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    Missing her “lady parts”

    We must have one of the most expensive hens on the forum, but she is much loved! We noticed a couple of weeks ago that she had odd poop - very bright green and watery. She hadn’t laid for several months and is approx 4 years old. We have learned, sadly from experience, never to leave this and...
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    Happy Chickens

    Is it just me? When my chickens look like they’re happy their tails seem to get larger and then they ‘wag’ their tails. Instead of a thin tail, the tail gets wider.
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    Gurgling chicken and Biaprim

    Hi, we had to rush our large Sussex, Sammi, to the vet Christmas Eve as she was sneezing and gurgling very badly. The vet gave her an antibiotic and a steroid injection. She also gave us a bottle of Biaprim (Sulfadimethoxine and trimethoprim). We have been putting it in the water for the five...
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    Omlet door - fantastic

    We finally bought Omlet’s automatic sliding door. It fits to Omlet and other wooden hen houses as well as wire. It took a few days to get the light mode sensor fully calibrated. It works really well so I no longer have to get up at first light to open up the roost. Approx 15 to 20 minutes...
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    Can’t lie down

    My 30 month old large chicken has been suffering from bumblefoot. Although the vet cleaned three weeks ago it out and gave her antibiotics I think she didn’t get all of the infection out as the swelling looks to me like it’s getting worse again. For the last three to four days the chickens...
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    Heatstroke and after effect

    My large Sussex hen, Sammi, suffered badly from heatstroke a week ago. She’s about two years old now. We put her in a bucket of barely warm water and misted cold water over her. She was mentally out of it. She wouldn’t stand up at first and when she did she couldn’t straighten her toes so my...
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    Do pecking sprays work?

    My little hen, at the bottom of the pecking order, keeps being pecked by the older and larger birds. There are several pecking sprays on the market that purport to reduce pecking as the sprays have a nasty taste that discourages the other hens. My question is firstly, do they actually work and...
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    Integration

    I have three very large chickens who are pets; they are now two years old. I bought three new chickens 25th March; approx 6 months old and quite small. I have split our run into two sections to quarantine the hens. We have used very large cardboard boxes as the barriers. This was a good...
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    Not sure about new hen

    Hi, we have three hens and bought a further three hens on Monday. I’ve got the two groups separated. The market was a very stressful place for an animal. One of the hens, a Sussex, doesn’t seem to be as active as the others. She’s 4 to 6 months old. She closes her eyes a lot and keeps shaking...
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    Video on keeping coops warm

    There’s been some debate before as to whether an Omlet coop will keep chickens warm enough in winter. They sent me this promo and I thought others may be interested given the discussions on the pros and cons of adding heating. Please note I have Omlet coops but do not sell or advertise them.
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    Opening up door roosting area when minus 5

    Hi, I need your advice. I have to go to another early morning MRI scan at our local hospital. I must leave by 7.15am. It will still be dark until approx 8.10am. Last week I had to do the same thing for the first MRI scan. I had everything ready the night before so at 7am all I had to do was...
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    Omlet coops

    I noticed that Omlet are offering 20% discount on a number of their products. I was going to buy next spring but will buy now as the discount should hopefully offset the delivery cost!
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    Fat hen

    Hi, I’ve three chickens - 2 marans and a Sussex. One of the marans is huge; the other two hens are normal size. The fat hen eats twice as fast as the other two and lives for food. When we got her home she was larger than the other maran and we noticed how much sturdier her legs were. How do...
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    Possible Diva?

    Backgound: I had four chickens in July 2017 - two of which were Marans, Grizzi and Pauli, that were nicknamed ‘the Krays’ after the London gangsters and who eat twice as fast, a Sussex, Sammi, and another chicken, Cilla, who was either a Limousine or an Andalusian. Cilla died in July 2018 of...
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    Elderberries

    Hello, we have lots of elder trees here. The chickens love grapes, wild blackberries and small tomatoes but I wondered if it was safe for them to eat elderberries. I’m sure they’ve been eating the elder flowers earlier!
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    Biting insects

    We've been treating one of our hens for the last three days who we believe, by us and our vet, was bitten by something. One side of her head was badly swollen as was the upper eyelid. She was very miserable, hunched up, not eating and not wanting to free range with the others, she kept making...
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    WW3 about to start......

    We had a happy little flock of 4 hens, they lived in a hen house attached to a fully enclosed walk in run inside a larger area protected by an electric fence. Then in January two were badly injured, dog attack, and have been recovering inside the house in a small 2 metre run in the hall. The...
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    Syn-vital bokashi

    Hello, we’re struggling with a hen that had an antibiotic overload, see thread Hens in the hall. In the morning the poop is ok, almost firm, but during the day it becomes a wet splat. I think everything she eats in the day is going to quickly through the digestive transit system. She drinks...
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    Vet needs help....sour crop

    Please see link re “hens in the hall” and “hens in the hall part two” for background. I spoke to our vet this morning. She is very concerned that despite operating and emptying the crop the problem is still continuing. Remember the birds have had a lot of antibiotics after the attack. Our...
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    Hens in the hall - part two

    See thread. https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/hens-in-the-hall.1218211/page-4#post-19492068 Well, one hen, the smaller one is doing very well now. Her feathers are growing back, she’s noisy, inquisitive, greedy and a lovely little character. The larger one is a different story. She’s...
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