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    3 yo hen wont open left eye and neck is drooping - WITH VIDEO

    This morning my husband let the chickens out around 6 am and he said everyone was ok. I went out around 9:30 and my almost 3 yo speckled sussex (named Tubs) was sitting in the corner and looking very lethargic. I brought her inside to inspect. She will not open her left eye at all. It looks...
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    Leghorn only laying fart eggs or soft shelled eggs!

    I've been having an issue with my white leghorn, Chickabod for several weeks now. She will be 3 this August. Up until about a month or 6 weeks ago, she was laying wonderfully. I noticed for at least 10 days in a row I got perfect eggs from her. Then, she laid 2 fart eggs 2 days in a row. I've...
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    My recipe for guinea eggs - "Guinea Toast"

    Do you guys eat your guineas' eggs? We are crazy about them! Our chickens don't free range (unless they are supervised) so their eggs aren't very rich tasting. The guineas, however, do free range, so their eggs are ahhhhmazing! The eggs are so rich and buttery that we've been eating them up...
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    HELP! Hen has gaping wound from rooster's spur ***GRAPHIC PIC***

    Tonight one of my hens was sitting on my lap preening and I noticed this HUGE wound on her side under her wing. I don't even know what I'm looking at here! I've never dealt with any wounds on my chickens. Is this something I need to sew back together? Is the brown part dead underlying...
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    Do you ever feel like calling it quits on chicken-keeping?

    Has anyone ever felt like calling it quits on keeping chickens? For me, it has become too painful lately. I got so attached to my original flock of 8 pullets and was devastated when I lost my first one at only 7 months old. Last summer I lost my sweetest lap chicken after trying unsuccessfully...
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    Ascites?? Swollen, squishy abdomen - WITH PICS & VIDEO (page 9)

    My Golden Laced Wyandotte, Buttercup, is 2.5 years old. About a week ago I noticed her acting lethargic and her tail was droopy. She got better, but since yesterday she seems worse. Tail down, abdomen very swollen and squishy, and she has what looks like egg yolk on her fluff under her vent...
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    Hen lays shell-less egg then this worm comes out of her?? **PICS**

    Yesterday I saw my 22 month old Australorp hen named Penguin lay a shell-less egg. The egg white came out first, then a few mins later she laid the yolk. No pieces of shell at all. The other hens gobbled it up which totally grossed me out. Anyway, this morning when I let them out of the coop...
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    Hen with strange breathing - not contagious - VIDEO - please help!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecp3WyWxGGY Sorry for the long post, but want to be very descriptive! Here's the back story. I have been in the process of selling my house and moving since March. I took my 7 hens to a relative's house to stay while moving (she has 25 hens and 1 rooster). I know...
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    What is up with this roo?!

    About a month ago, I took my 7 hens to live temporarily with my aunt's flock in IL because we are in the process of selling our house and moving. When I first saw her roo, I thought he was molting. No feathers on his neck, and no tail feathers at all. But we've gone to visit every weekend and he...
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    Hen just died, feeling guilty - was it sour crop??

    Yesterday morning, my Black Star named Raven died in my arms. She was just over 7 months old. It was pretty traumatic for me since I'm new to keeping chickens and she was my first to go. I noticed 2 days ago that she had been in the nesting box all day and I felt her crop and it felt weird...
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