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    Recovering hen & going back into the flock- Need Advice, Please!

    You mentioned you were syringe feeding her; will she eat and drink on her own at all? If so either the dog crate and/or the integration buddy ideas should work great. That said, I’d make sure she was eating and drinking enough. Maybe put out more than one feeder and waterer. I had a couple of...
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    Chicken breeds that lay eggs less frequently but lay longer

    I certainly like a mixed flock. Not only for these reasons but also because it’s soooo much easier to keep tabs on each hen at a glance an know what everyone’s normal behavior is. The first of my RIR crosses to get sick … I knew something was wrong because she sat in a nest all day. I only knew...
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    Chicken breeds that lay eggs less frequently but lay longer

    My $.02, for what it’s worth: Wouldn’t recommend the RIR/New Hampshire Red Cross. AT ALL. I bought some in 2019 and half have gotten sick and/or died of reproductive issues. Which is too bad since they’ve got great personalities. EEs are neat; mine are not that old, so can’t comment on...
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    Egg bound hen can still poop? Emergency?

    Thank you so much! Put her back with the rest of the girls for the afternoon. She went and sat in the nesting box for a couple hours, nothing. Separated her again when I locked everyone up for the night. Gave her some calcium (tums, like you said) and soaked her bum in warm water with Epsom...
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    Egg bound hen can still poop? Emergency?

    Hi all, Yesterday I checked my nesting boxes and found one of my hens mid-lay, as in the egg was just bare staring to portrude from her vent. She got out of the nest box, and squatted for several minutes while she wandered around the run. I tried to encourage her back to her nesting box with no...
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    Comment by 'Peas_And_Choi_Farm' in article 'How to treat sour crop and impacted crop and how to know which one you're dealing with'

    Thank you azygous! I didn’t realize that I could do that and it would help take care of the liquid in the crop; especially if caught early. She kinda gurgled a bit for a minute or two before the liquid started coming out her beak; sounds like perhaps that should have been my clue to elevate the...
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    Comment by 'Peas_And_Choi_Farm' in article 'How to treat sour crop and impacted crop and how to know which one you're dealing with'

    What do you do if you chicken has mucousy liquid coming out of her beak? I just lost one of my hens this week. Suspect she had sour crop but the treatment wasn’t helping as much as it should have because she had so much mucousy liquid coming out her beak I was afraid she was going to aspirate if...
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    Sick hen; coccidiosis or som

    Definitely possible; she is a Production Red. For the calcium with vitamin d, do you mean something like ground up Tums? How much should I give her?
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    Sick hen; coccidiosis or som

    ... and there is a bad odor but I can’t localize it to her beak.
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    Sick hen; coccidiosis or som

    Thank you! She’s almost 18 months old (hatched August 13 2019). She hasn’t laid eggs since at least Saturday and when I checked her her lower belly does feel enlarged but I couldn’t feel an egg when I put on a glove and inserted my finger into her gent up to about my first knuckle...
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    Sick hen; coccidiosis or som

    Thank you; checked her crop, it feels not so much like there’s something in there but like it’s kinda inflamed...
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    Sick hen; coccidiosis or som

    Six weeks ago (Feb 4) I noticed one of my hens (Inara) was sick so I isolated her. She was very lethargic (not moving around at all) not eating, mushy crop that didn’t empty overnight. Yellowy mucousy diarrhea with darker bits in it. Vet found coccidia in the poop, but it was already too late...
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