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    Hens haven't been laying for months

    Ok this is the first year that they quit laying that early so I wasnt sure. The feather fixer was something I added for protein. It is getting expensive. I may have to get rid of some older ones but am giving them until late spring to see who starts laying
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    Hens haven't been laying for months

    I have 23 chickens. 10 of them being new hens, I expected them to be laying by now. 1 rooster. And the rest are anywhere from 1.5 to 3.5 years old. I have a few that I know for sure are older so I understand that they may be slowing down, one of those lays green eggs so I can tell when she lays...
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    Egg bound/peritonitis

    Ok I will try to crush tums and get her to take that. I did in water but she didnt take much. I'll try ibuprofen too. If she doesnt improve soon I think the best option is to put her out of her misery. As much as I hate to.
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    Egg bound/peritonitis

    I replied to your questions. But not directly but it is in this thread. I went to our farm store and got an electrolyte and vitamin supplement. It says mix one packet to a gallon. I wish I knew what the fluid was from, if it is cancer will it come back? I was hoping it was an egg that busted...
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    Egg bound/peritonitis

    I did clean it with alcohol, and I didnt insert the needle too far. Yes it was a sterile, new needle. It was also raining and maybe it was loud on the tin roof and scaring her. It was mostly clear I think, it looked like apple juice but more yellow. I went out this morning and she was sitting...
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    Egg bound/peritonitis

    I should add that she is 2 or 3. And not overweight. And she is a Rhode island red. Not sure what she layed before this or how often since we have 12 other hens. I feed eggmaker by adm
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    Egg bound/peritonitis

    2 days ago I noticed my hen had a dry comb but she was walking around the yard and I didnt think much of it. Then yesterday she was sitting in the run, moving her tail up and down. Also had the penguin walk going on a little. Figured she was egg bound, so I got warm water with Epsom salt ready...
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    Hen that won't leave nesting box

    She's a barred rock, she has lost a little weight but not much. It's been over a week now. She eats like crazy when she's out, scratches around, just doesn't act like she wants to drink.
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    Hen that won't leave nesting box

    I have a hen that will not leave the nesting boxes, she moves around to different ones, but never has an egg under her so I don't think she is laying. I get her out and she is all fluffed up, I have to block off the little door to the coop just to get her to eat, and I haven't seen her drink...
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    Hen with bare spot

    Thank you this helped a lot. I sprayed one last night and this morning there were less eggs. I went ahead and put Vaseline on her and on other hen I noticed them starting on. It's not severe by any means but I would like to get rid of them and prevent them from now on. We had one sick hen get...
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    Hen with bare spot

    I have a barred Rock hen that has a bare spot below her vent. I noticed that there are little white spots at the base of her feathers, I have heard these are mite eggs. I have spray that helps get rid of them so I sprayed that on her. I've also been spraying all hens with that once a week and...
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    Lethargic chicken, all puffed up

    We put ours down this morning also. She would not raise her head and was sitting down. Also had mites on her I saw yesterday..
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    Hen acting strange, what do you think?

    How did they give her this by shot? I'm new to chickens! And our vets don't deal with them so I'm on my own! I talked to a friend, thinks it is coccidiosis. So I separated her in a box in our garage. Fed her water and some medicated chick food we dissolved in a syringe and a little bit of mother...
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    Lethargic chicken, all puffed up

    I have a very similar thing going on with a buff hen of mine. The rooster and one other hen pick on her the most so i separated them for now until I get something figured out with the sick hen. I think mine laid 3 days ago and she was feeling a little sick then too. So don't thing it would be...
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    Hen being picked on

    She is doing worse today it seems like, won't even leave the coop :(
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    Hen being picked on

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    Hen being picked on

    I noticed about 4 days ago, our only buff Orpington hen was missing a lot of feathers on her backside. She seemed to be acting normal so I picked her up to look and noticed a little yellow looking small worm on the bare spot. Picked her up the next day and never saw it again. I continue to keep...
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