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    Mystery Illness

    Subject: Red sex-link hen about 1 year old. Symptoms: A few weeks of steady feather loss, followed by increasingly listless behavior. Now at 4 weeks or so into the illness she's frail has good days and bad but even at her best she looks pretty bad. Eyes slightly bubbly at corners--often shut...
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    Picky Chickens

    I usually feed my birds layena pellets. I also occasionally feed them table scraps and the odd "treat" (ramen noodles is their favorite) The problem is that once they get treat food they ignore their regular feed--sometimes for days. Eventually, they grudgingly eat the feed but sometimes the...
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    MILLE FLEUR COCHINS - New York

    Where are you located?
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    Yet another introducing new birds question...

    The details: -I have 3 Red-Star hens, about 1 year old. -I am introducing 2 Araucana and 1 Silkie pullets, about 4 months old. -The coop is 4 x 6, plenty of roosting area, 5 nesting boxes--2 of which I have partially blocked to allow the new gals a place to hide out. -The run is decent sized, a...
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    Matted feathers in winter.

    Yes. I tried to introduce them to my other year-old red stars in the main coop., but they were getting harassed badly. So I have them in my old small coop which is totally fine for three small chooks like them. Hopefully I will be able to introduce them into If I bathe them I guess I could...
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    Matted feathers in winter.

    I picked up a few Araucana pullets and a Silkie--all about 15-16 weeks old from a breeder who seemed nice and knowledgeable. The birds were kept in a run that had gotten pretty muddy in the last day or two and were filthy but looked healthy. When I asked the breeder about their feathers--she...
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