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    Picture of my lovely "girls"

    Hi from Christchurch, New Zealand. I haven't been on this forum for a few years, and wanted to show a pic of our current hens that we adopted a couple of years ago. They are Bella, a Light Sussex, and Stacey, a Silver Laced Wyandotte. Both girls are very healthy and never get sick, unlike the...
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    Hen limping and sore on her back

    Our Wyandotte hen who we have noticed has lost her tail feathers recently (it is winter here in NZ) has started limping and will skip sideways when she walks. She is foraging okay but been off the feed we give our 3 Wyandotte hens for the last few weeks. My husband checked her over and...
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    Sickly chook

    Hi from Christchurch NZ. We've adopted two hens - one was sick, and the other one fine but with a pooey bottom. We thought it might be worms and have treated both hens with a worming solution from the vet. The sick one got better, but now the other who was fine but with a pooey bottom is...
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    Hen pecking on the wood inside coop run

    Hi I'm a newbie to hens and want to know if it's normal for a hen to peck on the wood inside the coop run/chicken tractor. My two girls (Red Shavers) free range for half the day around a big backyard and seem to have enough to eat, as well as plenty of food inside the coop run
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    Hi from New Zealand

    We have adopted two red shaver hens who have to find a new home after friend's house badly damaged in the earthquakes we had in our city Christchurch in February last year. Looking forward to learn how to care for these girls
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    Preen/oil gland? swollen and lost feathers

    Hi - am from New Zealand - and brand new to hens, or as we say here, chooks. One of the hens we have been given (about 2 yrs old) has a raised pink narly looking lump on what we think must be the preen gland and the feathers around the area are gone or looking weird. She isn't eating or pecking...
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