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Thank you everyone for the answers. I really appreciate the help :)

She was a Rhode Island Red.

Early today we had one of our hens suddenly die (she showed no signs or symptoms of illness). Little bit of background information, we live in an area that has had 5+ inches of rain in the last week. The hens have a 10x10 run and a large wooden coop that they live in. With all of the recent...

Early today we had one of our hens suddenly die (she showed no signs or symptoms of illness). Little bit of background information, we live in an area that has had 5+ inches of rain in the last week. The hens have a 10x10 run and a large wooden coop that they live in. With all of the...

We have had our hens for 2.5 years. They all seem to get along pretty well, they will occasionally pick on our Bard Cochin while she is brooding, but within the last 2 weeks, the other hens have been picking on her a lot. The bard cochin is now staying in the roost most of the day since the...

We are in the process of going through our second molt with our 10 hens. Before last years molt, I was getting 7-9 eggs a day from the girls. After the molt, I was lucky if I got 5 a day. Is this normal for egg production to drop off so much after a molt? I'm starting to become concerned...

I'm hoping someone can shed some light on a problem we are having. Last fall the majority of our 10 chickens went through the molting process. Our 3 wellsomer's seemed to molt the hardest. After their feathers started to grow back in, the looked almost normal again, but the area around the...

I have a mix of chickens... 3 red sex-link, 3 Wellsummer, 3 Rhode Island Red and 1 Bard Cochin that are between 16-18 months old. I think that the majority of my hens are molting in some form or another and I have two hens brooding. I am concerned about two of my Wellsummers. They seem to be...

Will that cause a problem? We don't have a rooster, so none of the eggs are fertilized.

Hi all. I have a barred cochin hen that is about 10-11 months old. I believe that she has started to brood within the last few days and I am not sure if I need to break her of this and if I do what do I need to do? She is still pleasant and will let me pick her up out of the nesting box...

Thanks for the suggestions. Will look for the blu-kote.

Not sure where the pictures went... Just replied with pictures, but not there now.

Sorry if they are blurry, she wasn't really in the mood to have her picture taken.

Hi, I have a 7.5 month old red sex link that has black spots on her comb. We are pretty sure that it is peck marks (we have 9 other hens and they are all getting fiesty). She does not seem at all bothered by the marks and is behaving normally, but I was wondering what if anything we could...

Thanks for the welcomes everyone! :) She seems like she is doing good today. Got all the expected eggs yesterday, so I'm hoping its a good sign. Thanks for asking.