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we checked for mites but found nothing. is it possible he's molting? considering the feather loss, and some people have said that molting can make chickens tired.

Our flock is about a little over a year old now. Our rooster has been loosing some tail feathers but at a seemingly natural pace. Today, we noticed he kept falling asleep while standing in place, shaking himself awake, then falling back asleep. This continued until I picked him up and let him...

Our rooster does like to mount the brahmas alot. I'll check her beak, and see if we can keep the rooster off of her. Thanks for the advice from both of you.

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One of our brahmas has recently gotten a black/brownish color to part of her comb, and some on her feathers too. Additionally, when she clucked, her voice was very hoarse and scratchy. Is she ill? The comb bit may just be mud, but it didn't come off when I tried to clean it. Plus, it was only on...

The chicks are going on (but not yet) a month old. Is this old enough to separate then, or should they have more time?

Momma hen has been doing well with her chicks for a while, but today she has become aggressive to one of them. At first she was pecking at her for no apparent reason, and now she's started chasing her around. We've tried separating, but whenever we put her back in with the babies she gets...

One of our hens has a few eggs we gave her, and recently they've been starting to hatch. Today, when we went to check on the chicklets, we found one of them dead.. but it looked like it was squished? Any idea what caused this? Did mama crush it? Anything we should do to prevent this happening again?