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    Chickens sick or dying, are they just getting old?

    My flock is 4 years old this spring. I had one bird I had to euthanize because of ascites about 6 months ago, one bird had internal egg problems about two months ago and had to be euthanized, one bird recently I found dead under the roost and I am assuming it was a liver problem (did a quick...
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    Hen sudden death, should I necroscopy?

    I went out to my coop this afternoon to check on my hens and my EE was dead under the (low) roost on her stomach. I didn't look in on them yesterday because we have a very sick dog that we're going back and forth to the vet and the store for, it's been very stressful. It appears she hadn't laid...
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    Chick getting feathers plucked off

    I have a blue laced red Wyandotte chick, 4 and a half weeks old, somewhat smaller than the other chicks with her (which are the same age). The whole back of her neck is plucked and rough, I am assuming it's the other chicks doing it. I don't see any blood though. None of the other chicks have...
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    Ascites in a not-laying laying hen, safe to eat?

    I am super sad, I had to put down my lovely French splash Maran today because she wasn't moving (she was unable to stand up and I couldn't tell if it was a leg problem or what, at the time) and I found out she had ascites (I've never encountered this before, this is my first flock). Is it safe...
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    Chickens laying like midsummer only it's not.

    This is something weird and I just want to run it by you folks in case there's a problem I'm not thinking of. My hens went into molt in the fall, as usual, and didn't lay through part of October, November, December. Then about a week ago I got a surprise egg. Since that one I'm getting two to...
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    Only one chicken with thin shells

    I am only having one hen that has very thin shells, when the other hens lay around it they break it and then it's a tasty snack. Why would only one hen have the shell problem? They eat feather fixer and I haven't been giving them scratch for about a week and it isn't helping. I will get oyster...
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    Sudden stoppage of laying

    Hi all, new poster here (and I did stop by the introduce yourself thread) and I have something happening that's strange. I have a Maran hen, she usually lays about 5 times out of 7 days or so. She hasn't laid an egg for 6 days and she stopped suddenly. It's very odd. Things I've checked: 1)...
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    Delurking

    Hi all, just wanted to introduce myself as a newbie to posting. I've been reading for more than a year though, and usually I can find the answer to my questions if I just read the boards. This time I have a stumper for me though so that's why I'm delurking.I'll head on over to the illness boards...
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