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    Help! Broken soft egg shell still inside hen. Is there anything to be done?

    Hi all! We have a favorite Comet who's a few years old. She's had trouble with prolapsed vent a few times, and try as we might, we can't seem to keep her consistently laying harder-shelled eggs. This morning when I went to the coop to let the girls out, she was sitting on the ground, away from...
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    Swollen, pale comb that's hot to the touch, and miserable hen. Help!

    Hi all! I'm always so grateful the the wealth of experience & knowledge here, and I'm hoping someone might have some thoughts on what's going on with one of our girls. She's about 5+ yrs old and came to us last year after the entire rest of her flock got massacred by a dog that got into...
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    Best Course of Action(?) for New Traumatized Hen?

    Hi Chicken Friends! We have a patched together flock of six girls (1 Buff Orp., 1 Comet, 4 White Rocks), and late yesterday a friend emailed to see if he could bring us his 4 yr old Jersey Giant. He'd had 8 hens, and he and his wife foster rescued dogs...unfortunately, yesterday the coop gate...
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    Will our solo Buff Orpington be ok overnight w/out heat in the coop?

    Hi all! I hope this is the right thread for my question...had a tough time figuring out where to post, but will give this section a go! We've had a tough year with coyotes and hawks and thus have found ourselves with one remaining chicken (a fabulous Buff Orpington named Peas). And she even...
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