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  1. NewChickenmama06

    Super weird hen behavior!!

    Not sure if I'm in the right place, but here it goes. I have a Australorp/Black Star mixed hen that has been acting very odd the last few months. I posted about her back in April. Symptoms were, walking slowly, diarrhea, not eating as much as usual. I was so worried that I took her to the...
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    HEN IS WALKING, SLOW, NOT HERSELF

    I have a 5 year old Black Star/Australorp mixed hen who started walking slowly and is not as energetic as usual. I noticed this 2 days ago. She is eating and drinking ok. Her comb and wattles are bright red, her eyes look fine, breathing is normal, nose is clear. Very alert, No sign of mites...
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    UPDATE ON HEN LOST WEIGHT CAN'T WALK

    Hello all!! Just an update on my hen. (Included original post at the end) She is still inside the house bc she still can't walk well. Other then that she has gained weight and looks fantastic. Eating, drinking, pooping are all completely normal and super alert. I started her on a vitamin B...
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    HEN LOST WEIGHT UPDATE

    I brought my hen inside, (to cold and snowy) to make a separate area in the run right now. I set up a safe place for her to sleep at night and food and water. Unfortunately, she is refusing to eat her food and only wants snacks. I made the mistake of putting sunflower seeds in her dish along...
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    HEN LOST WEIGHT AND WEAK LEGS

    I have 2 your old buff Orpington and Australorp mixed hen that lost weight and is not walking well. I looked her over and her eyes, nose and comb look fine. She is alert and acting fine. Pooping ok. Eating and drinking. Background of the poor girl. She is at the bottom of the pecking order in a...
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    Help....Hen making crying noise when breathing!!

    My 4 year old Buff Orpington is making a crying noise when she breaths in and out. When I tried to listen to her chest,I didn't hear any rattling. She's eating and pooping. Her eyes look ok, her comb looks good. Not sure if she's struggling to breath or not.
  7. NewChickenmama06

    Hen bulling one specific hen....HELP

    I have a 3 year old Australorp black star mixed hen who is bulling one of our 1 year old hens. She picks on other hens as well, but really has a dislike for this poor girl. To the point, the hen being bullied only seems peaceful when free ranging(now we can't even do that with the increased...
  8. NewChickenmama06

    Hens body is swollen! HELP

    I have a 5 and a half year old Australorp hen. Yesterday I noticed she was walking funny. I just took her inside and her lower body is swollen and hard, not squishy like my hen I had to drain. She is eating, drinking and pooping fine. Acting normal, aside from walking funny. I examined her...
  9. NewChickenmama06

    Is this poop back to normal yet?

    I am including my original post about this instead of retelling what happened. There is a picture of what it looked like Friday morning and now I'm putting in this post what it looks like now. I just want to make sure I can put her safety back into the flock. She is eating, drinking and acting...
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    UPDATE..HEN OUT ALL NIGHT, CAME BACK THIS MORNING ACTING OFF.

    My hen who was out all night came back acting very tired and definitely not her skittish self. She wasn't eating, but drinking a lot. After about an hour or so of her coming back, she started pooping yellow watery diarrhea. (Picture included). I gave her water with electrolytes and 500mg of...
  11. NewChickenmama06

    HEN NOT ACTING RIGHT AFTER NOT COMING HOME AND REAPPEARED!!

    I have a year old hen that didn't come back with the flock last night after free ranging. I found her laying under my deck this morning. But she isn't acting like herself at all. She's usually skittish but she let me pick her up and is walking slowly and sleepy. I checked her for injuries and...
  12. NewChickenmama06

    Normal wattles?

    I have a 6 week old mixed chick that was hatched from my hens eggs in a incubator. I noticed that her wattles look weird. Attached a picture. She also has a slight cross beak. Do her wattles look weird or is it me?
  13. NewChickenmama06

    Thought it was poop, but.....

    I have a week and a half old chick that was hatched In our classroom. This morning I was checking them over and one looked like it had poop stuck to its fluff near the vent. So I grabbed a warm damp paper towel and gently removed it. Underneath was blood, like I picked a scab. Does anyone know...
  14. NewChickenmama06

    WHY IS MY HEN ACTING THIS Way?

    I have a 4 and a half year old Black Star hen who is acting like she has chicks. She puffs up if anyone gets near her while she is calling these phantom chicks. She even sits in the nesting box acting all nasty, which she has never done before. This all started after on of my Australorp hens...
  15. NewChickenmama06

    UPDATE ON CHICK WITH BONEY LUMP ON HER NECK W/ PICTURES

    She is deteriorating quick now. My friend is just letting her be.
  16. NewChickenmama06

    BONEY LUMP ON 4 WEEK OLD CHICKS NECK!?

    Hi all, My friend has a 4 week old Orpington that has a odd lump on her neck. It feels like vertebrae bones. Very odd. She also has blue legs, which doesn't look normal. She is not walking much, eating or drinking either. I checked it out and its not bruised, it is just protruding from her...
  17. NewChickenmama06

    BLOATED LEGHORN HEN

    Hi all, I just noticed one of my leghorn hens has a bloated abdomen. She is waddling around but otherwise acting normally. She is drinking and eating. Not as active as usual, but not lethargic either. She pooped normally as well. I put my finger in her vent and did not feel anything hard...
  18. NewChickenmama06

    HELP, MY HENS INSIDES ARE COMING OUT!

    I went into my coop this morning to find one of my 3 year old buff Orpington hens with a bloody vent. I brought her in and cleaned her the best I could. I then put her in a tub with warm water and Epson salt. I took her out, dried her and what I saw was awful. Something is coming out of her...
  19. NewChickenmama06

    Whats going on with my hen?

    Hi everyone, So my black Australorp hen went broody in the beginning of September. After her eggs hatched (only 2 made it) she did what mama hens do. Unfortunately, one chick died a week later and we lost the other this past Wednesday. She drowned in a bucket. My poor hen called for her chick...
  20. NewChickenmama06

    Limping Chicken after kitten pounce

    Hi have a 2 year old hen that got pounced on by our kitten. It wasn't hard but it scared my hen and she must have somehow hurt her leg/foot. She can stand on it ok and she limps at some points, but not others. She jumped down from our couch and it didn't seem to bother her. She is acting fine...
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