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    Cracked eggs

    I've been finding a lot of cracked eggs over the last few weeks. Often times it's a small piece missing from the tip of the egg, sometimes long cracks, occasionally a broken egg. I've put out more oyster shells though I never see them going for it, and it doesn't seem like a shell strength...
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    Wound - do I need to euthanize?

    Just saw one of our chickens has what seems like a bad wound near her butt. Seems like organ or organs are hanging out, and I see maggots writhing around on the side. I am guessing this is a situation in which I need to euthanize, and in a past similar situation we naively tried to heal a bad...
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    Lethargic chicken, closing eyes and lying down

    Hello, We have a Rhode Island Red of about 12-15mo who has started acting extremely lethargic and is lying down and closing her eyes around the yard. She also hasn't passed an egg for about a week that we have been able to find. We thought that may have been due to the stress from two new hens...
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    Adding chickens to flock

    Through a series of devastating incidents, our small 4-hen flock has been reduced to a smaller 1-hen flock. Our remaining hen certainly seems less active and lonely, and has been having egg production issues. We’re planning to introduce two more hens and had a couple questions to make sure it...
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    Hen not laying

    Our ~20 month-old Rhode Island Red has recently stopped laying, nearly four days in a row now. We're concerned that she could be egg-bound but 1) are not clear how to tell that's the case and 2) what we can do about it. She has always been a fairly consistent layer, typically 6-7 days a week...
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