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She is NOT eating normally. She's normally voracious. Now she's only mildly interested.

Thanks! I did. Took about an hour, plus blow drying her. 3 days layer she's still listless and hunched down, just barely feeding, and her poop is all squirty and still sticking to her feathers. We've added some hen grit (they're mostly in dirt/sand), and started probiotics in their water. We've...

My 5yo golden sex link hen has developed a terrible buildup of poop on her butt feathers. I'm not sure how she's even able to squeeze out more as I can't see her butthole. Help! How do I help/ clean her? She's usually annoyingly energetic. This morning I went out and she was walking slowly...

We can do that. The only reason we're hesitant to cull is bc she's such a reliable layer. Otherwise, slow cook chicken would be on the menu.

About how long should we isolate the bully?

Thanks. It's a bit of a pain, but think we can do that provided there isn't a second bully to contend with.

Thanks. Remove only the bully, or also the injured hen until fully healed? We may have a cat crate, but not a dog one...

Thanks. Remove the bully, instead of the mostly-healed hen? Or remove them both (though we really don't have the means to do them both)

Our RIR seems to be in trouble. Do we need to cull the GSL? Do you have tips for helping with this flock dynamic? We have a flock of 5 hens. A RIR, Golden sexlink, Black sexlink, brown leghorn, and silver laced wyandotte. All the same age (born 2019). 4x6 coop, 6x10 fully enclosed run. We do...

Background: flock of 5 hens, all different breeds. Going into their 3rd laying season. California. Last year our Brown Leghorn had a bloody comb after laying her first egg of the season. Went out this morning and her comb and face are bloody, and there's one of her eggs in the box (she's our...

They'll eat the grass, then dig it up.

Is it normal for a hen (silver laced Wyandotte, 1.5yrs old) to molt her butt fluff? Not her tail feathers. The fuzzy bits around her egg-dropper. If this is not a normal molting area, what are some causes I can look into?

Me too. I was freaking out. There was SO MUCH blood! Bleeding has stopped, it's starting to scab, and looks clean, no swelling so far. We're keeping it bandaged for the next day or two so hopefully it doesn't get pecked open again.

Thanks, everyone. We cleaned and wrapped it, and it looks much better today. Rewrapped, and will probably do for another day as well, depending on how it looks.

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