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    Not sour crop - doughy crop to fluid filled and not emptying - ADVICE PLEASE

    Prudence is my one original ex-battery hen that has never had to go to the vets... yet! She is 13 months free after being rescued from slaughter in March of 2018. I am in the UK and she is one of 6! Background: Thursday morning, she was slow to come out so I caught her (much to her disgust -...
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    Sick chicken, will leave one alone if she dies

    One of my ex-battery hens has been on "palliative" care and anti-inflammatory medicatiom for almost 2 weeks now and had been absolutely fine up until this morning (she even laid a proper shelled egg the other day). But now, she isn't leaving the coop, is puffed up and isn't eating at all. I...
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    Is my chicken unwell or just feeling the cold?

    Gertrude is an ex-battery hen who is almost 2.5yrs old (rescued in March last year). She has had a couple of health hiccups - nothing major. Currently laying sporadically, maybe had 1 egg from her in the past couple of weeks - can't feel any egg in oviduct (hoping there's no egg peritonitis but...
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    Can chickens lay inconsistent sized eggs?

    Just a question I can't seem to find an answer to It's my first full winter (in the UK) with my 3 rescued ex-batts and I'm still getting 2 eggs a day My theory is that one chicken isn't laying. I've (accidentally) disturbed her - been up to their pen whilst she'd been in the nest box so she has...
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    Hens have stopped eating pellets

    I noticed that my hens are not eating their pellets. Their food has not been going down in the feeder and their crops aren't as full I'm pretty sure they are losing weight because of this too They are happy to eat "treats" - spinach, kale, sunflower seeds, yogurt etc but this isn't sustaining...
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    Plumping up an underweight hen

    Took my poorly to the vets yesterday and she confirmed what I thought - she is too thin, despite going to sleep with a full crop every night The vet queried a metabolic problem but encouraged me to feed her to help her get to an acceptable weight I was wondering what the best foods are to...
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    New member - long time lurker

    Hi BYC community! I'm Emily, I'm 25 and live in the UK! I have a dog, Betty and 3 ex battery hens that you will get to know below! I hope to receive some advice and hopefully offer the very limited advice I have learnt in the short time I've had chickens. Here are some answered questions ~ Are...
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    ADVICE PLEASE - soft, broken shell, lethargic hen!

    I've been keeping hens since March of this year. They're rescue ex-batts and I have already lost 2 of the 5 I started with, been to the vets with another and now one of the others is unwell. I've dealt with a lot since keeping them - the first prolapsed after one week so I had to learn things...
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