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  1. K

    7month old hen, pendulous crop and water belly, and just laid first egg

    Hi all. I joined over the summer bc a chick became ill soon after bringing her home. Same chick is now 7 months old, her crop was hanging down, hard and full yesterday morning. I’ve been massaging and it felt sandy after. I gave her olive oil and a lot of water, and made her a crop bra. She...
  2. Cdbosse

    Broody hen ends year with first hatch!

    My sweet Ayam Cemani hen decided that December was a great month to become a first time mom. I found her sitting on 5 eggs and within a few more days, she was sitting on a total of 9 eggs! I candled them, thinking I would only find 3-4 to be fertilized. However, all 9 had developing chicks...
  3. O

    Concerned for our rescued hen.

    Concerned for my rescued hen. Hey y’all, this here is roadrunner our first rescued hen. we’ve had her about a month and 2ish weeks now, my partner and his coworkers ended up spotting her in a very busy part of our town when heading home for the day. we assume she’s a young hen as she’s smaller...
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    Unknown breed of hen

    She is about 5 months old now. She has yellow shanks a black b AK, mostly a partridge coloration. White earlobes and a pea comb. A very light breed. Thought it was brown leghorn but she is missing breast coloration. She is not flighty. Thought it could be a welsummer but they have red...
  5. K

    Injured Hen

    Yesterday something attacked our flock of chickens, they're still young (8 weeks) so it might have been our cat. One was dead and three I found scattered, but one was missing. I couple of hours later I heard a fuss and went to check and my toy poodle had found the missing girl and cornered her...
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    First three eggs laid. 2 rotten, third had a developed chick inside

    Hello, I’ve raised my first lot of chicks this year in May. We ended up with 3 roosters and 2 girls. The roosters went to live elsewhere while I’ve kept the girls. The last rooster to be taken had his merry way with the ladies before he left. I never saw him with the two new girls but one...
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