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    Flock won’t take injured hen back.

    Hello, I have 6 four year old hens. My one lady got attacked by a raccoon and I was able to save her. She’s doing much better, but unfortunately her beak got pretty damaged. She’s starting to scratch at the ground again , making her little noises, but I can’t tell how much she’s actually eating...
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    Pale Comb Very Weak

    Hello, I have 8 hens that are almost 3 and 1/2 years old. My one hen has been acting funny for about a week and a half. I’ve attached pictures. I’ve looked for mites or lice, but haven’t seen any. She’s not dust bathing or able to jump up into her coop. She is eating and drinking, just not as...
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    Pale Comb & Weight Loss

    The hen that is acting weird is not the broody one. Every night for the last 5 nights when I go out she isn’t in her coop. I have to lift her in. She is molting, but has never acted like this before. A couple of months ago I had a hen laying lash eggs, but then it stopped, and I could never...
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    Pale Comb & Weight Loss

    Hello, I have eight three year old hens. One has been acting funny the last three days. She’s not going into her coop with all the other hens, and I have to put her in. She also feels really light. I clean out the poop from their coop every morning so it’s clean. I use pine shavings. All my...
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    Lash Egg

    I just felt all their crops and they feel normal, but I’m not really sure what I’m looking for. They are all free ranging now and acting normal. Is it okay to still eat the other eggs?
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    Lash Egg

    Mostly their poop looks normal. I did find some watery poop today. I’m not sure about their crops. Would I treat the whole flock if I can’t figure out which hen laid the egg? How do I get antibiotics for chickens?
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    Lash Egg

    Hello, I have 8 hens that are 3 years old. I found a lash egg in my nest box today. I clean my coop daily, they eat layer pellets, have access to fresh water, and either free range or are in a large pen. I don’t know which chicken it was. They all seem to be acting normal. Any suggestions?
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    Chicken has dried mud on her back.

    Hello, My fully grown/feathered girl has mud dried on her back with some feathers clumped together. We live in VT and the temp has been below zero a couple of days. She’s eating and laying and doesn’t seem bothered by it. Will she be able to take care of this on her own or do I need to give her...
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    Chicken acting funny

    So she isn’t in the nest box, but it is the spot she lays her eggs. She refuses to lay her eggs in the nest boxes and instead makes a nest in the pine shavings. Any suggestions on how to break her of it?
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    Chicken acting funny

    Hello, I have 8 almost 1 year old hens. They were free range up until a week ago, but I had to stop that, as they were destroying my neighbors lawn and garden. My husband and I built them a very large fenced in run, which they have access to all day. In the past couple of days my one little...
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    6 month old Speckled Sussex still haven’t laid an egg ☹️

    Thank you Sourland!
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    6 month old Speckled Sussex still haven’t laid an egg ☹️

    Hello, I have 4 Speckled Sussex and 4 Golden Comets that are 6 months old. All 4 of my Golden girls have been laying, but not one from my Speckled girls. They get layered feed, some compost, and black sunflower seeds. They free range for about 1-3 hours a day usually 3pm until they put...
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    Hens not sharing roost

    I did put her up there tonight and there was lots of feathers flapping and squawking. I don’t think the other ladies appreciated it at all! I don’t want to stress them out, but I feel so bad for her.
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    Hens not sharing roost

    Hi, I have 8 healthy hens that are around 25 weeks old. Recently I’ve noticed when I go to lock up the coop that 7 of my girls are sitting together on the highest roosting bar, and one girl is all alone on the bottom bar. I haven’t noticed any pecking or missing feathers. We live in VT and it...
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    Heat in Winter

    Hi, That's my 12 year old girl. She's a lab/chow mix. She loves the chickens.
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