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    Looking to re-home 2 sweet old girls

    Thank you, Alinas2010! Your advice is both sound and prescient. As it turns out, the woman who runs the sanctuary has offered to assemble the coop, so I can simply buy one and have it delivered to her. Fingers crossed my girls will be able comfortably to ease into their new flock! Thank you...
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    Looking to re-home 2 sweet old girls

    Dear BC Community, I am very sad to report that I have to move and can no longer keep chickens. I am down to two: Holly, an Easter Egger who is 10, and Kim, a New Hampshire Red who is 5 years old. Both are vaccinated and in good health. I found a sanctuary not far from my home that will take...
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    Hawk attack survivor- photos-need advice

    Thank you, Nendei and Wyorp Rock. I am so relieved - we love her so much! Any thought on the blood on her beak? Did she get nicked? Or could she have drawn blood inn the scuffle?
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    Hawk attack survivor- photos-need advice

    Hello, dear Chicken Community, My beautiful 6 year old BO was attacked by a hawk last Sunday. Middle of the day and I heard nothing. Somehow she fought it off; I found her looking spooked under a bush with a big handful of her feathers lying around. I am so glad she's OK!!! I saw the patch on...
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    Need advice because I can't tell! Does my Buff O have mites?

    So looking at photos from a year ago I realize that while she has had this bald spot before she hadn't always and I just didn't get it. I feel like an idiot. This hen Blondie is one of my strongest personalities and I've seen her bully others in the past. She is my broodiest so for Mother's Day...
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    Need advice because I can't tell! Does my Buff O have mites?

    I did not consider that she might have been pecked - maybe it's happening at night because they range during the day where we can see them, and I haven't seen anyone bully her. I will definitely get her something to deter the pecking. I guess I've been worrying about the wrong thing. Thank you...
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    Need advice because I can't tell! Does my Buff O have mites?

    Thank you all - ChickenHappy8708, Jersey giant lover, OneHappyRooster and Black Cat - for your clear insights! I went out last night and searched her - no tiny life to be seen. And she has started really molting. All feathers clear of any nits. I haven't seen anything crawling and no blood in...
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    Need advice because I can't tell! Does my Buff O have mites?

    Dear BYC Community! My BO's vent feathers looked dirty and dandruffy so I've been investigating whether she has some sort of mite. We have had very hot weather, and I understand mites thrive in the heat, but I can't tell if she's preening excessively. Two of my have 5 hens started molting, so...
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    Advice Needed for Odd Hen Out

    I moved the treadle feeders around a bit because I take your point about the run being too narrow. Both were against the same hardware cloth "wall"; now one is perpendicular, which made a bit more room, at least until I can do more. I also added a feeder to the coop and purchased a wall-mount...
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    Advice Needed for Odd Hen Out

    Thank you for your reply! I know - it is small; it was fine for four but five is definitely a crowd. I would like to expand the run and will do so as soon as I can manage it. It is 4' wide by 8' long. I will ask the pet sitter to continue feeding my EE separately in the coop. I will also keep...
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    Advice Needed for Odd Hen Out

    The run is small but the coop upstairs serves as space for an escape. I have two automatic feeders and one waterer downstairs in the run. One is directly under the coop. Here are some views of both: The run downstairs: The coop upstairs with my EE in hiding:
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    Advice Needed for Odd Hen Out

    Thank you for your thoughts. So after a few days of watching more closely and offering treats that bring them together, I did notice that my Buff Orpington has been pecking at my EE, causing her to flee into isolation. So it is a pecking order thing. I kept them confined yesterday. I'll watch...
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    Advice Needed for Odd Hen Out

    Thank you! All good thoughts. Re physical health- I will try to examine her but she is flighty and won't let me touch her; she's always been like this when not laying. She is just coming out of a molt, most of her new feathers are in and she's looking good. I had her examined and blood tested...
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    Advice Needed for Odd Hen Out

    Hello Wise Chicken People! I have a flock of five hens, two 5-year olds and 3-6 month olds, who were adoptees of my 5 year old Buff Orpington. Right now only the young hens are laying but the older ones are on the tail-end of a weeks-long molt. My concern is about my other older hen, a spunky...
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    Please help me diagnose hen - poop photo

    Wyorp Rock, many thanks for sharing your wisdom! Holly, my Easter Egger, continues to do well, apart from the watery droppings, though even her poop looks more normal today. She is back to being active with the rest of the little flock. We took a 50 minute car ride yesterday to an "exotics"...
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