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    Hen wants to sleep “outside” with chicks

    I have a Jersey Giant who we were a touch late moving to a separate brooder area. She had one chick already hatched & three eggs. She pulled them all out of the brooder house and into the open air part of the hutch. It has bedding and she is brooding there with all the eggs and chick. It is...
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    Hen with exaggerated breathing!?

    Hi all! I have a 5 year old Jersey that started to have very exaggerated breathing about 4 days ago. She isn’t gasping, no open mouth breathing or anything. It is particularly noticeable when she lays down, she just has a lot of movement in her rear end, bobbing up and down, and the tissue...
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    Hen not eating!!!!

    I have an Ameracauna that has decided to stop eating her pellets. The other two are gorging themselves, but shes not. If I take out veggies or oatmeal she'll eat it but thats it. She is 18mo., hasn't laid in a few days, not eggbound as far as I can tell and I've seen it a few times. They are on...
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    Anise oil in grit, ok?

    Hi just curious, I bought some domestic bird grit ( b/c I'm out of regular, and can't go until tomorrow afternoon to get more). The kind I bought is granite, mixed with calcium, charcoal, and anise oil. It's meant for cockatiels, parakeets and such. Is this ok for hens?
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    Hen Arching neck, opening beak, honking!!! PLease Help

    My buff has been arching her neck and opening beak for a week now. I brought her in last sat. because she could hardly breath, wheezing and honking. She can breath now, but I've tried Ivermectin, and baytril. She still has symptoms, and when I put her back out in the coop, she relapsed, any...
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    Need Help Quick!!! Wheezing hen!

    Please help, I have a 8 mo Buff Orp who is amazingly sweet I just went out to let them range in the yard and noticed she was making a very strange noise, her beak is slightly open and she's wheezing, almost honking like a goose sometimes. This came on very suddenly a few hours ago she was fine...
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    Leg problem, mites? What is it!? (PICS)

    This is the second time this has happened to the same hen. The first time it got infected and the vet gave me Baytril, it cleared up. But the vet didn't have a clue what is was to begin with (not an avian vet). Does any one have any clue to what this may be. Is it her leg healing and growing new...
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    Hen has wounds just above her feet! What is it?

    Hi everyone! I am brand new to this site, but I need some help. I have a 6 month old Buff Orpington with wounds on her "ankles". They don't seem to be bothering her, but she had one once before I took her to the vet because it got infected, antibiotics cleared it up. Now its back and on both...
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