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    Your oldest layers

    How old are they and how many do you get out of them?
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    4year old hen, can't stand

    Dec25th she was out with flock, in snow. All fine. Xmas eve husband found her under roost couldn't walk or stand. As of today I have her in house in cage. She eats, not much drinking. Clear eyes, runny poop, not discolored though. Alert, red comb, toes move, she shifts herself around, but can't...
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    I had my hen put to sleep

    And I am feeling super terrible about it right now. I had her on her own as the rest of the flock started hurting her about 3 months back. Last week she suddenly went blind (I posted here about that) and I was going to let her go to see how she did. Well she slowly was stopping eating and this...
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    4yo hen not seeing well/cant connect with food

    She has no other symptoms that I can see except she is missing when she goes for food and didnt want to come off her roost when I was out with her. Its like she can see, but things arent right. I could tell she hadnt ate so I was holding the food for her but she could only get to it if I held it...
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    Eight against one!

    So one of my hens has turned into the bottom of the bottom of the pecking order. Today I had to separate her or she would have been a goner. I tended to her injuries and have her in her own spot for the night. Now, I have done some reading here but wanted some suggestions or thoughts, is there...
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    What do you do with your old hens? Im talking people who dont keep

    them once they are done productively laying. If you cull them out, what do you do with them? Ive heard you dont want to eat them cause they would be tougher than leather.
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    I have a bumblefoot hen, just about to work on it then

    I notice her breathing sounds weird when I am holding her. Like shes raspy. Does this mean the infection has traveled? Otherwise she seems ok, I just noticed her limping yesterday and then read the huge thread last night preparing to do work this morning. Her foot is pretty big with bumps...
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    I think I need to put down one of my girls

    One of my hens has been sick for almost 2 weeks now. I have treated her for cocci and that cleared up her poop, but its now a week after that and shes getting worse. She shows no signs of any other distress other than she is not moving around, barely walking. She is barely eating and drinking...
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    Can I feed my ladies leftover lentil soup?

    Its lentils, carrots, potatoes, tomato sauce some bouillon, spinach onions and garlic. They arent laying right now from molt so would the onion and garlic still not be good? I cant remember if cooked onion is bad for them or not.
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    If your hens are almost 2 years?

    How many eggs are you still getting from them average?
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    How do you personally raise your baby chicks

    when starting out with a new flock. I guess the question for me is, I have some hens that are almost 2 years and I want to start off fresh with buckeyes and keep a rooster also. I want to be able to regenerate my own flock with them. How is your setup for when you have chicks, do you have a...
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    I want to get buckeye chicks, how to integrate if at all?

    Our flock of 10 is 1 1/2 years old now. I dont want to get a rooster and have chicks with them because I would like to get buckeyes next and possibly have a rooster with them so we can populate by ourselves. Knowing more now I feel the buckeyes would suit us best here in ohio. Heres the problem...
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    Flesh like egg, really gross.

    My rir laid an egg today that was like flesh, it is rubbery and had a growth looking thing on one end. It had to be at least an eight of an inch thick. Do you think this has something to do with the hot weather? I have had weirdo eggs before but this sucker takes the cake. I am going to take a...
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    How hard/large does the crop need to be

    before you know its impacted?? Can it be on the smaller side and just mushy?
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    If you cant feel an egg in the abdomen

    could there still be one in there stuck that you cant feel? Like higher up?
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    Ok I dont know whats wrong with this hen

    Its been two whole days now and the more i watch this girl the more i dont know whats wrong. shes very lethargic but she comes in and out and night and slept on the roost. she just is very slow, when i pick her up or try to grab her she runs like normal so thats good. her crop is full i massaged...
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    For those who have given penicillin shots before

    How long until they show improvement? Like does it make them feel better enough to be hungry rather quickly?? Or any other side effects?
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    I thought/think she is egg bound- she died.

    Shes had a poopy butt since saturday. I was watching her last night stand in the nest box, i was thinking she had to lay an egg but she wasnt sitting, does this make a difference?I took her out of the nest box and put her in the yard with the other girls and she just slowly went back in to the...
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    So I am almost out of egg cartons,

    Im reading another post that mentioned craigslist for something. So I go over there to check out the free stuff, cause its been a few days. First post I see is tons of free egg cartons, and only like 5-10 minutes from my house! Score!
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    Funny pics of dirt bathing

    My girls were cracking me up yesterday, check them out. Scroll down a bit to see them. Of course you know they dont use the box that I made for them in their coup with ashes and sand. http://ohioveggies.blogspot.com/
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