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    Is This The End?

    I have had a small flock of 7 hens since April 2020. I am down to 3. All but one have died of unknown natural causes. All died suddenly, without much warning, except for the one who met its end with a fox. A necropsy on one hen showed death from renal failure, as she only had 1 kidney. They...
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    Deformed Egg

    One of my 3 year old hens laid this tiny egg today. Any thoughts why? Left egg is normal.
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    Scaly Mites or Normal? Weigh In Please

    Here are the feet of one of my five, 2 1/2 year old hens. Background: Just lost one last week to unknown causes. This hen, Blondie is in the sick hospital for what appeared to be an impacted crop or gizzard, which has been ruled out. Awaiting fecal test and giving her observation. This week...
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    Sick Hen, Stress or Normal----Help Me Diagnose Problem

    Had a hen who I thought had sour or impacted crop on Saturday (2 days ago). She vomited and out came a small string along with some beet root leaves she ingested. Kept her only on electrolyte water for 24 hours, messaged crop. Vomit did not smell sour. Crop was empty this morning and her...
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    Poop Help For Diagnosis

    This is a follow up post to an issue with my 3 yr old hen. Yesterday her crop felt boggy. I massaged it several times. She regurgitated beet peelings water and a small string. She had 24 hours of just electrolyte water. I continued to massage her crop periodically thru the day. Just offered...
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    To Worm Or Not

    I have a 3 year old flock of 5 hens (2 passed away of unknown causes in past year). I have never wormed my hens. They eat commercial feed, do free range in my garden area daily and I keep a very clean coop and run. I have not seen any evidence of worms in poop, but my hens stopped laying...
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    Crop/Gizzard or Both Issue-Help!

    Found one of my 3 layer hens not wanting to come out of her run this afternoon. Noticed her crop was squishy and large, like a water balloon. I massaged it several times and she did vomit quite a bit (brown liquid and pieces of the red beat leaves from earlier) and it seemed to go back to...
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    Did I Kill My Chicken?

    Oh my God! I have been racking my head as to the cause of the death of my favorite chicken today, who was happy as a clam 2 days ago and just came to the realization I may have killed her! 2 days ago I put out 2 over ripe, halved avocados, pit removed. Rest of flock seems fine, but poor...
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    Unknown Illness/Injury: Feeding Advice Welcome

    I found my 2 year old favorite hen alive, but listless this morning at the door of her coop. Took to vet. No trauma, no evidence of being egg bound, no obvious illness, parasites etc. I suspect bullying, as this has been an ongoing issue. She seemed normal 2 days ago, yesterday not as...
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    Reintroducing Injured Hen to Flock

    I have managed after 2 weeks to nurse back a hen named Floppy who was injured in a predator attack. Wounds are healed, new feathers coming in nicely, but her left wing does not seem to function properly. I attempted to introduce her back to her flock by placing her in the run under protective...
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    To Cull Or Not To Cull: Advice Appreciated

    72 hours ago my hen was attacked by what we believe was a cat. Feathers were torn off her back and 2 small puncture wounds are being cleansed 3 X day and for the most part they have healed and there is no evidence of infection, swelling or underlying injury. She has been taking electrolyte...
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    Floppy Turned A Corner

    I'm happy to report 2 days after a predator attack my girl Floppy has turned a corner. After 48 hours of feeding her Pedialyte and mash from a syringe, she is eating her favorites on her own, blueberries and melon. Her wounds look good and she is holding her head up and feeding herself. A few...
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    Help! Post Attack Care

    1 hour ago, my son saw a large cat or fox running away from our property. Concerned, I did a chicken head count. Found 1 missing hen from their afternoon of free ranging. I'm guessing it was a cat, because yesterday he paid a visit and I chased him into the woods then. Could have been fox...
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    Is this Mites?

    Is this evidence of mites? I have a flock of 7 easter eggers, all born the same day. A few started molting a few weeks ago. This hen has lost some tail feathers. I see the new pin feathers coming in. I'm not sure this area on her back is related to mites or just her rolling around the dirt...
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    Molting or Something Else?

    I have 7 Easter Eggers, all hatched the same day on April 15. Only 1 hen is losing feathers around her neck area. It is middle of January and seems odd to be molting this time of year as no other hens are. I assessed her and the others for mites and lice. None noted. It seems a bit late in...
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    Winterizing The Coop/Run: Cost-Effective Ideas Wanted

    I'm in the process of getting to winterize my chicken run and coop. I live in the northeast (Pennsylvania). I have no intention of installing heat in either structure, so your "cost-effective" ideas & pictures of solutions to keep out the drafts and the sunlight in your chicken enclosures...
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    Unusual "Speckled" Egg

    My seven healthy, 7 month old Easter Egger hens are doing well, laying on average 10 eggs/day, but yesterday and today noticed one of them has laid an unusual speckled egg. Any idea what may be causing this all of a sudden? Tried washing it, but it appears to be imbedded in the shell. Their...
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    Chicken feeding on equine pine pellets

    Today, I decided to clean out the top layer of my oak chips in my run and since the wood chip pile I have on hand has concerns of being infested with ticks. I topped off the run with equine pine pellets turned it in with some of the existing oak nuggets and it is a nice clean run area. After...
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    Nipple Feeder Transition For 6 week old chicks

    My 6 week old chicks made the transition to their coop 2 days ago. I purchased a 3 gallon with 4 nipple feeder from Premier 1, because it can safely be converted to a heated waterer in winter. I was concerned some of the chicks weren't getting the idea and enough water, so I put their old...
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    Prefab Blunder Turned Rehab Wonder

    A few weeks ago I purchased a prefab coop, which was way too small for 7 hens. So, I purchased a second and my son, a high school carpentry student went to work combining the two with improvements. They included, 1/2" hardware cloth on roof/run and removed dropping trays and replaced with...
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