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    Chickens Going Bald - HELP?

    Hello - I have 7 hens, 4 New Hampshire Reds and 3 Brahmas. They're great birds. Earlier this summer they started losing feathers near their vents. At first I thought they were "moulting" or something like that, but as the feather loss spread (and they didn't grow back) I started to suspect...
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    Hen Being VERRRY LOUD AT SUNRISE!

    Yes! That's exactly it! cluck cluck cluck cluck BAAAWHHHH, cluck cluck cluck cluck BAAAWWWHH. Right at 6! We have 2 acres....and unfortuately the coop is pretty close to a side of our land near my next door neighbors house....hmmm.....
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    Diatomaceous Earth food grade?

    Doesn't sound like Food Grade...the food grade always says, well, "Food Grade" on it.
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    Hen Being VERRRY LOUD AT SUNRISE!

    Hi - I have 7 hens (no roosters), all about 1.5 yrs old, very good egg producers, generally very healthy (except some mites which I just treated today with DE). Recently though - the last couple of weeks - one of them (not sure who) starts crowing VERY LOUDLY right after sunrise (about 6AM in...
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    Sick Chicken??? I'm Not Sure! Please HELP!

    Thanks again for all the help. It seems like it's helping. We kept snagging the eggs today and sort of nudged her out of the coop and into the run today and she was cool...even roosted on a bar outside for a while. She's still being broody but we'll keep it up and hopefully she's going to...
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    Sick Chicken??? I'm Not Sure! Please HELP!

    oh, and by the way, no we don't have a rooster in there!
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    Sick Chicken??? I'm Not Sure! Please HELP!

    Thanks all for the rapid replies! If that turns out to be it we will be very relieved! To be honest I have been a little lazy the last couple of months and have been forgetting to get the eggs some days...maybe I pushed her over the limit? I just ran out there before i go to bed (she is still...
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    Sick Chicken??? I'm Not Sure! Please HELP!

    Hello all - we have a small flock (7 hens) who are about a year old. These are our first chickens ever. Fortunately we've had a really good year with all seven chicks growing into healthy layers....until.... Just the other day one of our hens wouldn't come out of a nesting box all day...
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