All was fine, night comes and everyone is perched and healthy. Open the door in the morning and our Welsummer was on the ground and cant get up on her legs, like she is off balance and her poop is loose but she eats and drinks and is alert. Help! Any info would be great! Iris
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We have noticed on one of our Golden comets that her ears are white with stuff and we are not sure what can be done to help her. Does anyone have any suggestions as to what is going on?
Thanks,
Scott
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We had a Easter egg chicken who liked hiding her eggs all over the yard, she would come and go as she pleased. The dog next door has been around the chickens but for whatever reason he was in crazy mode and killed her, very sad, she was a sweet little bird.
Now the...
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One of my hens has suddenly with no warning decided to sit on a nest all day and night. I blocked the nest off and now she will just pick a spot in the leaves, make a nest and sit down. How can I break this cycle she is in?
Thanks,
Scott
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I have a hen who is not acting right, she has watery poop and pretty much keeps to herself even on the perch at night. She looks unkept and lethargic but will run up to us when we come out with food and eat a bit, she has also laid a couple of very soft eggs and what I mean by very...
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My hens made a little nest in there coop that they all use instead of a nesting box. So like always there are one or two sitting there laying eggs and when they leave two more move in. Today I noticed one hen spending a good deal of time on the nest compared to the others so I...
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Well lets start from the beginning, in the spring we bought 4 different kinds of chicks in pairs. They all grew up into roosters!! So we found homes for all but one which we kept and bought a couple of Golden Comets and a Bantam. I like the Golden Comets so we bought 2 more that...
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I had one chicken separate for a few days because she was not acting right, she is better so I put her out in the yard with the others. Some of them are being tough on her so she keeps her distance from them. Is there a better way to introduce her or is this how the chicken authority...
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We have 8 chickens all about 3 months old and doing fine until today one of the Golden Wyandotte's is acting peculiar. She doesn't stay with the rest of the pack and just wants to sit. No other obvious problems, she looks fine but just doesn't want to get up and join in the fun. I...