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    How to re-integrate a hen to the flock

    We have 11 hens--five hens are almost 4 years old, one hen is 2 1/2 and the rest are 1 1/2 years old. We were able to integrate the younger generations without incident. One of the younger generation Comets started looking puny so I put her in the chicken hospital in the garage. She perked up...
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    comb and wattle pale, lethargic

    2 year old silver laced wyandotte is lethargic since last night. She didn't sleep on the roost, instead sitting on the droppings pit. I had to make her get up this morning. She isn't interested in a treat. Yesterday in the nest I found a soft shell egg that had been mashed flat and in...
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    chicken lethargic and seems puffy

    2 year old Golden Laced Wyandotte isn't doing well. This has been going on for three days. She's lethargic and tonight not even interested in scratch when I gave the rest of the girls a treat. She looks like her tail feathers are trying to point down toward the ground rather than up and...
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    rooster babies and caponizing

    We put fertile eggs under a broody hen and wouldn't you know it, of the four that hatched, I got 3 roosters. We're not allowed to keep roosters because of the crowing. I've found plenty of people willing to take and eat the guys, but no farm needs a rooster to go and live with them. Someone...
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    impacted crop

    My 1 1/2 year old comet is lethargic, not eating or drinking. Yesterday her poop was mucus-y and at one point she deficated what looked like the gristle you find in cooked chicken. Really weird. I separated her last night with water but no feed. Today she's not pooping much of anything...
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    lethargic chicken passes strange waste product

    1 1/2 year old Comet started acting lethargic last night. Today she's sitting when she should be exploring with the other girls. When I picked her up there was a mucus-y waste under her. I massaged her crop and then gave her some bread with olive oil. Almost immediately she went to the...
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    small bloody spots on her back

    I have nine hens (8 different breeds) who are nine months old. THis is my first flock and things are going well, no issues, no problems, lots of fun and eggs. About a week ago the Silverlaced Wyandotte had what I describe as poofy soft downy grey feathers appear on her back just before her...
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    need help getting hens to use the nests

    ANY HELP WILL BE APPRECIATED! This is my first time with chickens and everything has gone beautifully--until now. I have nine hens (8 different breeds) who are 5 months old. The two Comets started laying at 4 months and use the nests. (I have the nests that cause the eggs to roll out of...
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