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    no shell eggs - and change in behavior -- any ideas?

    Hi - I posted this earlier in the "egg section" - but now I think my RIR might not be feeling well. All the other chickens are running around the yard and sh has chosen to stay in the coop (she is NOT in a nesting box). She is just sitting in the shade in the coop. The other hens are doing...
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    Progressively thinner shell, to no shell at all

    Hi - We have 6 hens. They are all just over a year old. We are getting between 4 and 6 eggs a day. This week started with a paper-shelled egg under the roost in the coop from one hen. The next day, there was an egg in the nexting box, with either a paper shell or none at all (it was broken)...
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    Suddenly Hen is roosting outside hen house by herself!

    Hi. We have 6 hens all about 9 months old. One arucana has started a pretty ugly molt. She's the only one really molting. We have noticed that she is a bit of a loner since the molt began, but the other hens aren't picking on her. She is keeping her distance from us and them. Tonight we...
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    Very enlarged crop, no other symptoms

    Hi our 5 month old barred rock (not laying yet) has a very enlarged crop. Probably the size of a golf ball or a little more. The crop is medium hard - a little mushy, but definetly not soft. She has been this way for at least 4 days. She is not exhibiting any sympotoms of discomfort. She is...
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    pullet with big crack across beak - need advise (see attached photos)

    Hi - Our 4 1/2 month old arucana pullet seems to have a cracked upper beak. It is cracked from her left (where it is separated) across the top toward the right (where it is still attached). I hadn't noticed it previously - but it doesn't seem like it happened today. She isn't behaving...
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    Grit for chickens that are part-time free rangers?

    Hi - My 3 1/2 month old chicks are still eating starter feed. We feed them treats -- mostly leftovers and scraps - fruit, rice, corn on the cob. They free-range in our yard in the late afternoons and weekends. We do not provide them "grit". There is no separate feeder with coarse...
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    Chicken has no balance/acts drunk after dust bath.

    Our 3 month old arucana Punky love to take dust baths. After hogging the prime spot in the garden under the tomato plants. Note she does not eat any of the tomato plants. When she is done, she has a lot of trouble getting up. She has no balance and her legs collapse under her. She...
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    New in Lafayette, CA

    Hi we are new to the BYC forum and new to Chickens. We've had 6 chicks for a few months now and recently moved them outside. We appreciate all the advice and helpful hints we have found on the boards. Thanks.
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