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    Question about the feather health of two of my hens

    And as far as food goes. They have always been on Purina Layena pellets with oyster shell. They get their metalworm and dried big mix once a day, and I have 5 kids, so plenty of stuff gets put in the slop bucket every day. Stuff like Fruits, breads, some veggies noodles and some meat scraps
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    Question about the feather health of two of my hens

    thanks for the reply. I have 10 birds. 5 that are 1.5 and 5 that are 6 mos. 7 are laying. Now that she is quarantined I should be able to see if she is laying. in the meantime, this hen was looking shaggy for a few days or maybe even two weeks now. This trauma is NEW/fresh. This...
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    Question about the feather health of two of my hens

    Hey friends. Following up here with some pictures as my Plymouth Rock that we thought might me molting (I believed that is what it was based upon her look and compared to pictures of other hens molting). today I have a new concern. That she might be being “picked on” literally. I never noticed...
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    Help identify my hen? Not an Easter Egger?

    She is stunning and she is gorgeous, and she is also the sweetest bird we have. What a treat!
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    Help identify my hen? Not an Easter Egger?

    Thank you, thats exciting! She is such a sweet bird! My wife’s favorite.
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    Help identify my hen? Not an Easter Egger?

    Good evening. Back in March I ordered 5 easter eggers and an extra “meal maker” from Meyer Hatchery. One of my chicks arrived dead (stuck and crush in the area where they put the electrolyte packet). I had just assumed that since EEs were so cheap, that they would have just sent me an extra...
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    Question about the feather health of two of my hens

    Hello BYC members. This has been an incredibly valuable resource for me for the past year and a half as I have began raising chickens, so thank you. I now have a couple questions myself about two of my hens. I do not have a rooster. First, I have a 1.5 year old golden laced wynadotte that...
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    Tired chick

    I am going to chime in here and try to piggyback off of your comment to maybe get an answer for (both of us?) as this is one of my concerns as well, re: "tired" chick. I received an order of EEs from Meyer Hatchery today. They hatched on Monday. One was DOA (squished in the area where the...
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