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ok, so a couple months later the white leg horn has gone in and out of broody, but now I have only 1 or 2 chickens laying a day, how do I kick these girls back into laying

so I have one austrolop that went broody for a while, but she would come out more often, Adrain (the white leg horn) is staying in all day, she does puff way up and does small clucks, the other chicken would sqaulk at me, maybe that it though, it was my first thought

White leg horn hen, about 1 year old, she is the leader of the flock, matured faster than all the other chickens. This week she started to stop coming out of coop and just sitting in a nest. Hasn't laid in a couple days, I felt her crop and it does seem like she is eating. She's looking ragged...

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so yank the scab and a little bacitracin? It looks to be coming from her ear, the swollen part on top is throwing me off

noticed one of my SLW had a bump on its head, thought it might have been from a branch falling during high winds, but on closer inspection there is a scabby bridge thing from the ear to the top of the head and the head is swollen, there is also another small growth behind the large lump. Chicken...