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    Poor Feather Health - Please Help with Finding the Cause

    She lives inside of a run for most of the day, when I'm not home, but the holes are too small for her to stick her head through. Now that I think about it, though, my chickens have an Omlet feeder that has a slit that they eat through. Do you think that could be causing it? As far as I know, the...
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    Poor Feather Health - Please Help with Finding the Cause

    Thank you for your help! I used Elector PSP for the lice and am currently monitoring to see if they return. I do believe that the Silkie is responsible for some of the damage, but not all of it. Along with what can be seen in the image, my hen has some damaged feathers(missing barbs at...
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    Poor Feather Health - Please Help with Finding the Cause

    I have a hen that has patches of feathers with snapped shafts and loss of barbs on her neck and breast; images are attached below. She lives with one silkie hen that is quick to put her in her place by grabbing her by a feather in the region with broken feathers, but from what I've observed...
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    3 chicks: Hen or roo ?

    I do agree with you that she looks a little roo-ish out of all of them.. but it's still a little early and nothing is super obvious so there's a good chance that you have all hens! Good luck!
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    Egg abnormalities question

    I also should note that Blue Rocks are a hybrid between Black Andalusians and Barred Rocks, and one that I would consider a production hybrid judging by Olive's output. The last hen that I had was a Golden Comet that started having these same problems, but she was about 3 when it started...
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    Egg abnormalities question

    This is Olive! As far as I know, she isn't a Black Australorp, however she looks exactly like one. I got her as a roommate to my other chicken, who was a lone black Silkie. I wasn't wanting to buy chicks of any specific breed because you usually have to purchase them in larger amounts and I also...
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    3 chicks: Hen or roo ?

    Is #4 a recently introduced bird? That could be the cause of the fighting. I'm not seeing anything that I would say is definitely a cockerel however.
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    Egg abnormalities question

    Yes.. too many large eggs cannot be good for their bodies. Her normal eggs are about 75g and quite round, and she lays them every day. I'm going to start my girl on some Nutri-Drench as a vitamin D supplement because I do not think that she has a shortage of calcium, and I'll update you on if it...
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    Egg abnormalities question

    I recently started having a similar problem with one of my hens. She has no history of disease and is barely a year old, and has consistently laid perfect large eggs nearly every day since she started. However, a little over a week ago, she appeared to be uncomfortable and passed a white banded...
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    Please help my chicken

    I think frostbite would have affected the toes first, and more severely. It looks like it could be bumblefoot, but that normally affects the bottom of the foot. Maybe this link can help...hope she heals nicely :)...
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    Is it Possible to Breed for a Different Sex Ratio?

    Thank you all for the responses! I wasn't aware that environmental factors could have an effect on the ratio, so I did some searching and found a study in which environmental factors were considered. Apparently higher-stress environments cause many wild bird species to produce more females, but...
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    Is it Possible to Breed for a Different Sex Ratio?

    I've heard that some hens do not lay eggs with a 50/50 sex ratio...is this true and is it possible to breed for hens that lay more eggs containing pullets than cockerels? Does anyone have experience with this?
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