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I have a hen who is 13 months old. During the last 2 weeks I have noticed she is losing feathers all over her body. I noticed the feathers around her bottom are growing back in. Not sure if she is still laying eggs either since I have another hen who lays as well. Today I noticed she had almost...

I am in Florida and went to change the bedding out in my coop a week ago and noticed hundreds of tiny bugs in the nesting boxes. Since the recent rain got some of the bedding wet I took all of it out and decided to let the boxes dry out, that is when I discovered the bugs. I put the old bedding...

One of my ladies laid her first egg today, so I can appreciate your happiness. Congrats to you and best of luck with the sales.

I have 4 hens who are all 17 weeks and have been together since they were 1 day old. I keep them in a coop and check on them several times a day. This morning I checked on them and found our first egg in the nesting box, I was so excited. It was small but the shell was thick and I'm hoping they...

Thank you all so much for the responses. Your answers were very helpful.

Sometime between yesterday and today, maybe 24 hours, my 17 week old white Silkie has lost all of the hair on her head. It is not bleeding and appears the hair fell out, she is down to the scalp. She is in a sizable coop with 3 other chickens. They have been raised together, all females, eating...