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    Has anyone safely supplemented Vitamin D long term for a single laying hen? How have you done it?

    Hello everyone! I have been to a veterinarian with my hen, so we have a definitive conclusion about the cause of her 'issue.' Basically, our sweet Salmon Faverolles (two years old) has been having a bit of difficulty with egg laying. She would lay a lot of soft-shells, sometimes more than one...
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    Suggestions for Lethargic Hen?

    Hi, I have a two and a half year old black australorp hen who is suddenly lethargic today. Here's the information I have about her while I worry to death: 1) What type of bird , age and weight (does the chicken seem or feel lighter or thinner than the others.) She is a Black Australorp hen...
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    Sick Bielefelder hen?

    Hi, we have a 7 pound Bielefelder hen who has always been a bit different from the flock. She is our largest chicken, started molting in July in the height of the heat, and hasn't laid an egg since. She suffered a prolapse from vent pecking early in the summer and made a full recovery. Lately...
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    Coloboma or Ocular Marek's? Does it really matter?

    Hi everyone! I have a young-ish buff orpington (Hatch date May 9, 2023; nearly 9 months old) and I have noticed for at least a month -- possibly longer -- that she has one eye with a minor irregularity. There's some graying, the pupil still responds to light but to a lesser extent than her...
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    Hen with bloody vent after laying eggs

    Hi, everyone! I have a black australorp hen who is just coming back into lay after her winter molt. She hatched in April 2022 so she's a little over a year and a half old and coming up on her second year. She was always an absolutely fantastic layer and she started laying again with XL-sized...
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    Skinny Speckled Sussex, Currently On Antibiotics. How to Help Her Out?

    Hi everyone! I have a 1-year-old Speckled Sussex hen who has always been very chatty and vigorous, and much more excited about foraging than she ever was about her feed (she started growing faster once she was moved outside as a chick due to the foraging time she got every day). A few weeks ago...
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    Chicken with Egg Laying Problems

    Hi everyone! I have a pullet that's had some issues with egg laying recently. Junie is an Easter Egger pullet, she was hatched on April 6th, 2022, from Cackle Hatchery. She is definitely our smallest bird but seems to look and feel within the norm for an Easter Egger -- we have two and she's...
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    Question about Protozoan Infections? (from Vet)

    Hi everyone! I have a pet gecko, and for a routine vet appointment for the lizard at the exotic lizards and birds vet, I also brought in a chicken fecal sample to test for routine parasites -- it was definitely a squishy cecal poop, nice and fresh, that I brought in. I got a call back from the...
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    23 and a half weeks, not a single egg yet!

    I have 4 pullets, and they're my first chickens, hatched on April 6th. I have two easter eggers, one black australorp, and one speckled sussex. My australorp has been squatting for two weeks, comb and wattles are huge and bright red. One easter egger has a nice red and thick pea comb. The others...
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    Nearly 17 Week Old Pullet Practicing the Egg Song!

    Do we think she's getting close? She's a sweet, gentle lady, and she's definitely calmed down about getting handled and petted. This is the first time I've heard her make a sound like the egg song.
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    11 week olds! All sexed correctly as pullets I think

    I have two Easter eggers, one speckled Sussex and one Australorp! I’m not concerned about any of them, I think. So grateful for these wonderful chickens!
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    7 Week Old Speckled Sussex With Small Spot Of Blood In Nostril

    Hi, everyone! I moved my four 7 week old chicks outside on Sunday evening, and they've been loving the outdoor life -- especially my speckled sussex who is a very avid forager. This evening she was sneezing just a little bit and had a tiny spot of blood in one nostril, but otherwise acting...
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    Definitely need to get these chicken nuggets outside

    As soon as we get over our case of COVID we're moving them out. :clapSweet, rambuctious, poopy girls!
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    New Chicken Mom from Southern NJ!

    (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? Brand-new! I have toyed with the idea of getting backyard chickens on and off for years, but I had two kids in the interim and the idea was placed on the backburner. When a stray chicken wandered into our garden with no one to claim...
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