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    Help! 3 year old hen refusing to eat, losing weight, otherwise looks good.

    Hi... I have a 33 month old speckled sussex who is not eating. She is still drinking. She has been gradually losing weight for a couple months and over the last couple days has begun refusing to eat at all. She is down to 4.1 lbs and we will probably begin tube feeding her today. We had...
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    2 yr old speckled sussex hens not laying for months

    We have two speckled sussex hens that are now 2 years old. They both stopped laying midwinter and have never restarted. They were laying reliably for over a year before that. Our other 2 hens (one olive egger and one barred rock) are laying fine and did so through the winter. (Light in coop)...
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    Looking for a chicken processor in central Maryland

    Hi-- Does anyone know of a chicken processor near Anne Arundel County, Maryland? I have a few roosters to harvest and lack the time or equipment to process them myself. My daughter wants to keep the feathers if she can. I imagine that somebody who processes waterfowl could do it, or somebody...
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    Dominant hen turned vicious--need advice on how to proceed.

    I will pose my question first, since the back story is a long one: What should I do with my suddenly turned vicious dominant hen? Our rooster has also turned nasty--although that has been a longer, slower process. I am tempted to slaughter them both, but am reluctant to do so. The rooster is...
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