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Thank you ❤️ LittleRed has fully recovered and is laying eggs again as of two days ago! Its amazing! It makes me feel so great when my hens are laying because it means everything is in balance for them!

Our Little Red is back in the coop with her sister Moonie! She survived the raccoon and has healed up nicely! I am so grateful that she healed up and we were able to get her back in her normal routine. It happened over the course of three days, each day we brought her out to the coop (after...

Happy Tuesday! Yes! She is getting better and better each day! She is preening now and eating more and more and drinking on her own. She is no longer on the treatments and seems to be healing and feeling better and better each day. She is almost able to preen her entire body. Each day she...

Thank you:) yes sometimes I think it is great just to document the process it helps me see progress and others if they need it:) This website has been wonderful! There is so much information and experience that is really useful for us hen& chicken lover/owners:)

Happy Wednesday :) little Red is doing so much better! Thank goodness. She has been perching on her basket and eating a tiny bit and drinking on her own!!!! Yesterday she was working on her face and practically dunking her head in the water, as I sat a watched her for awhile I realized she...

Hi! Sorry to reply so late, for some reason I just got a notification tonight…. Well at that time I took Blue and Happy feet to Hilary Stern DVM. I don't know where she practices now, but I know there is a vet that see’s hens in Scotts Valley and also Dr Hannah Good ( mobile vet) will also see...

Here are some photos of her injuries Thanks to anyone able to help:)

Thanks for sharing your experience! It has given me some ideas and may help me help my hen!!!

Good Morning, Our hen was attacked by a raccoon last night, the emergency animal hospital doesn't have a bird expert. So we are treating her at home. It was pretty bad, lots of blood around her face. We cleaned her up as much as we could and set her up in the bathroom with a heating lamp. I...

I have battled mites a couple times… the trick is to stay on the treatment every 7 days. What I did was alternated with permethrin, neem oil mixture and spinosad. I got rid of them after about a month but I kept up the weekly spray of the coop for another month. I made a mixture that was...

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Hello Everyone :) We have three hens left. Our oldest hen also the top of the pecking order) passed about a month ago of old age very peacefully. One of my girls, Moonie started molting about a week after that and this week Little Red went broody for the first time in her life, she is three...

Yes I feel like we are fortunate to be able to have our animal family! We have two Chihuahuas, baby kitty, three hens, and 20 fish. We love them all my kids call them their brothers and sisters❤️ The hens are so special! They have great personalities and are such social birdies! Good luck...

Our hen, Happy Feet is a little over 10 years old and she laid her last egg about a year ago . It went like this: Three days ago she started huddling up sort of hiding under bushes. I gave her a thorough examination and found no bumps, cuts, bruises or swelling or injuries. I did find a mite...

What drug is the treatment you use? I have been treating the mites for years, i do everything, clean out the coop And run and yard. I rotate permethrin and spinosad sprays and wipe everything down with vaseline and use the poulty dust. They go away for a few months but they always come back...