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3 year old EE is not molting, lays consistently. No head shaking or behavioral abnormalities. She’s a very happy girl, loves to eat and is very active. If you peek under her head long feathers she is essentially naked, but with the stems of the feathers still there. It’s like this under her...

My hen with ovarian cancer started to shiver occasionally, dispite the weather being in the upper 70s to 80s. She got the hormone implant to stop laying but she has only lost a few feathers. Do you think it’s from the pain of cancer, or the beginning of her molt?

Hello everyone. Someone I know that has chickens is out of town, and I was tasked with helping her sick hen. I do not know her breed, but she is a very mini breed, possibly a form of bantam. She probably weighs 2-3 lbs. She is 4 years old. I could not see any noticable bubbles in her eyes or...

My 3 year old Easter egger is very healthy, is on soft dirt, scratches around often and dustbathes, but she has had super long toenails since they grew in. Poops regularly, lays regularly, eats and drinks just fine, so I don’t think it’s liver issues. They started curling too. I don’t know how...

Both of my easter eggers have been very good layers. They are 3 years old, and they used to lay every other day. After their molt breaks they suddenly began to lay every single day. The eggs are fine, but I am worried about their health. One lays huge eggs compared to her body size, but luckily...

Went to the vet today. She felt the inside of her vent and automatically knew she had ovarian cancer. The walls of her insides were bumpy and full of lumps. She couldn’t feel any specifically egg like material and there was no fluid still. I’m heartbroken. She is my most friendly and calm hen...

Hello. One of my hens has has scaly leg mites for a long time. She became pretty inactive. For many years she had had missing butt feathers. I never thought that mites could cause these and I thought since she was a buff cochin her feet always looked like that. They have sand in their roost and...

Hello! Does anyone have any knowledge on E. coli infections in chickens? My hen has been showing symptoms of seeming distant. She eats and drinks but seems uncomfortable. Her poop is tinged green even though she has no vegetables or grass in her system for a week. I began seeing green poops...

One day my EE started to brutally bully my Americauna, which was very odd. The next day completely stopped, with only a few annoyed pecks here and there. Fast forward 2 weeks, I go out to the run and hand feed them some grubs. My Americauna, eager looking and excited, takes the grub when I give...

Hi everyone. I write this post with a heavy heart. I’ve come to suspect my hen might have some kind of cancer related to her reproductive system. She is a 3 year old buff cochin. Here are her symptoms: - Distended but not hard abdomen for 2 years (no fluid) - Walks a bit slowly, seems...

Hi, my cochin has been pooping quite small, light green poops. They aren’t foamy or wet. She had not eaten green vegetables in two weeks. She eats normally. What could be the reason behind this? My other hens all have healthy, large, brown poops.

Hi everyone. I have a vet appointment on Wednesday and I have the option to give two of my hens that have issues a Suprelorin implant. My EE (3 years) that was previously egg bound with a bursted shell less egg. She has been very active and acting very healthy, however still has watery poo...

My cochin weighs 8.5 pounds and is 3 years old. the vet said she is skinny (muscle wise) She eats drinks and poops fine. She went from laying consistent eggs to laying once or twice a week. I give her calcium sometimes because she doesn’t eat oyster shells. She is enthusiastic when treats are...

I know i've made too many seperate threads about the same hen, but this is important and requires it's own thread. My hen who was previously egg bound and had a shell-less egg break inside her recovered fully and was her normal self. Up until today she hasn't laid. This morning, though, she...

My 2 year old easter egger is being extremely aggressive to my other hen all of the sudden. She wasn’t like this before. It’s just my easter eggger who’s bullying her. The hen being bullied is even a little bigger than her. She gets bullied every time she comes near her. So she stays on a big...

I'm aware that EDS is when hens lay eggs overnight that are thin-shelled or shell-less. I have a few questions, since my post egg bound hen has been laying very thin shelled eggs in the roost. - Can my hens get EDS even though they are in a run with a roof and no access to wild birds? - Can...

I read that it could mean internal bleeding, but I don’t see any blood. The poop is just black and little dry. She’s acting fine. Could this be a sign of reproductive disease?

I’m trying to figure out the reason why my hen got egg bound on a shell less egg. Today while she was sleeping she laid a very thin shelled egg that was light in color and felt rough and slightly sandpaper-y. It broke in my hand. Am I giving her too much calcium citrate? How can i stop thin...

My big girl Clementine, is a 9 lb buff cochin. She is 3 years old and going on 4 years old. I noticed she started laying every 3 or 2 days. Before she laid every other day constantly. She sometimes goes a week without laying too. Is this around the age when egg laying will start to taper off...

It’s been about 5 days after the shellless egg burst inside her, and for 2 days she was super energetic, perfectly fine. Her antibiotic round is over. Today I went out, and noticed she was acting a little off. She still drank and ate but she was moving slower, was a little puffed up, and didn’t...