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    Molting hen with injuries and redness

    I will look. Is it possible that a screw or nail or similar sharp construction object could causes these injuries?
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    Molting hen with injuries and redness

    We feed them Dumor egg layer 16%. The problem in July was from a new feed we tried that was made for all flock but not layers, so we switched back to their favorite, the current feed. We recently expanded their space by double, with both of these events occurring after. 18 hens, 3 ducks (2...
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    Molting hen with injuries and redness

    My (I think Ameraucana) hen, 1.5 years old, is going through her first big molt. We noticed some injuries on both her wings, neck, and underbelly. She’s not acting strange, she wasn’t upset when I picked her up and let me carefully look at the areas. Her sister, same breed and age, is having...
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    Chickens losing feathers in summer, one sudden death

    Is molting starting in July normal? I live in the north east United States but it’s still quite hot here.
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    Chickens losing feathers in summer, one sudden death

    Some members of my flock have lost some chest feathers. One girl has some neck feathers missing. They’re not acting strange or grumpy. A couple of days ago, out of no where, one girl suddenly died. No signs of animal attack, pecking, etc. She looked perfectly fine, just dead. They’re 1.5 years...
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