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    Sick hen won't stand for long

    I have a 2 year old Buff Orpington hen who has seemed sickly for a couple of months and is really getting picked on. She stopped sleeping on a roosting bar, and instead sleeps on the floor of the henhouse every night. She will go out to the run each day and seems to eat and drink ok, and loves a...
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    Hen in distress seems egg-bound, but no egg

    One of my 14 month old Buff Orpington hens has been puffing up and hanging out in a nesting box since yesterday afternoon. She is panting a lot because its hot in the hen house. I physically checked her vent for an egg and there is none. Her poop seems a little runny, but like I said it has been...
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    Discouraging Roo from Biting Hen's Head

    Hi new friends! I'm told it is pretty normal for my rooster (Joe Cocker) to bite at the head/neck when mating, but my roo has no swag with the girls yet and is stripping their heads almost bald and sometimes injuring them. He has a few favorites of the 14 hens, and I'd like to discourage it. I'm...
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    Hi There from Colorado :)

    Hi all, I'm a new chicken tender with 15 gorgeous Buff Orpingtons; 1 roo and 14 big hens. The roo was a surprise but we're giving it a go. They are 6 months old now, and we've had them since a couple days old. I am really enjoying them and learning a lot. Happy to find this tremendous resource...
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