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    3 y/old leghorn with lethargy

    Her stool didn't seem to have excess urates or off colors, but it was hard to tell with the shavings on top of them. Definitely more volume of stool colored stool than I'd seen prior to returning her to the flock. I did, however, notice a roundworm in her poop! They are on day 3/5 of deworming...
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    3 y/old leghorn with lethargy

    Thank you! I have not seen any lash eggs and her belly feels/looks normal. She’s always been a consistent layer and never had any wonky/glitch eggs along the way. Never any thinness or odd shapes or anything. I’ll pay attention to the area under her roosting bar in the morning as that will be...
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    3 y/old leghorn with lethargy

    Just an update: she seems to be very much improved. She is moving about, and engaging with the other chickens. She is still much slower than she normally is, but she is lightyears ahead of where she was yesterday, so I'm cautiously optimistic. Hoping that I can see a solid egg tomorrow so that I...
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    3 y/old leghorn with lethargy

    Thank you! I just gave her a Calcium tablet. I did wind up separating her last night after giving her a soak because she was really extra lethargic and hunched and I wanted to see if anything was expelled. The fact that we were able to collect her and bathe her without much protest definitely...
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    3 y/old leghorn with lethargy

    Two days ago, our three year old leghorn laid an egg in the morning. It was a normal looking egg for her, not overly large but definitely a large egg. After laying it, rather than leave the nest, she just stood over it. Not nesting on it, but standing over it. Almost in a stupor. She left the...
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    3 year old hen stopped laying suddenly

    We have cameras in the normal coop and didn't observe that behavior; however, she was bullied to the point of injury again not long after this thread had last been updated, and has been separated since then. On the day of the bullying incident that led to this separation, she had suddenly become...
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    3 year old hen stopped laying suddenly

    Just an update that today, June 16, she laid the first egg in months. Truly surprised, I thought she was done for sure! I know it was her because she is in her own little coop at the moment.
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    Scaly patches on wattles

    I did actually offer her some raw egg while she was first recovering and wouldn't eat her normal food. They get layer crumbles, free choice oyster shell/grit, supplemental mealworms as treats. No lice or mites that I can see (and I did a careful vent inspection because she did have a poopy butt...
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    Scaly patches on wattles

    Good Morning! This might be nothing, but I am still troubleshooting a hen who has had alternating vague health issues and consequently bullying victim issues. Previously, I thought that these crusts were because of bullying/getting picked on - but it's been two months and it doesn't look...
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    3 year old hen stopped laying suddenly

    Thank you - I don't care if she lays eggs or not, I was more concerned with underlying conditions and potentially missing an opportunity to help. I appreciate it.
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    3 year old hen stopped laying suddenly

    I hope your luck turns around soon! They definitely keep us on our toes.
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    3 year old hen stopped laying suddenly

    I posted about a month or so ago about my Wyandotte hen who had a bit of a sneeze and had been bullied and separated while she recovered. Until that incident, she had been a fairly consistent layer other than winter/molts. It's been over a month now, and she's healed and back with the flock, but...
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    Chicken with a sneeze

    Her poop has been very normal. She’s not egg bound, her abdomen area feels fine. Crop is emptying. The sneezing seems to have slowed/stopped but she still seems off. Since it’s a little bit more of a temperate day today without the relentless winds we’ve been having, going to try letting her...
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    Chicken with a sneeze

    No, she’s always been healthy and sturdy (other than her molts which have been hard). This was a tough winter so maybe that just led to a bit of a system malfunction? She was the second to last one to resume laying after winter hiatus, and had the latest molt of all of them. She also hasn’t laid...
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    Chicken with a sneeze

    I would say yes. She is eating and drinking but not as much as average. Normally she goes wild for treats (mealworms or scratch grains typically), but right now she looks at them for a minute and then decides to eat them. She’s not eating a ton of her regular feed but she is pecking at it a...
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    Chicken with a sneeze

    Currently high 40s (F). Early Spring in New England so big temp swings day to day. The day she was taken out with the injury was almost 70 and sunny. I do have a panel heater in her pen so that she can have some extra warmth, and our garage is a bit warmer than outside.
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    Chicken with a sneeze

    No watery eyes, bubbles, or swelling. She molted late fall/early winter so I don’t think it’s that. No unusual or thin eggs, but we did have one blood-streaked egg a few weeks ago that could have been her. Now that you mention it, she does sneeze more when eating. There’s not really a gasp/rasp...
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    Chicken with a sneeze

    A few weeks ago, I noticed one of our 3 year old hens was a little more withdrawn than usual. Still eating and drinking and laying eggs, but sort of staying out of the flock and lagging behind a little. Other than an occasional sneeze, though, there were no obvious signs of anything specific...
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    Weasel - how long do I have?

    No, but there is a river. It's a fast current, but it's there. There are occasionally brooks that develop about a half a mile away as the result but it's been so dry this summer here that there's no water in them.
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    Weasel - how long do I have?

    I am hopeful that the bountiful predators will get lucky (or already has), I just wish they'd leave me a piece so I know it's all set.
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