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    Mouse! Eek!

    So my hunter boss hen just caught a mouse. The others are trying to get it from her, of course. Could she get sick from eating it?? Should I take it away?? So gross....
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    Euthanize or rehome broken chicken?

    My 1 yr old Easter Egger can only lay softies or half- and barely-shelled eggs. Her eggs were ok for the first month or two when she started laying in January, but the last one that wasn't broken or dented was June 1st. It makes a mess in the egg box and she's not producing usable eggs. If...
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    Hen still laying half-softies

    One of my 4 hens, Ameraucana @ 37 weeks old, has been laying VERY thin shelled eggs for a few months now. Posted a thread Feb 10th about a softie laid (after a snow fall freaked the hens out so they wouldn't get in the egg box to lay). They still have OS available, I give some ES almost daily...
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    Egg with no shell???

    My gray Ameraucana that usually lays blue eggs laid this egg, no shell-just membrane- DURING THE NIGHT under the roost, not in the egg box! Her shells are thinner than the other hens in spite of trying to feed her more OS and ES. They were all acting weird yesterday freaked out about out first...
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    Greasy tail?

    Wondering why my 7 month old Orpington seems to have a greasy tail. Just started laying 5 days ago. Anything I should worry about? Do I need to intervene?
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    Flock freeze

    My husband noticed some strange behavior tonight not long before our 6 chicks (8 weeks old) went to roost. They were randomly roaming the yard, when they all suddenly froze in their tracks for nearly a full minute. They were somewhat scattered and not looking at the sky as they've done before...
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