2 clucky chooks

    I cannot believe it! One clucky chook. still clucky after 3 days in a cage, and now another one has started!! Is this catching? Or is there something in the water :rolleyes:!!!! Can I keep 2 chooks in the cage? It's a large, dog crate so easily fits two or more chooks. Will this cause more...
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    Clucky chook

    Hi all, I've just gotten over my Araucana, Topsie's five days in a cage to break her broodiness. It's been about only one month since and she is at it again. Maddeningly, the first day in the cage she laid an egg! However, she is clucky and runs back to the nest immediately if I let her out. I...
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    Soft eggs

    Some months ago my Australorp/RIR cross started laying soft eggs. I was advised to give some calcium tablets for 10 days and it fixed the problem. Now it's happening again. I gave her calcium for about 7 days and she laid hard eggs but with very thin shells. She then laid a couple of soft eggs...
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    Four year old Australorp/Rhode Island Red cross stopped laying

    Hi, Not sure if I'm in the right section but I'll post anyway in the hopes of an answer. My four year old Australorp cross has stopped laying. She recently recovered from her moult, has a lovely red crown and laid a couple of eggs then stopped. She is also fluffing her feathers a lot (like they...
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    Unusual feathers after moulting

    My golden laced wyandotte hen Myrtle, has completed her moult and has regrown her feathers a couple of weeks ago. However, I keep finding what appear to be new feathers not completely unfurled. Any advice appreciated
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    Thin shelled eggs

    My Australorp x Rhode Island Red always lays eggs with thin shells. Once or twice a year she starts laying soft shelled ones for days at a time. I was advised to give her calcium tablets for a week. Whenever ever she lays soft eggs I have found this treatment to be very successful (many thanks...
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    Spurs on hens

    My friend has just rescued two hens from a neglectful owner. They both have the most severe cases of scaley leg mite I have ever seen (for which I am treating them), and are absolutely terrified of being handled. When he picked them up, there was a dead chicken in the chook house and there was...
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    Dirty bottoms

    Two out of my four hens continue to develop dirty bottoms. I have wormed all of them and cleaned the two with grubby backsides, but it seems to keep happening. These two are eating, drinking and laying as normal, they just don't seem to be keeping themselves clean for some reason. Their poos are...
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    Bumblefoot

    My beautiful Golden Laced Wyandotte seems to have a multiple bumblefoot, if that is a thing.
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    Skinny hen

    My lovely Frizzle hardly eats anything. At first she was being bullied but now a new pullet has changed the pecking order and the Frizzle is experiencing less bullying. I give my girls scratch in the morning, which they love but Frizz only has a little then goes out to play. I've tried isolating...
  14. Bonnieboo

    Ants in bedding

    My girls refuse to roost at night so sleep on hemp bedding which I clean out and replenish as necessary. Now the Australian summer has arrived, I noticed ants in their droppings in the bedding. I'm trying to think of a way to get rid of them without hurting the chooks. I have put some DE in he...
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    Vaccination against respiratory illness

    Just reading one of your articles and it mentioned vaccinating against respiratory illnesses. I live in Perth Western Australia and I've never heard of this. Can someone tell me if this is essential and what the vaccination called? Many thanks, Bron :confused:
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    Odd laying behaviors

    My 2 1/2 year old Australorp Gertie has long recovered from her moult and her comb indicates she is ready to lay. We had one egg then nothing for a few days then a broken soft egg in the nest. Nothing again for a couple of days then a soft egg (broken) and today a fairy egg. When her feathers...
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    Is she a rooster?

    I have two hens that are 20 weeks old and I am hoping that they start laying soon. My husband swears that today he heard one of them crow. Now I haven't heard it and though she is rather vocal, she's never said anything in my presence that sounds like a cock-a-doodle-doo. If she does turn out to...
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    When to worm chicks

    I have two beautiful 6 week old chicks the result of some fertile eggs given to me for my eternally clucky Wyandotte. I'm just wanting to know when I need to start worming them. Thanks in advance for all advice :D
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    Broody hen with imported fertilised eggs

    Hi all, I have a broody hen and I have put 4 fertile eggs under her as I just couldn't go through the agony of trying to break her. This is my first time hatching eggs. I feel very nervous and inexperienced and need advice. Once the babies have hatched do I put out food and water for them in a...
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    Infected crop lining and yeast infection

    My 15 week old Wyandotte Sylvie, has had swallowing issues for a little while but has otherwise appeared well and happy. Vet diagnosed inflamed crop and yeast infection. Along with isolation, antibiotics, yeast drops and electrolyte water a heat lamp over her cage. My question is: will she be...
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