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    antisocial hen

    she spent all yesterday attacking them again, then running up to me as if to say 'look mum I'm protecting you' or maybe 'save me from these nasty hens'. this morning she has hung around the house to be with me instead of having to be out there with 'them'. ah the hen drama
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    antisocial hen

    aww that's sad to hear. I got the pullets as she seemed so lonely as she is 5 now and as an ex rescue her other friends have all long since died. I hoped she could make some new friends in her old age
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    antisocial hen

    my big old matriarch loves me, but only me. She has learned to tolerate one of my other hens, but 3 new pullets I got last month are simply not given time of day by her - she either attacks them constantly or chased them from food or 'her' space. She even spends all her time as far from them as...
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    Head hen is a bully, but only when I'm around

    I recently got a new batch of pullets and introduced them to my current babies, knowing full well my oldest would throw her weight around for a few days to make sure they knew she was the boss. So predictable chaos ensued, much pulling of neck feathers and nipping at backsides, but no real...
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    bluebottles and big hairy house flies

    my hens free range in the garden and although I am constantly poop-picking after them and try to keep the place as clean as possible, the warm weather has meant we are being swarmed, excuse the pun, by plagues of big black bluebottle flies. They are attracted by the poop but there are so many...
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    they wont let her in the coop

    The baby at the bottom of the pecking order is being prevented from getting in the coop at night by the other girls. They are sitting across the door and pecking her head if she tries to get in. Ive seen her have to spend the night sleeping in the sawdust in the run underneath after shes been...
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    sore chicken bum

    hi sweeties, wonder if anyone knows the answer to my baby beast's sore bum problem? My sweetest gingerbeast rescue hen has never regrown the feathers on her bum, a strip down her breastbone and her crop and although she's happy, healthy, lays the biggest eggs (100g!!! :-0) she is always sore...
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    Need some advice on "pecking order"

    sometimes it can be jealousy that is causing her to get picked on a lot, especially if it is being done in view of you, as the higher hen(s) can be making a point that she is 'below' them and they feel she is getting more than her fair share of love and attentions from you, their rooster and are...
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    help. extremely sick chicken emergency

    just wanted to ad an update. I gave in and took her to the vet fully expecting her to be put to sleep as she'd not eaten for over a day and was just so sleepy and sad. He had a poke and a prod and gave her some anti inflammatory tablets, some painkillers and a bottle of antibiotics to see if we...
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    Any Artists in the house?

    sorry I'm in Scotland so dont know what there would be in LA/USA but have you tried large fishing/hunting shops? particularly angling supplies places often sell feathers or complete skinned birds, often dyed all sorts of colours for fishermen to use for fly tying. This is the sort of thing you...
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    help. extremely sick chicken emergency

    I think she's got some kind of egg binding thing going on, possibly infection. She has definately laid yesterday and a broken thin shelled egg today but she's really been down the last few days, not wanting her treats, not wanting to run about with the rest, and just wanting to cuddle in on my...
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    help! garden/run flooded for the third time this month. hens in the house to keep dry

    aww thanks pullet things are getting back to normal here. installed a 'holiday' run for the hens at my parents and they went there to live for a few weeks while the water board did repair works. the garden is a mess but at least i's no longer under 2 foot of stinky water. My girls are now back...
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    Any Artists in the house?

    those carved eggs are amazing. wanted to share a wee hen picture I drew during the week for a challenge set by another forum I use.
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    the moult - does it hurt them?

    ...lethargic. I've watched her and she does eat but she just takes her time instead of running for treats like the others, as though she's just too **** tired to fuss over food. She's not got mites or anything like that and she does let me look through her feathers to check on the new growth and...
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    the moult - does it hurt them?

    My poor boo is acting so depressed, doesnt want to eat, doesnt want to play, doesnt want to egg and just looks sad all the time. This morning she let me cuddle her on my lap and ruffle through her feathers taking out all the loose ones while she closed her eyes and had a wee sleep, I guess it...
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    green poo, grumpy hen

    just checked it's a vet prescription only medicine over here. I'll call the vet tomorrow. I feel so sorry for my girl I want to bring her inside to sleep in my bed tonight away from the cold and the dark. poor wee beastie.
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    green poo, grumpy hen

    is that something available in the UK? her droppings were a bit better today but still gritty and runnier than they should be. She seems so sad, and just sat on my doorstep today all hunched up and pitiful looking while the other girls free ranged. she ate her treats but I'm not sure how much...
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    green poo, grumpy hen

    the they look OK from the guide but they are not at all normal for her. does th at make sense? I haven't worked them for a couple of months so will try to give them some treatment and may phone the vet to see about some coccidiosis treatment if she looks to get any worse.
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    green poo, grumpy hen

    I'm really worried about my betsy girl. We've had severe storms and well below freezing temperatures here over the past couple of weeks and it's really upset my girls, I'm taking them into the house for a while during the day so they can get some excercise and some warm dry time, and upping the...
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    using wool/fleece or other fabric as nesting material? can it be done~?

    absolutely they dont want plain straw of chips anymore they want fleece. only fleece is soft enough for their pampered wee botties. If I put fleece down the absolute chirps of delight are hilarious as they fight to cuddle up and lay their eggs in their soft snuggly favourite nest.
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