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    Recovery Expectations Post Egg Binding??

    Hi all. So I have a 2 year old Lavender Orpington who was egg bound for about a day and a half. She passed the egg this morning. She seems more perky, but still seems lethargic and a bit under the weather. Her feathers are still puffed up and she looks cold, so I turned a heat lamp on for her...
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    Egg Bound Hen but I Can’t Feel Egg!

    Hi all! So I have a 2 year old Lavender Orpington who was displaying all the symptoms of egg binding. I took her to the vet and they did an x-ray that confirmed it. They gave her fluids and a calcium shot. I took her home and gave her an epsom salt bath. I was gently massaging the area and I was...
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    Egg Bound Hen!! HELP!!!

    Hi all. So I have a 2-year-old Lavender Orpington named Phoebe. She’s a wonderful hen, super sweet, great layer, follows you around like a dog. I’ve never had any issues with her as far as laying goes. Today, she started showing all of the signs of egg binding, and so I took her to the vet. They...
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    Hen Acting Sick. Help!!

    Hi all, So I have a 3 year old Buff Brahma hen named Paisley. She’s super sweet and friendly, one of my favorite girls. Recently, I’ve noticed that she’s been acting quite lethargic. She has had lead poisoning from contaminated dirt in the past so I took her to the vet to see if maybe she’d...
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    Choking Hen! Help!

    Hi all, I just had a massive scare. My 1.5 year old Barred Plymouth Rock hen, Tilly, just started choking. I was bringing them in from their pen and I left her in the coop to go bring in two of her sisters. I come back and she has her beak wide open, trying to gasp. I pick her up and stick my...
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    Lead Poisoning in Hen

    Hi all! So I have a 3-year-old Buff Brahma hen named Paisley. She’s an absolute sweetheart, more like a dog than a chicken to be honest. She’s one of my favorite girls. Recently I noticed that she seemed a bit lethargic. She was eating and drinking normally but just didn’t seem like herself. She...
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    My Little Girl

    I have wanted chickens for years for eggs and as pets. Finally got around to altering a shed into a chicken coop so I order 45 chicks this spring. I order Black and White Jersey Giants, Midnight Majesty Marans, Calico Princess, Dominique, Buckeye, Easter Eggers, Lavender Orpington, Buff...
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