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    Hen keeps mounting the others

    We have multiple water stations, but only one feeder. We’re struggling with small sparrows eating it all, so we just have one big feeder. But we will definitely work on getting another one! We’re letting them be, no one’s getting hurt. It’s just weird to see and know that we aren’t supposed to...
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    Hen keeps mounting the others

    Hi! Thank yall for all the help that’s been provided so far! We’ve had a recent problem (maybe?) come up that we don’t know what to do, if something can be done. A little backstory: We are first time chicken owners, just passed the year mark. We started with 6 chicks- all supposed to be Rhode...
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    Broody hen?

    Thank yall so much! She has, thankfully, stopped being broody!
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    Broody hen?

    Thank you! It’s amazing to actually hear what breed she is! I can get a picture of the broody breaker in the morning, but it’s a wire 2’x3’ dog crate resting on 4-5” bricks with a fan blowing cool air around and underneath. She had food and water in there with her.
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    Broody hen?

    Hi everyone! It’s been a while since I’ve needed help, thank yall so much for all the advice! However, we’re experiencing our first broody hen. Poppy, no idea what breed she is (she was supposed to be a Rhode Island Red but is most definitely not), has been broody for a couple weeks now. We...
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    Chicken Tail Feathers

    They haven’t been confined. Coop is 5ftx5ft, run is 10ftx40ft, and they have free range time. They were kept in the run over the weekend since we were on vacation. Rooster was rehomed in September, however we have seen some of the hens mount the others in pecking order dominance (from what we read).
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    Chicken Tail Feathers

    We will check for mites and lice tonight, thank you! We got rid of our rooster about a month ago, but we have seen a couple hens mount the others in, what we read, was pecking order dominance.
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    Chicken Tail Feathers

    About a week ago, they were all kind of moody and pecking each other. We think the pecking order was rearranging but we’re still monitoring them. We haven’t checked for mites or lice since we don’t really know how. Our chickens don’t really like being touched but if we have to, I’m sure we can...
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    Chicken Tail Feathers

    This morning, when letting out our 5 RIR hens, I noticed that almost all of them have kind of messed up/distorted tail feathers? We’re new to raising chickens and don’t want it to be something too serious. We just added some higher protein food to their diet because we were having behavior...
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    Day 2: Chickens Attacking, HELP!

    We started them on high protein food today! It was better today, she was just skittish around the rest of them. Gonna try and see if clutter and a different diet helps, then hopefully boost her confidence. Thank you for the help!!
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    Day 2: Chickens Attacking, HELP!

    We added a pallet in there to try and clutter it up a bit. It’s in a space where the one getting attacked can’t get cornered or anything like that. It’s been much better these past few days, she’s just real skittish around the rest of the flock. No attacks, but some aggression when she gets...
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    Day 2: Chickens Attacking, HELP!

    We put out extra feeders, waterers, and spaces for her to hide. Comb is looking much better, but she’s acting skittish around them. No attacks since Tuesday thankfully, just slight aggression if she gets too close. We do have someone coming to check over the weekend. Thank you for the help!!
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    Day 2: Chickens Attacking, HELP!

    We started putting them on high protein food today. They’re not acting like they want to attack her anymore, but she’s real skittish around them. So we think we need to try and boost her confidence. Her comb is looking much better and we’ve only seen them kind of getting aggressive when she gets...
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    Day 2: Chickens Attacking, HELP!

    We have multiple water and feeders spread out so she is eating and drinking now. We didn’t even think to put some stuff around for her to hide, there’s a couple things like a bench and frame thing but nothing really for her to hide behind. They eat Dumor layer crumble, mealworms, and scratch...
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    Day 2: Chickens Attacking, HELP!

    Thank you!!
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