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My hen got attacked by a hawk about 1 month ago. This photo is from a few days after where you can see where the talens punctured her chest. She is doing fine, active, and laying eggs again. However her chest is not growing back any feathers and is a little more bare. I have had her separated...

I have a healthy backyard flock with mainly RIR's and Leghorns which are all good layers. Recently my Ancona, about a year or so old, became broody for almost 6 weeks! She has not been broody for over 3 weeks now, but has not resumed laying a single egg. What could be going on? She is not...

My 3 month Polish hen evidently got attacked by a predator last night and was able to bite off his foot and lower leg. She also has some wing damage, but I'm not worried about that. I found her this morning in her A-Frame house inside my larger chicken pen. She is alive and alert! But I...

I have a very healthy, free ranging flock of 15 hens which produce 10-12 eggs per day. 2 weeks ago I introduced 5 new hens @ 5 months old and a rooster into the flock. Pecking order was quickly established, the rooster is "doing his job" and all the girls seem happy and content. Well...

So, I woke up this morning to find that a newly introduced full grown hen into my flock of 11 hens had her top beak totally torn or ripped off! I don't see any remains of it, but the bottom beak is fully intact. She didn't want to comb out of her nest-I'm sure scared to death- and would not...