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    Need more info-our arucana hens seem to be loosing feathers-why?

    Thanks all for your response. Our hens are laying real well right now too. They usually like the warmer weather, but have surprised us this year with an excellent bounty of eggs. We sell our eggs to our local creamery and they seem to be very poplular. We have Ameraucana's, a few Black Sex...
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    chick with crossed beak...need answers

    About a year ago, we too had a chick with an extreme cross beak. We ended up naming her Little Bit and she was quite a character. We hand fed her and she also ate with the rest of the chickens. The others never picked on her even thou she remained tiny-she would often roost under a large hen...
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    Need more info-our arucana hens seem to be loosing feathers-why?

    Thanks for the prompt reply, so you think it is normal for them?
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    Need more info-our arucana hens seem to be loosing feathers-why?

    We live in a northern state and it's been brutally cold, we have heat lamps we use in their coop when it's bitter cold, their hen pen is inside a very old barn, they have a window that lets in light and during the day we let them loose. Do you know why they are loosing feathers at this time of...
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