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  1. LilyLovesBugs

    Why aren't my hens laying?

    We have 9 hens, 3 are 1 year olds and the rest are 2 years. We get 1 or 2 eggs from the 2 year olds and 1 or 2 out of the 1 year olds. They have access to Purina Layena all the time, they always have fresh water, they get a handful of scratch a couple times a day, plus fresh greens every so...
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    What is the best all-around wormer?

    I've read online some symptoms that chickens get when they have internal parasites, and my ladies a have a few of them. I would love to worm them and know that they are pretty healthy as far as parasites go, but I'm not sure what would be best. I'm not sure what type of worms they have either...
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    Eggbound hen skin swollen red and gooey

    For the last several hours I have been dealing with an eggbound hen. I have used a plastic glove with vaseline on it and felt inside her vent and I can feel an egg. I have soaked her in a warm bath twice and have massaged the area and have put vaseline inside the vent. Checking now under vent...
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    How to make a chicken diaper?

    Is there anyone out there there who has great instructions/tutorial to make a chicken diaper plus a printable pattern? Thank you!
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    Possible respitory problems

    My hen that has been in the house healing after a dog bite (doing great) seems like she might have respitory problems. When she is excited her breathing is louder than it normally is and the big thing is that she keeps stretching her neck out and opening her beak wide and kind of gasping (she...
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    I want to see your indoor chickens and your stories about them!!

    I am thinking of having a house chicken, hard to explain right now. We have a few cats so if any of you have chickens and cats indoors I would like to hear about it. I would like to see pictures of them indoors! And their housing even, anything that has to do with them would be great! Thank you!
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    Help with a hen with a possible broken leg!

    I am taking care of my friend's BR that had a dog bite her hip. On her hip are two small puncture marks that look great, not bad at all. It was also really bruised though. I found her in my friend's coop laying down, and after watching her stand up noticed she wouldn't use one of her legs. She...
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    How to tell if infection is setting in?

    I am taking care of my friend's BR hen that was bitten by a dog. The dog bit her hip, the bite itself isn't bad just really bruised. There are just a couple small puntctures from the dog that I have been putting iodine in, they aren't red or pussy, but it does feel warm. At the very top of her...
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    bit by dog Hen's hip bald, swollen and badly bruised, please help!

    So my friend had a dog get in her coop the day before yesterday. I noticed one laying down, if she got up she limped horribly. Since my friend didn't care about her I offered to take her and try to find what's the matter with her and take care of it. That was yesterday. Today I figured out the...
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    Hen limping badly laying on side

    As I was at my friends today I noticed one of her hens just laying sideways on the ground, I watched her limp across the coop then lay down again. She didn't care about her so I offered to take her home and take care of her. After examining her I notice no splinters or cuts on her foot, she...
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    House chicken questions

    I have a few questions about house chickens that I would like to ask, I am not getting one, but I would like to know the answers in case something ever happened and I needed to bring one in. Plus I am just curious I know most people use chicken diapers, but how often...
  12. LilyLovesBugs

    House chicken questions

    I have a few questions about house chickens that I would like to ask, I am not getting one, but I would like to know the answers in case something ever happened and I needed to bring one in. Plus I am just curious I know most people use chicken diapers, but how often...
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    Molly, the very grumpy chicken

    This is Molly the Barnevelder When we first got her she was 8 weeks old and the sweetest thing. She loved to be snuggled, and liked to perch on your shoulder. Now a year and a half later she is the grumpiest chicken. If I open the nesting box door while she is laying she will yell at the top...
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    Does my chicken have Coccidia?

    The last few days she has been sitting down a lot. She is still eating, drinking laying, her stools look normal. She is still active, she jumped on top of their coop today, walking around, but I'm jsut worried because she often will just stand in the penguin postion. She is still young, only 35...
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    Hen acting strange sitting down often

    The last few days one of my hens has been acting a little sluggish lately. She often will sit down on the ground for awhile. I have observed her and she is eating plenty, drinking, laying, her poop looks normal, she even preens herself often. She doesn't have anything that I can see (no mites)...
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    Introducing chickens

    Ok so in April I had a broody chicken on easter eggs, so I got two chicks to sneak under her and then I could have chicks for the first time ever and the mother chicken could raise them. Well it didn't work out (broody hen tried to kill them) so I raised them my self. When they were 8 weeks old...
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    Chickens all the sudden won't go to bed

    I have two 7 month chickens that are kept in a separate coop than my bigger hens. They have always gone to bed when they were supposed too. The last 2 weeks they just want to sleep in the run. It will be 10 o'clock and they won't go in. I have to physically catch them and lock them in their...
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    bathed chicken=chicken in extreme shock

    For the last several months I've been trying to deal with lice. In January we were given two hens and one was old and has lice (we discovered the second part later) me being a chicken newbie put them in with our flock without thinking. Today I tried bathing the chickens, the old one has been in...
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    Kitty question

    I know this is a chicken forum, but I would be thankful for any help. My Siamese cat Belle had been having a lot of ear trouble lately, she scratches her ears till they have little scabs, she tips her head downwards and shakes her head. I thought it was earmites but I don't see any black gunk...
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    Lice

    We have been having a bad outbreak of lice though our flock. It started when I was dumb enough to put a free hen we had gotten (old, sick, had lice...) in with the other hens without putting her in quarintine, we now know that she had many things wrond and shouldn't have been put in. Any way...
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