I have a flock of 36 hens and 2 roosters. I've had this many chickens for a few years. In March, we had a dog attack and my best rooster lost his tail feathers. I wondered for quite awhile why they weren't growing back in. Of course, I found out that my hens (mainly the red stars) were...
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I have two mother hens, Gemima has two chicks (two weeks old) and Gladys has one chick (one week old). The two mother hens have gone after the other ones chicks, grabbing them, etc. I put Gladys and her baby in a separate area. Any idea how long they will need to be separated before...
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I'm trying to figure out why my girls stopped laying.
1) We've had a lot of smoke from forest fires
2) I administered Tylan about 6 weeks ago for a couple of sick hens but gave to whole flock
3) I introduced 23 new chicks to the flock
I know that the smoke, which is going away, and...
I have 22 adult hens who were laying pretty well up until a month ago. I gave them Verm-X for worms, McMurray's Avia Charge, put in roll out nest boxes (thinking egg eating was happening), but still nothing. I get anywhere from 0-4 eggs per day.
We have had serious forest fire smoke here...