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    Sick birds?

    I have 14 hens and 1 rooster. I have noticed over the last month or so the egg production has drastically gone down. I used to get 6-8ish eggs a day, now I am lucky to get 2 or 3. I had one hen lay a couple of soft eggs that eventually hardened, (I think). They do not seem to be eating/drinking...
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    Squishy lump....

    I have a hen about 2 months old that her breast is two to three time the size it should be. It doesn't seem to bother her. It is squishy, almost a if it is just a fluid pocket. Any ideas as to what it is and how I can treat it would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
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    Molting or rough rooster?

    I've been noticing feathers all over my chicken yard and figured my ladies were just molting. I have one hen that has a bald spot on her back just above her tail. Well yesterday evening i went out and noticed on two other hens that their necks were getting bare. I've kinda started thinking that...
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    Help, my little one is plugged!

    So each afternoon I go out to check on the babies and tonight I noticed that my runt was just standing there all by himself in a tub of 26 babies. When I picked him up to check his butt I noticed it looked a bit swollen. I gave his anus a bit of a squeeze and got a clump of poo out. I continued...
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    Moulting?

    So I have noticed in the last week or two that one of my birds is loosing her feathers around her neck. Any suggestions? Is she moulting or maybe lice, and what should i do?
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    Egg bound or sterile?

    This is the first year of having chickens. I am currently wintering 10 hens. For the last three or for days I have 1 hen that just lays in the nesting box. It is apparent she does come out to go but than she goes right back in. When I move her to check for eggs she pecks at me and I do not find...
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