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    Feather Loss

    Hi, one hen is losing/having feathers pecked out as shown in the photo. She appears healthy otherwise. It is autumn here so normal time for molting but any suggestions for what to do here?
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    Will she adopt them?

    Here's my setup!
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    Will she adopt them?

    So the three chicks are in a plastic box with mesh over the top. I put a 100w light in the box (suspended from the mesh) but they don't seem to care for the heat. The temps here at the moment are around 27 (80 degrees F) during the day and a minimum of 13 (55) overnight. Last night, I brought...
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    Will she adopt them?

    Many thanks for your replies all :) Its now morning and I was out there to check on the chicks early. Of the bright side, there were still 3 alive chicks, but one was chased into a corner of the coop and the other two were huddled in the nest. Mumma hen and the original chick were out in the run...
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    Will she adopt them?

    Hi, I've just put three new chicks under my hen....and now I'm freaking out as I've read that she might kill them?? Here's the details: she sat on 11 eggs and hatched one chick 2-3 weeks ago. She appears to be a good mother, but it's the first time I've put eggs under her and I'm pretty...
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    Three hens, two not laying, time for new ones?

    Thanks for the advice. They did have mites/lice a few weeks ago, but we got rid of them thankfully (horrible little things!). The two hens only lay one egg between them every couple of days. I've been told that they're just a clucky breed and they just want to sit on eggs. They were moulting...
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    Three hens, two not laying, time for new ones?

    Hi, my family has three hens which are pets cum egg-layers, but two of them aren't laying much (they're always clucky) and aren't all that friendly. I'm told they're bantam white sussexes and they're about 18 mths old. Our third chook is a black australorpe and is the head-hen, lays well and...
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    Can Someone Please Sex My Light Sussex?

    Thanks for the replies everyone! Yes, I suspected that Scruffy and Batman were roosters (the crowing sort of gave it away, even though people said hens could crow). Unfortunately they're the two with the most personality and the ones my 4 year old loves! She's not going to be happy that they...
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    Can Someone Please Sex My Light Sussex?

    1st and 2nd photos: These are the two chooks I've seen 'crowing' They stand up, flap their wings and crow and to me, it sounds like a rooster, but I hae heard that hens can crow too?. Conversely, given that they've got short tails which stand up, doesn't that generally mean that they're hens...
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