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    Not sure what to do/ chicken not molting but losing feathers

    I have a 2 year old Sapphire Gem hen. Last spring/summer she started to pull off her feathers in the vent area then progressed to the breast area. I took her to my Vet who has avian experience. He looked her over and thought she may have mites, but couldn't see any crawling around in the vent...
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    Chickens laying soft shell eggs

    I have four 18 month old Sapphire Gems. Up until the beginning of summer all were laying nice large eggs. Over the summer two of them started to lay soft shell eggs. I tried several things like changing the brand of layer crumbles I use, as well as making sure they have oyster shells available...
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    Use of Liquid band aid for foot injuries

    I have a 15 month old Sapphire Gem hen that had a bumble foot injury that was causing her to limp. I took her to a Vet in town who has avian experience. He put her under and removed the infected area. Six weeks later, she has a nice scab on the affected area that I wrap with that sticky tape to...
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    Hen with foot injury

    I have a 2 year old Silver Laced Wyandotte that injured her foot this morning. Looks like it got hung up on something. The injury involves the little toe on the back of the right foot. She managed to tear off the toe nail. Blood drops everywhere. We cleaned it up, applied antiseptics and...
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    Older hen with runny/ clear poop

    I have a 4 year old Easter Egger who has had runny poop off and on for a couple of years. It comes and goes. Since the first of this year she has had persistent runny/ clear watery poop. I have not observed any worms or other parasites in her poop. Late last month I gave all of the older hens...
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    Can stress cause runny poop?

    I have a 4 year old Easter Egger who always seems to have digestive issues. The rest of the flock seems to be fine. This hen has not laid eggs for almost a year, and maybe retired. She is also at the bottom of the pecking order. I was wondering if this stress can cause digestive issues in some...
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    Older hen with watery poop

    I have a 4 year old Easter Egger who is the only one in my flock of 5 that has this issue. She seems to have this issue every year. I had the whole flock on medicated layer crumbles for two weeks. The others have normal poop, but she still has it. Is there anything I can feed them or not feed...
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    What to feed hens that are currently not laying due to molting, shorter days etc.

    I was wondering what to feed your laying hens during the winter months when they are not laying due to molting, cold weather and shorter days? I feed mine a 18% protein layer crumble. Only one of my five hens is currently laying, so she needs the layer crumbles, but what about the others?
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    Grubbly oven roasted black fly grub food

    I opened a Grubbly 5 lb. bag of oven roasted black fly grubs back in February of this year. Does anyone know how long these last once the bag is opened? I've stored it in a cool dry dark space with a clip on it to keep air out.
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    Letting chickens outside in the winter cold

    How cold is too cold when deciding to let hens outside during the day? Currently in the teens where I live in SW Utah.
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    Food variety for 10 week old chicks

    Hello all: I have four 10 week old chicks that are being fed a Start and Grow crumble feed. At this age, can I introduce them to other kinds of food like crickets, or lettuce leaves? I have a veggie garden. Any recommendations of other kinds of food I can give them for variety would be...
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    Update on 2 year old Easter Egger hen laying eggs with no shell

    Back on April 29th I posted a thread about my 2 year old Easter Egger laying soft eggs with no shell. She did have access to crushed oyster shell on the side. I was advised to increase the calcium, so I switched the 3 hen flock to a layer crumble. Well, it worked and she is back to laying her...
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    Easter Egger hen laying soft eggs

    I have a two year old Easter Egger hen that has been laying soft eggs for the past two weeks. She weighs about 7 pounds and is allowed to free range in my backyard daily with my other two Easter Eggers. I have separate containers of grit and crushed oyster shell placed in the coop. I also give...
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    Three Easter Eggers laying like crazy over this winter.

    I have three Easter Egger hens that will be two years old this March. They are all healthy and their feathers look beautiful. Every day they get black oil sunflower seeds, some bird seed and freeze dried black soldier fly larvae. But I digress. Back in November of last year they all stopped...
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    Hen exhibiting signs of Gapeworm

    I have a 20 month old Easter Egger hen that opens it mouth repeatedly, gags, shakes her head and moves sideways with her neck outstretched like she is trying to dislodge something in her throat. Internet research indicates Gapeworm parasite. She lives with two other Easter Egger hens in a 7 X 13...
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    Isolating 1 1/2 year old Easter Egger

    One of my three Easter Egger hens has been self isolating all day today. She was fine 2 days ago. On Monday of this week, we had a monsoon down pour which resulted in the flooding of my coop and run, plus the whole backyard. As a result, I kept the hens inside the coop and run until things...
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    Chicken "green" to plant for my girls

    My backyard is divided in thirds: 1/3 with raised veggie beds, 1/3 in fruit trees, and the last 1/3 with the coop & run, and a 8" X 16' barn shed. The yard is mostly dirt, with shredded bark mulch around the veggie beds which the girls like to scratch in. There is a triangular area next to the...
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    Egg laying issues

    Happy New Year all. Hope everyone is doing well, as far as chickens are concerned. I have 3 Easter Eggers that are 10 months old. Several months ago I posted a thread about one of them pecking and breaking the pointy end of the egg. I placed a couple of fake eggs in the nesting box, and she...
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    Laying hen pecking the pointed end of egg and breaking shell

    I have three 8 months old Easter Eggers. One of them, " Lola" is my best layer, but recently has started damaging the eggs she just laid by pecking and breaking the shell on the pointed end. I've had to toss at least a dozen eggs the past month. What would cause this behavior?
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    Crazy chickens

    I have three 10 week old Easter Egger hens. I have their coop inside a 7 ft. X 13 ft. enclosed, predator proof run. This contraption is build up against a 5 foot south facing cinder block wall to protect them from the winds we get here in Cedar City, Utah. I can't stand up fully when in the run...
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