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Thanks all for your thoughts....but I still need help! Im worried my dear Ethel is suffering. She still hasn't come out of the nesting box since the fox attack in July! I take her out....she lets me though she fluffs up and gets all clucky. She won't free range though, she won't dust...

Wow! Thanks for your thoughts. So it sounds like it has nothing to do with the actual fox attack. It could be that she is broody. She is a Buff Orpie after all. But she isn't spending lots of time in the nesting box and she lets me stick my hand in to grab all the eggs from under her. She is...

Ok...I know this isn't an emergency...but nonetheless is really upsetting to me. I have a favorite chicken named Ethel...she follows me around like a dog. Let's me hold her and snuggle her. Enjoys the company of me and my German Shepherd. I believe she was also the top of the pecking order...

I love this thread! So many interesting comments. I rescued an adult, male German shepherd well after I had the chickens. I had no idea how he would be because he is interested in cats and chases squirrels. It was EASY training him to tend to chickens...it is his job and he loves it. From time...

I know this is an old post....but did you ever resolve this? I'm having the same issue with my Australorp and a Black Star....they seem totally content and happy....but look TERRIBLE! It started with a molt...and never grew back and got worse!! Now my other hen (5 months later) is starting to...

Did you ever figure this out? How is she? I have two hens that started with a molt....but 5 months later....the feathers have not grown back...bare necks and really light feathering on their chest and bums. Now another hen is starting to molt, but I worry it is the same thing....They look an...

Thanks so much for your thoughts! I have checked them consistently for mites or lice, etc....and have never seen anything. I also only have 4 hens and they have a ridiculously large coop and run for four. They get supervised free-range time 2 times a day (too many predators in our area to leave...

Hi all, Two of my hens molted in the Spring....their feathers haven't grown back at all!! Their necks...front and back....and their crops are completely bare. The feathers under their bums seem really thin too. They look terrible and so manged and disheveled. They don't seem to care at all...

Hi all, I'm so very sad to say I found my one and a half year old White Rock, Pearl, dead in the hen house this morning. It looks like she died in her sleep and fell off the roost. I can't find anything wrong with her....nothing. No mites, clean vent, clean beak...We thought she was one of our...

I have a red star that is only just over a year old...and my most consistent layer....1 a day. Her eggs are HUGE too. She has been egg bound 2 times now. Is this because her eggs are so big and she is laying so frequently? First time we were able to pull the soft shell from her. Second time, she...

Two of my five chickens have started molting now too! They are just over a year old. In Colorado, our winter really starts in March....so I have two bare chested ladies (A Black Star and an Australorp) who are molting in the cold snap. However, I can't find a feather anywhere! My ladies...

Chicken Obsessed....THANK YOU so much! I was so afraid to pull it out because I didn't want to pull her insides out (!).....And, it was hard to pull out. But, my husband, on his birthday, is a hero! He pulled it out! I told him it is how he could put his zoology degree to good use. Here is a...

Thank you so much. I am terribly worried about her. We just love this hen. We just went out to the coop. SHe is still in the nesting box. Thanksfully the other ladies aren't picking on her. We thought in fact it may be an egg shell, as it has that consistency of the egg shell lining. But, gently...

Lois, our very best egg layer (a Red Star) and our most friendly bird of our whole flock is acting really strange today. She would not come when I called her and she didn't even eat meal worms I fed her. She is NUTS for these!!! And, she is normally so social and friendly and follows me around...

Hi all, I'm a first timer....and LOVING it. All of it....except for when my Australorp got wry neck...but because of the wonderful people on this forum, we were able to get her healthy again. And she is back to normal. Thank you, wonderful people. I'm just curious...we have 8 week old...

You have been our angel! Thank you. Yesterday when I found her that way, I had to leave to hostess my sister's birthday party and couldn't search the forum for her symptoms. After you led us in the right direction, I've given her electrolytes, vitamins, Reiki, love and put her back with her...

Thank you so much for helping me! I so appreciate it. You are wonderful. I hope I can get her better...