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  1. Sharon2012

    Little red being chased from food and water

    I have ten chickens. The last ones added were October first. Didn't have too many problems until three weeks ago suddenly seven are chasing poor little red from the food and water all the time. She stopped laying and spends a lot of time up on the roost because of this. I've put food and...
  2. Sharon2012

    Little red chased from food

    One of my hens is continually being chased away from food and water. I have multiple locations for the food and water but any time little red goes for something one or more chases her and beats her up the roost. How do I make sure she gets what she needs? This is a recent thing. Started...
  3. Sharon2012

    Hen flogged me

    I just built my chickens a new big coop and moved everyone in from three smaller coops. Now a young pullet just flogged me. I knocked her away and stared her down while telling her no and she was not queen of the coop I was. All the chickens backed away from me. What do I do to keep this...
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    Digging holes in coop?

    My chickens are going on two years old and they have a new habit. Their coop has a dirt floor covered in straw. This weekend I've stood watching them dig down in the ground. They're not hungry unless there is something they need besides the feed and grass clippings I've been adding. Any ideas?
  5. Sharon2012

    Hen swollen like a ball barely eating

    My black australorp hen was fine until day before yesterday. Then suddenly she swells up like a ball with a tiny head glued on top. She moves slowly, is drinking and barely eating. When one of the others brush against her she acts like it hurts badly. What's wrong with her. Am I going to...
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    17 week old chicken died suddenly

    My 17 week old black chicken (with red tips on the breast feathers) died suddenly today. I was out there at 3pm and she was fine. no sign of problems. Comb a bright pink like the rest of my little flock. Then at 4;30 I went out only to find her laying dead and the other 6 were standing...
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    17 weeks old and combs and wattles bright red

    I have three lavender orps (two that may or may not be roos) 2 barred rock and two black chicks that we think may be australorps. All the wattles and combs are getting bright red. Does that mean I can start looking for eggs soon? And can lavender orpington hens have big wattles and combs like...
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    Just put a new nesting boxes in the coop uhoh

    Well seeing that my chickens are all about 13 weeks old I thought I shoud put a pair of nesting boxes in the coop. They are stackable crates from Walmart. I put a waterproof layer on the bottom of each crate before filling it up with bedding. Thought that should work. First things my brats did...
  9. Sharon2012

    New Chicken Mom in SE Tennessee

    Hi everyone. I'm a new chicken mom from the southeast part of Tennessee. Never been around chicks so I have a lot to learn from everyone here. Thanks ahead of time.
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