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    Sudden chicken deaths

    My chickens are 3 & 4 years old and they just died within 2 weeks of each other. Shouldn't they live till 8 years old? I had an exterminator here for a rat problem and they said the chickens could not get to the poison. I've also been giving them daily treats of freeze dried mealworms. Did I...
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    lethargic chicken

    My Americauna hen has been very quiet the last 2 days. She stays by herself. Today, she didn't come out of the coup. Her vent area is a little pasty. Yesterday,I was feeding the other girls a peach and she didn't want any. Later I feed them some grapes and she gobbled it up as I was...
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    eating apricot tree leaves

    My white rock and 2 barred rock chickens have been jumping on the tree and on the chain link fence next to the apricot tree and eating the leaves. They don't bother the cherry tree leaves at all but they did eat the cherries. Is this normal behavior and is it safe to eat because I read that...
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    egg bound hens

    Is this condition very common with hens? I had to cull my hen 2 days ago as she was in misery. I've had 4 hens die in 4 years of chicken keeping. It is breaking my heart. I did the soaking and looking for internal egg but to no avail.
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    fox

    Lost my first chicken to a fox today. It killed my chicken in the middle of the day. I have an acre lot and a park behind it. I found my 8 chickens all crowded together up against the house. I looked up the hill and I saw a fox eating my chicken. I could see red so I knew it was too late...
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    My hen is very lethargic and keeps drinking water.

    I noticed my Americana hen was staying close to the coop while the others were foraging. The next day, I picked her up and squeezed her crop and all this liquid with food came out. Her crop was not hard and not enlarged. I squeezed several times until most of it came out. I squeezed her vent...
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    Mushrooms

    I caught my chicken eating a wild mushroom today. Can they tell what is poisonous or not? This was a beige bulbulous mushroom. Looked like a fat ear. I pulled them all out an threw them in the garbage. She was pecking on it about 3 hours ago. Still looks okay. I tried to download the...
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    Tiny bloody egg

    Today my Wyandote hen laid a tiny egg. When I found it, it was on the the coop floor and was broken. The white was coming out of the egg and it had a lot of blood on it. The egg was about 1 1/4 inches long. Nice oblong shape. There was a lot of blood. Not spots. Any ideas? My hen is 2...
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    My bantam hen's leg is giving out.

    My bantam hen cannot sit on her perch and has been sleeping on the floor of the coop. She sits down in the run and occassionally gets up to walk. When she's walking, one leg gives out and she's sits down again. She has trouble getting in and out of the coop. I have isolated her because I...
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