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    How do I protect a white chicken from being pecked?

    We do have a dog crate so it would be easy to separate her but keep her near the flock. She is great other than her sores—thank you!
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    How do I protect a white chicken from being pecked?

    We have a white chicken who has a couple open sores around her wings. We think a hawk grabbed her because we found a bunch of white feathers in a pile and she had open sores. The feathers are starting to grow back but now the other chickens are pecking her and the area is not healing. How do...
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    All my hens but one are missing feathers at the base of their tail

    Our issue is just the rooster. I read that "jealous" hens will pluck his feathers because they want his attention. We are contemplating rehoming the rooster but wonder if the hen will find a new target or if it's all jealousy.
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    All my hens but one are missing feathers at the base of their tail

    We found our rooster with a raw red area around his vent. No discharge and checked for lice/mites. We thought maybe it was vent gleet but it says this is very rare in roosters. We found 2 other hens who are bald in the same area around their vent but not red or raw. We separated them from the...
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    All my hens but one are missing feathers at the base of their tail

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