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I took her to the vet, he sees chickens for free, he only charges if he treats them. He didn't know what could be the problem. He saw a poop photo and said she doesn't have worms. I think that she was kept away from food and water due to the new henhouse dynamic. She is suddenly the bottom...

She has not been dewormed. Any good recommendations on a de-wormer?

Poop looks ok. She is 2 years old and I have had her since she was 10 days old. She eats Hearty Hen Soy Free Layer pellets. She is being kept in the people yard away from the other girls.

I have a lethargic hen who is afraid of the other hens, cannot jump up on the perch. Her crest and wattles are a bit pale. I let her loose in the non-chicken yard and she was a bit shy sticking to the shadows, normally the hens go NUTS in the grassy "people" yard. She spends most of the day...

I give my chickens almost all my scraps, except the things they won't eat, onion, scallion, chili, hard breads or tortilla and I don't give them dairy or salty foods. We eat pretty healthy, so the hens can eat most of our leftover. I did find soaking old bread and cheerios in some water makes...

I had a 3 month old silver laced wyandotte, I just sold her, that was impossible to get back into the coop and run. I let the chickens play in the yard and garden when we are outside, when it was time to go home she was too smart, she knew that outside is better than inside. So I would chase...

Sorry, 4.5 feet high. The coop will be almost 6.5 feet by 31/3rd feet, so about 21 sq feet for 4 birds (nest boxes extend outside). But, I have the height problem. The coop will be 54 inches high inside. 24 inchs of head room, six inches for poop board, with 2 feet below the poop board...

How far beyond the roost should the poop board extend? I know I need 18 inches from the wall for the 6 foot long roost for the 4 hens. My coop dimensions are about 4.5 x 3.3 feet x 5.5 feet tall. I have 2 feet of head room over the roost, 6 inches to the poop board, and then 3 feet of room...

Thank you everyone for your help, your threads really helped me design my coop. I have a small space for a coop, rectangle 89 inches x 40 inches. I want 4 chickens, but am making a coop with just enough space for 5 (20sq feet, nesting boxes outside of coop, drop door in floor, food and water...