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    molting question

    This is my first winter with chickens (three standard hens in their first year). Over the past 4 weeks, all of them have slowed down and then stopped laying. They are all losing some feathers, but one in particular is looking incredibly ratty -- no tail feathers left at all, and half her...
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    what to feed this winter?

    This will be my first winter with my three laying hens. I know that at some point, they will stop laying and molt. Do I feed them anything different during this time? They now have an automatic feeder with layer pellets & crumbles, plus daily scratch treats, plus some garden leavings (melon...
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    need ID for my beautiful black hen

    Any guesses on the parentage of my lovely --and smart -- black hen? Raven came from a friend this spring and is a white egg layer with slender gray legs, a green sheen to her feathers, and a neat curled tuft of feathers on her back. Her comb and wattle are quite small compared to my other two...
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    need help with sick hen -- mareks or something else?

    I am a first-time chicken keeper with just two hens, both given to me this spring (from two different flocks) as young adults, maybe 18 weeks old? One is a RI red (Cinnamon), the other possibly a black Star (Raven). Both began laying intermittently about 2 months ago, and then Raven began...
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