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    Hen struggling to breathe- making noises, breathing hard

    Short- Elise is almost-4yo BR, was laying down more on Thursday but still getting up, walking around, eating and drinking. Kept an eye on her. Fri we were gone most of the day, but when we watched her she was still moving around and eating and drinking, but laying down more. Noticed Fri evening...
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    Help! Hen not doing well- I think sour or impacted crop????

    I have a 3 1/2 yo NHR hen. She has what I'm pretty sure is pendulous crop. It hasn't been an issue until now. I've searched both sour crop and impacted crop and have tried to remedy it but it's not helping. Yesterday evening I went out and noticed her in the coop all fluffed up. The other...
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    Are my EEs just too worn out? Molting? Something else?

    I am having some chicken drama. It started 3 weeks ago when an EE (2 1/2 yo), Emma, went broody for the 1st time ever. We eventually broke her broodiness (she was very stubborn). While we were dealing with that 1 night, we noticed a soft-shelled egg had just been laid in the coop and broke...
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    Watermelon killed my chicken?

    On Wed evening I gave my 5 chickens (pullets- 11 mo) 4 watermelon rinds, which I have done before. All of my chickens were acting fine. On Thursday at noon I went out to check on the chickens before I left the house for the day (my DH lets out and feeds the chickens in the morning). My BA was...
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    BA laid 2 eggs and then nothing?

    I have 5 pullets- NHR, BR, BA, 2 EE. All hatched May 7. 1 EE, the NHR, and the BR have been laying since Sept/early Oct. About 5-6 weeks ago the BA laid 2 eggs 2 days in a row- 1 in the run, the 2nd in the nesting box. And then nothing from her since. (The other EE was the runt and is still not...
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    2 unusual winter questions

    I have 2 silly questions about chickens in the winter. Sorry- the answers might seem obvious lol. 1- my chickens are really good foragers, especially my NHR and BR. They much prefer eating grass and bugs over their feed. I want them to keep their foraging instincts. Can they get lazy over...
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    Buff orpington- cockrel or pullet?

    Hey everyone, we have a 17 week old BO. We're pretty sure what gender it is but wanted to be 100% sure. We would greatly appreciate your help! And since we are new backyard chicken owners, will you please explain why so we can learn if we are wrong? Thank you! (Yes it is in our kitchen)
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    New Member in DFW

    Hi! I'm crunchymama11. We have 6 chickens. We had 7 but one turned out to be a roo and since we can't have roos in our city, into the frying pan he went. This is our first time with chickens. We got them in May and are eagerly waiting for the first eggs. I love to garden, cook, bake, sew...
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