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    Rooster & hens attacking a broody hen

    I have 8 hens and 1 roo, one of my girls has started acting broody (feathers ruffled and broody clucking) and every time she comes out of the coop my rooster and other hens chase her and will grab feathers out if they can get her, she pretty much runs back in the coop for a bit and same...
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    Vent prolapse

    Looking for help with sweet Chili. I noticed her with a messy butt on Friday evening and gave her a booty bath on Saturday morning, noticed she had a vent prolapse and possibly vent gleet, I treated her with some monistat and vetericyn spray, later that evening she laid an egg, Sunday gave her...
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    Day 24 and one egg left

    Hello I’m new to hatching chicks (my 1st time ever) I received 3 Easter egger eggs from someone , 3 barred rock, 3 australorp eggs from another person. The 3 barred rock & 3 australorp all hatched day 20-21. Of the 3 EE, 2 failed to develop early (day 7-14) the last one looked promising, but...
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    Hens just standing off by herself

    I have 2 yr old RIR hen, about 2 weeks ago I noticed her out just standing in the corner of her run. I checked her over and couldn’t find anything off I gave her some electrolytes and she was back to normal. The other day I noticed she was standing in the nesting box when I was collecting eggs...
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    Sick chick or not?

    New to the chick world. I have 4 pullets. They are about 3-4 weeks old. They are active but I have been noticing diarrhea in the pen (dark brown color) I am feeding medicated starter feed, I notice from time to time to of them looked kinda ruffled feathers and off to themselves. I was reading on...
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    Looking for good egg laying breeds suggestions

    I’m looking to start fresh this spring with chicks. We had 3 hens (2 sexlinks) 2 from tractor supply and one from a friend who purchased from a auction. All three of my hens (2 were 2yrs old and 1 was 3yrs old) had a bout of EYP. The 1st I took to a vet who said spay her or euthanize her. After...
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    Ruffled feathers and diarrhea

    My 3 year old hen started yesterday ruffling her feathers and just kinda sitting there. She just got done molting last month. She has poop on her feathers. Her abdomen feels not hard or extra soft and squishy. She did eat some yogurt but doesn’t seem to want feed. I brought her in and gave her a...
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    Limiting day light for EYP

    I have a 1 year old hen who over the past 3 weeks every week she has gotten lethargic and off to herself. I 1st though egg bound so I gave her tums and a warm bath. She rebounded to normal but never passed an egg. Same thing 2 more times all a week apart. I took her to a vet and he said spay...
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    Help my w/Egg Yolk Peritonitis

    my hen started what I thought was egg bound but seems to be egg yolk peritonitis. For the past 3 weeks about every 6-7 days she gets real lethargic and off to herself. Once she passed some of an egg w/just the membrane, and once some of just a little bit of yolk (all liquid). I gave her a warm...
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