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    We have 7 hens, 2 are harassing 1 terribly

    We have 7 hens. Two are about 2 1/2 years old and the other 5 are 1 1/2. Two of the younger ones have begun picking on one of the original girls - they chase her down and peck on her head. The one being picked on has almost always been somewhat of a loner. They have lots of room - their...
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    Out of 7 hens, 2 are ganging up and picking on one....

    We have 7 hens. Two are about 2 1/2 years old and the other 5 are 1 1/2. Two of the younger ones have begun picking on one of the original girls - they chase her down and peck on her head. The one being picked on has almost always been somewhat of a loner. They have lots of room - their...
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    A fox attacked our hens; no breast feathers left at all

    A fox attacked our hens this morning. The girls free-range, but we were able to gather them all and get them into the barn. One of the girls is very traumatized. She lost all the feathers on her breast (only skin is showing) and some on her side. There is no sign of any other kind of injury with...
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    Think somethings wrong with one of our hens

    She just seems kind of "blah" - she seems to be moving slower. She does spend most of the day out foraging, she is the last one to get off of the roost in the morning and the first one to get on the roost in the evening. Her comb seems a bit droopy too. When we bring treats out everyone else...
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    Is weather a factor on pullets that are due to start laying but haven't yet?

    Hello - I've read that pullets usually begin laying when they are around 22-24 weeks. That is when our original girls started laying. The new girls are right at 24 weeks now. Will the cold weather slow them down when they haven't started yet? Also, one of the original girls did a partial molt...
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    9 weeks old eating layer and year olds eating starter feed?

    Our girls are free-ranging. The year olds have full run of about 5 acres. The nine week olds have full run of a fenced in corral, although they started escaping out of their fenced area just this week. I have read that the little girls need to continue with the starter feed until they begin...
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    Organic feed options available in Maine?

    Hello - we live in Jackson and are trying to find some organic feed for our girls. All we can really find locally is Blue Seal. Any suggestions out there? We are about 45 minutes out of Bangor. Thanks, Lori
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    Sitting on top of each other in the nest

    Is this normal? We have 3 hens right now and sometimes they are in the nest together, sitting on top of each other - usually two of them like this, but a few times I have found all 3 of them all sitting in a pile, on top of each other. If they are not doing this, then one is in the chosen...
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    A Chick's Tale - what does this tell me?

    Our first set of girls we got were 3 months old. This year, we purchased 6 3-day old chicks. We got 2 Golden Comets and 4 Barred Rocks. - One of the GCs and two of the BRs have very small tails - about 1/2 inch. - One of the BRs is very small and has almost no tail. - The rest of them have tail...
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    How long does it take chicks to feather out and other questions

    Hello - we are still new to having chickens. We currently have 3 hens that we got last summer when they were about 10 weeks old. In a few weeks we will be getting our first chicks. We have ordered 6 1 or 2 day olds and I have a few questions: 1. How long does it take for them to "feather out"...
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    Hen losing feathers - molting in Feb in Maine?

    Hello - We are new to chickens and only have 3 girls; one Black Australorp and 2 New Hampshire Reds. They are about 10 months old. My black girl has started losing a bunch of feathers - it looks like they are the downy feathers around her butt, but I can't tell for sure. She is not bald, just...
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    New introduction

    (1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? - We got our first chickens this summer (2013) (2) How many chickens do you have right now? We have 3 now, sadly we started with 4. (3) What breeds do you have? 2 NH Reds and 1 Black Australorp (4) How did you find out about...
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    Stopped laying in her usual spot - now its just random locations

    We have three hens that have been pretty consistent on where they lay their eggs. We have converted a stall in the barn into a hen house. They are the only occupants of the barn. In their stall, there are a bunch of hay bales at different heights to give them multiple corners and different...
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    Hen is lethargic with droopy comb, diarreah and hunched over

    Three weeks ago, my chicken got sick. She suddenly became very lethargic and she wasn't eating or drinking much and she had greenish diarreah. I began giving her yogurt and probiotics. I checked to make sure she wasn't egg-bound. I've given her several warm baths. When none of this helped, I...
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    sick hen - lethargic and green diarreah

    We are new to chickens; we've had two girls for about 2 months and about 3 weeks ago we got two more. One of the new ones became sick. She was laying one egg per day, then the day before yesterday she did not lay one and then yesterday she stayed in the hen house all day and then I noticed that...
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