Recent content by marierachel17

Hi, I have a hen who is moving around extremely weakly and keeps stumbling/falling over. She feels like about a third of what her normal weight is and seems to be rejecting her normal layer pellet (all my other hens are eating fine) but has accepted oats and some mealworms from me. She’s still...

hi! i have 8 hens and two or three of them have a similar issue, mostly on the combs (maybe it’s not an issue at all, i just wanted to check!) i noticed some dry, flaky-looking areas around their faces. it looks a little white. is this okay? my other girls have vibrant combs, so there is quite a...

Do you mean inside the house in a dog crate/pen or something? I would be willing to bring her in but i don’t think my parents would agree to that and it seems like that could cause more stress. I’m planning to do the blu-kote tomorrow morning and let her stay in the smaller, closed off (away...

I believe our coop is 32 not including laying boxes, so right around the minimum recommended. they go out in the 300 square ft run daily (plus free ranging 3 or 4 days a week in our large fenced in yard). i posted another time about my feed and several people said it was a very good mix (i also...

my mom is actually at the store getting Blu-cote right now! we’re planning on applying it tonight if it’s light enough when she gets back, or tomorrow. tmr morning might be better anyway to give the hen a break from all the stress. currently she is in a coop attached to a small enclosed area and...

Hi! i recently got 8 hens a month or two ago (but they’re fully grown). there are around three who are constantly picked on by the others. a couple weeks ago, my white americana went through a molt and lost some feathers (but she has a ton to begin with so there weren’t many noticeable patches...

One of my rhode island red hens always has patches of missing feathers around her neck and a few feathers missing on her body too. She’s the smallest of my flock and the others tend to pick on her (we aren’t able to get a rooster, unfortunately). Is there anything I can do? I always step in if I...

Okay, that makes sense, thank you! I think I’ll occasionally still give them foods like this even though it’s not necessary (they really love them!!)

Ty for the reply!! Yes, I’ll include a picture of the feed. This is just their veggies and animal protein for the day. I have 8 laying hens, all are around 1 year old. I usually don’t give them this many veggies at once, but we had a lot of scraps laying around and i figured i’d make a “salad”...

thanks for the reply! how do I ensure that they’re balanced? I’m pretty new to all this

Hi! I’m a new chicken owner and trying to figure out how much of each food for them to eat (for their veggies and animal proteins. I included a picture also. There is a handful of blueberries (cut in halves), around a cup of lettuce and spinach, half a cup of cilantro (including the stalks), 1...

“Eggcessive”, Thank you. I think we’ll keep an eye on it and take a closer look tomorrow to see if resting overnight helped. I think we’ll try the dog crate if it seems worse. You mean keep her in the crate in the run with the others, correct? And would I let her sleep in the henhouse with the...

Hi! I just got the 8 hens I posted about recently. We moved them into the new run and coop and they seem to have settled in. But I noticed one of them (Elaine) is limping. She is the one they pick on most :(. She is still moving around (laying in her dust bath too) When shes standing around she...

Folly's place- thanks for the comment! we are rehoming 8 hens. their current pen (they will be in it for a few weeks while we do an upgrade once they are living with us) is around 225 square feet. their owners don’t let them free roam a lot. once they move to my yard, their upgraded pen will...

featherhead007, yes, we’re preparing for that! i have tons of free time currently for another month or two and i’ve been spending time with them in their current coop (at our family friend’s house) so they get used to me. once they come here, i will be spending lots of time with them! i am going...