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Oh good! Thank you guys!

I got this hen as a rescue and have no idea how old. I’ve been duped before so just wanted to make sure everyone thinks this is a hen and not a roo? The tail feathers looking like they were beginning to curl is making me a little nervous.

Perfect!! Thank you so much!

Looking into how to treat scaly leg mites and haven’t seen anyone mention elector psp which seems odd as it is an extremely effective one time treatment for mites and lice. I’ve seen info on petroleum jelly/tea tree ointment and Vick’s so was going to try one of those but didn’t know if spraying...

Neither of those two diseases will cause respiratory issues. She either had something on top of the disease or she died of something different. The waiting game definitely isn’t fun but I guess you kind of just forget about it because they seem healthy. With either of those diseases they have a...

It’s hard to say what it would be with just finding tumors in the liver. Could be a few things. With Mareks and Leukemia Leukosis it is contagious so whole flock would have it but that doesn’t necessarily mean you are going to lose them. Mine are two months in from being exposed and still...

Thank you, I will look into both. Looks like the incubation period for LL is a few months so I guess just the waiting game if it’s that. I think if it’s Mareks it will come on sooner. I’m not sure if they were vaccinated as chicks or not or if that would help them any at this point.. I’m a...

A new hen in my flock died very rapidly with very little symptoms and after sending her off for a necropsy it came back either Lymphoid Leukosis or Mareks . My flock was only around her for a few days in a free range situation but obviously still in contact with her. The hen that died was 2yrs...

So I just brought home a 2 year old EE. She was the last hen out of 16 from her old owner and apparently survived multiple predator attacks where the rest of her flock died. We brought her home a few days ago and she has been reluctant to move or peck around. She has had normal stools and ate...

PuffypooThe person he got her from has had serious problems with predators mainly because the coop isn’t predator proof and even if it was he doesn’t shut the door to it at night all the time. So she was the last one and he definitely wasn’t worried about her well being... I have 3 other hens to...

Ah that’s so exciting!!! Can’t wait to see her eggs!

My husband just brought a hen home from a friends house... it was the last one there and doomed for death. He doesn’t know what breed or how old. Anyone have any guesses on breed?

I literally have the absolute worst luck. It’s like I have a rooster curse. One of my hens even decided to grow spurs at a year old when I got her lol. Must be something in the water

I have her in with another rooster and there hasn’t been any issues... she’s actually been fighting with one of my hens... maybe not old enough to fight with the roo yet?

So I got this hen a month ago and I haven’t questioned if she was a hen until last week... she is about 5 months old and I noticed her tail feathers seem to be curling.. she’s supposed to be a bantam and is getting really tall and standing up tall a lot. I haven’t had a young hen in awhile so...