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Update- hen is back to normal she laid that day and has been laying just fine since. I haven’t wanted to catch her again as she is very skittish but all seems well.

Oh wow thank you! She seemed ok today she was pooping normally and walking around. The last egg she laid two days ago was an egg without a shell just the membrane intact, then when we looked today it’s like she laid the shell separately after she laid the membrane egg. We will watch her...

Hello hoping to get some help with my young Cream Legbar hen who just started laying. Unlike the other hens we have she didn’t start laying small eggs and work up to medium and large she immediately started laying large eggs. We noticed her having trouble and have been watching her. She often...

So it’s normal for her to chase them around the coop ripping out feathers?? She is normally a nice hen she has never been a bully before. She kicked the chicks out of the coop last night we found them huddled under the coop in the run.

Need some help! We have had backyard chickens for three years now. Our one hen gets broody every spring, the first time we tried to break it but then gave up and got her hatching eggs. She was a great mom had a little trouble when the babies first hatched, but then raised them like a pro. We...

So one of my girls had a dirty bum and I questioned if she had lice. Caught her yesterday and there they were on her and my other two girls. I read DE was very bad for their lungs and not to use it so I called the local feed store and they said dusting powder. So I bought a can gloved up put a...

Oh that's great to know I will try that. What do I do if I have them..? We like our girls to free range we keep as natural run as we can and use fresh hay.

Ok will do. We are trying to get her to trust us more, the other two will eat out of our hands and let our boys pet them. She has always been more skiddish than the rest. We will try and carefully catch her without causing too much distress and check her feathers. Thank you!!

Other hens seem ok one other one looks like she had some feathers out of place ruffled a bit I guess. Here is a better picture they came to the house to dust bathe.

How long does moulting take? Would it make sense for her to slow down then stop laying for a month or two while she moults..?

What does lice look like?

Yes of course it's safe my husband made a roosting bar for them out of scrap wood. There are no nails what you can see is part of a screw that is attaching the brace for the roost. I was trying to zoom in on the hen as she is rather skiddish and ran to the other side of the run. Here is what the...

Hi All, We live in the pacific north west (so not that cold) and have 3 chickens who we believe are amarucanas/olive eggers/Easter Eggers. All just started laying this fall. Our first girl to lay (blue eggs) was pretty consistent. When the others started laying she became more inconsistent. In...

Thanks everyone for the responses!! We decided since its winter it's best a friend come and chickensitt. We might risk one or two days but this will end up being 5 and worried we could get a cold snap and the water freeze.

Shoot I was wondering that, I got a quote and it's $30/ day for someone to come since it would be 2x per day once to let them out then let them in.