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    How much layers pellet per free rangin hen?

    Why in a feeder? By scattering it on the ground am I making them eat frantically before it runs out?
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    How much layers pellet per free rangin hen?

    All 4 hens are different breeds: speckledy, black rock and white star make up the group. I have been throwing a cup full - about 300-400grams I guess onto the ground so they have to scratch around a bit and all get a chance to get at it. (Originally used a feeding thing but they would tip it up...
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    How much layers pellet per free rangin hen?

    Hi, I have 4 hens, now free ranging most days. They get layers pellets and corn - have been giving a large cupful of each. Have now stopped corn but my bluebell hen is HUGE and heavy so need to adjust how much I am feeding them. What would you recommend for free ranging hens as feed - layers...
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    Help my White Star

    We have just read up on stuff and realised she might be protein and sodium deficient - her preening gland is very red (I'd always thought it was a snapped off ingrowing feather!). What extra should I feed her? I have layers pellets, grit, corn and dried mealworms and she roams free in the garden.
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    How to re introduce a chicken back to the flock??

    I have just isolated my white star who has a limo and has a red raw patch round her tail and is depleted of feathers. The other 3 hens rain within te coop and enclosure at the bottom of the garden while white star roams free and I lock her in the shed at night. I have made sure I feed her...
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    Help my White Star

    I want to give her a chance to heal up a bit but then I'll remove the bullies and put her back in, then reintroduce them after a few days. If I out them in a dog cage, I should still let them roam free but seperately from the others?
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    Help my White Star

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    Help my White Star

    I wondered about doing that. I only have 4 hens, 2 seem to be very dominant but the third gave my white star a good peck when I separated them and fed them some mealworms. So do I isolate all 3? Or just the main 2? Is one night out of the flock going to cause problems if I put her back in?
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    Help my White Star

    I gave her a thorough inspection today - wings are half bare / stripped and more damaged feathers than I'd thought on her body. Then watched them at feeding time and the 2 dominant hens really having a good peck at her. So I've taken her out of the enclosure and she gets to free range and live...
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    Help my White Star

    I have a white star hen who looks very unkempt compared to the other hens (speckledy bluebell and black rock). Her tail feathers have been stripped almost bare, and she is thin in her plumage around her chest and shoulders, and her underside is red and bald. At the base of her tail feathers...
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