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    Hens stopped laying completely. Please help.

    We have two bard rock and two Sussex. All four a two years old this month. About 3 months ago they just stopped laying completely. Started by occasional thin eggs, then broken eggs because the shells got too thin, and for 2 months not a single egg! They have a nice big coop, a enclosed run...
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    Hen lost bottom feathers

    We are using a red light.. however, I think we will turn it out at night as it does seem that the feather loss occurred about the same time we turned the light on at night. Say we solve the problem. When should we start seeing feathers regrowing? Right now she has a couple of long spindly...
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    Hen lost bottom feathers

    The five hens are in a 4 foot by 5 foot coop. We keep a 250 W heat light on at night. They are about 9 months old. The coop is lines with pine shavings which I change out about once every 3 weeks. During the day they are outside in a wire enclosed 10 by 4 foot run. I the coop, they have a...
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    Hen lost bottom feathers

    Our bard rock hen lost all the feathers around her vent area... and area about 3 by 3 inches, totally bare. We have tried dusting her with powder from the local grange but the feathers do not want to grow back... it has been about a month now that she dtill has a bare bottom. Any idea on what...
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