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    Hot weather, really bad output!

    I saw the thread for someone who just brought home new hens, albeit older, that weren't laying well, and the move could certainly stop the laying, but I have five hens and it has been so bad that I thought they were hiding eggs on me! They are 2 to 3 years old and I know age can affect the...
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    Sick chicken - help!

    So, as if an egg-bound duck weren't enough on my plate, I discovered I have a sick chicken today! I have a box the girls lay eggs in in our shop, and today I noticed this girl sitting in the box later in the afternoon, not a good sign When I've had girls stay in the box all day and night I've...
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    Egg-bound duck!

    Hello, My duck is not a youngster getting egg-bound during her first laying season; she is a few years old! I noticed her off yesterday, and her bottom was pretty low. Not eating, not keeping up with her buddies. So, I caught her up and the area near her vent was hard, definitely...
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    Pale Comb and Bumble foot?

    I have a hen with a swollen foot, and yes, there is what looks like a scab. She decided to isolate herself by staying in the dog run the flock sleeps in. I noticed that her comb has gone pale. Is that normal with bumble foot? I'm worried because the last time I had hens isolate, they died...
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    Wrinkled shell

    I have a RIR who is laying some really wierd looking wrinkled eggs. When I cracked them open to eat, there was some cloudy stuff - yuck. The second weird egg wasn't as bad as the first so I thought whatever it was is resolving itself, but then yesterday she laid one that was equally as strange...
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    Is this Marek's?

    I have been having rotten luck with my flock lately! First, I had one RIR drop dead off her perch, no symptoms leading up to it, laid an egg the day before. Then, I had another one get pale comb, droopy tail, lethargic, pasty butt and then dead. That one ate and drank up to the day before she...
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    Sick chicken - another one

    Over a week ago I had a hen drop dead off the perch. She was laying every day and I didn't see it coming. Now I've got a RIR pullet that seems ill. Her comb is washed out looking and her tail is droopy. I think she is eating but we saw a watery poop this morning. I don't think she is laying...
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    Upper respiratory

    It started with my three white leghorns. They like to roost on tree branches near their coop, and I noticed when I plucked them off to put them in the coop that there was wheezing/gurgles inside. Then I heard the pathetic coughs. An acquaintance who knows tons about chickens said to give them...
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    Adding new chickens

    My girls are now about 8 months old and I would like to add a couple of adult hens to my flock. My girls are free range during the day and in the coop at night, with no fenced run joining the coop. My worry is about getting the new adults anchored to their new home. Will chickens try to leave...
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    Spoiled Hens

    So, I probably went about everything the wrong way, but here's the outline: I bought 6 pullet chicks of unknown breed from TSC in March, raised them up indoors with a lamp, and then my husband built them a nice coop that has about 12 "boxes" for them to lay, basically dividers that form spaces...
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