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    Diseased chicken and malformed eggs

    I have four Cinnamon Queens. I had five, and one of them was laying malformed, incomplete eggs. Then one of them died, and we stopped getting those eggs. Now we are getting them again, and one of the girls is losing her tail feathers, and she has a bare butt. She looks diseased, and we think...
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    Murderous hens

    My original flock of six has been diminished to three. We still have one Australorp (Anne Boleyn) and two Amberlinks (Katherine Parr and Detroit). We rehomed a banty of unknown breed, but very, very beautiful, hence her name, Bella. Then a friend gave me two Rhode Island Reds. Heloise was...
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    Lethargic Australorp won't get off nesting box

    One of my Lorps has spent the day sitting on a nesting box. She hasn't laid an egg; she just sits there. There's no blood or anything noticeable, other than she seems lethargic. When the other girls left for their evening stroll around the yard, she stayed in the nesting box. Should I be...
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    Who's eggs are these?

    My little flock has two each of Amberlinks, Australorps, and Speckled Sussexes. Somebody is laying eggs every day, and I don't know whom to thank. I'm guessing it's the Amberlinks. One of them squats. I did a butt check on one of the Amberlinks, and her vent was wide open, and I could get three...
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    Hi from Texas

    When we bought a couple of rural acres, I wanted to try my hand at raising chickens. Now that I'm retired, I have my first little flock of six chickens. Henry VIII conveniently had six wives, I have six chickens, so my girls are named after his wives. Two are Black Australorps, two are Speckled...
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