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    Hen with poorly foot

    Hello All My hen with water belly seems to now have a poorly claw. I thought it was just her water belly making walking difficult so drained her. This was successful and made her a bit better but she got worse over the past couple of days and she can barely walk now. On looking I can see the...
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    Bird flu restrictions in Lincolnshire UK

    Hello All I live in Lincolnshire, England and my hens have been in Flockdown for months. A lifting of the mandatory housing rule is being lifted by DEFRA but it is really difficult to understand. They say it will be phased in until the 22nd May bit don't explain what this means or what regions...
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    Fewer droppings over last few weeks and soft shells

    Hello All I have an apparently healthy flock of 4 hens, the oldest being about 3yrs the youngest being about 6 months. All are escapees from a breeding farm for free range farms so commercial layers. They have been in flockdown since before Christmas. I have noticed that there are less droppings...
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    Treating lice with epsom salts?

    Hello All, One of my hens was under the weather this morning so I fought through my biosecurity system (I live in Lincolnshire so am subject to 'flockdown') to get her out to check her. I decided to give her a bath in epsom salts As I thought there were early signs of gleet and I wanted to check...
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    Reduction in egg laying and soft shells

    Hello All I am currently down to one egg a day from my three young hens and am getting soft shell eggs as well. I have a fourth, Holly, who is fairly old and I don't think she is laying at all now. I have had two of them losing feathers and found an infestation of red mites which I am just about...
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    Strange disgusting rubber shelled egg

    Hello All No sooner has one worry receded and another crops up. One of my hens (no idea which one) has laid a truly horrible egg. It is huge with a rubbery shell which has split apart to reveal a solid interior. Only 3 of the 5 I have lay as two are too old and haven't laid for ages. I had 3...
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    Poorly hen with tail down, hunched, head tucked in

    Hello, Firstly thanks to Eggcessive for all their support with an earlier post about the same chicken. Buffy is very poorly and is standing hunched with her tail down and her head tucked in. She is sleeping quite a lot (standing up, she doesn't lie down) and only moving to eat which she is...
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    Advice on suspected bumblefoot please

    Dear All, One of my hens is not walking well. She keeps stumbling as she walks and I suspect she is no longer roosting on the perch but in one of the nest boxes. She is about 6 years old and no longer laying (no eggs for the past year) still eating well and seems not to be off her feet much. I...
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    Best practise during the UK Avian Flu outbreak

    Hello All, As you all know, we are in chicken lockdown in the UK. I am trying to do the best I can to comply with the guidance but it is really for larger producers and wonder if people think I am taking enough precautions. My chicken run and coop are wild bird and vermin proof with a roof so no...
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    Hello from Lincolnshire in England

    Hello All, I am a bit of an accidental chicken owner living in a lovely part of rural Lincolnshire with my wife, Moira. I say accidental as one day about 4 years ago 3 chickens just appeared in my drive. They were very young and I asked around an no one had lost any. We decided to keep them...
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