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    Reproductive issues

    I’ve been keeping chickens for 2 years now. I’ve lost one of my girls to a reproductive issue. Of course she was my favorite chicken. Now, 6 months later, have another very favorite chicken exhibiting the same signs. Stop laying 10 days ago, Listless, not eating since yesterday, crop...
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    Injury?

    I have a 16 month RIR hen that is continually holding her tail in the down position since Tuesday Jan 10th. I gave her a good going over and palpated pain around the base of her tail. She is eating/drinking/laying and was socializing normally until this morning I found her separating. She...
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    Looking for some help molting chicken with other issues

    I have a sweet buff orpington, A few weeks ago she started a hard molt. A few days ago I noticed her self isolating and she had 1 eye closed. She perched on some bricks I use as steps that evening in the coop. I quickly picked her up and brought her into my studio for warmth and to separate...
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    Would Love input on this!!!!

    I have 20 birds, some are still pullets and my largest original group turned hens today. Since Monday I have one hen, a WelSummer, that is displaying out of the ordinary behavior. Everyone else is 100%. I was out of town last weekend arriving home this past Monday and noticed her being a...
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    Eye Issue…. My neighbor’s chicken

    This chicken is not mine…. But it is such a sweet girl and I want to help my neighbor get some help for her. She does not have any other lesions anywhere on her body Including inside her mouth. She is eating but is lethargic and is rubbing her eye raw. Welcoming your suggestions…. The...
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    My Neighbor just found this in a nesting box

    My neighbor and fellow chicken tender went out to gather eggs this am and found this in a nesting box. She said all of her chickens are fine and acting normal. Any ideas???? I think I would be freaking out!!
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    Can anyone help me with feed?

    Originally I was only going to have hens.... I have added some younger pullets and a rooster. I feed an organic layer feed And I know the extra calcium is not good for pullets or roosters. My rooster is a bantam. The pullets are kept in a grow out pen until 16 weeks of age. However, I have...
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    Impacted crop

    I know there are tons of things on impacted crops. But I have a unique question that I have not found an answer to on this forum. If the crop is extremely hard but I can move it and get a tube down into the crop below the mass, should I feed omnivore supplement to help this pullet with some...
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    My sweet Stella is way off this am.

    My Stella is a 21 week old pullet Black Star. She is my most chatty sweetest social bird. She started laying last week and has given me an egg every other day. Monday she laid. Today Wednesday I came out to open the coop and she didn’t want to leave the roost. She is quiet and very...
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    Hello there

    Hello there. My name is Chrissy and I am a new chicken keeper. You can follow my flock here in Magnola, TX on both IG and FB @the.eclectic.egg. I joined to get helpful advise from all of you that have been there done that. I love my chickens and want to insure they stay healthy and happy...
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    Eggs while roosting

    I have 11 hens well only one has started laying at 19weeks, so I guess I still mainly have pullets. For the last 10 days I’ve gotten 9 normal eggs. Be it small little eggs. But for the last two nights my girl is dropping an egg at night when on the roost. The two she has done this with...
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