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    Jersey Giant Hen missing feathers

    My Jersey Giant hen is missing feathers from her chest. They have been missing for a while and the skin looks pretty smooth. Obviously she is surviving the weather but does anyone know why this happens. She is not picked on - quite the contrary she is the defender of the flock.
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    Pasty Butt - how/when to clean?

    I have a couple of chickens that have poopy feathers near their vent. Do I need to clean? If so how do I clean? Thank you.
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    Polish Crested Bantam - still no eggs

    I have a Polished Crested Bantam that will be a year old in a couple months and still we have had not a single egg. She is skittish as the other hens (all non-bantam, non-crested) sometimes don't let her join in on eating treats that I bring out. Personality-wise I would say she is timid. Do...
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    Soft Egg Shells

    For about 3 weeks 1 to 2 eggs have been turning up on the coop floor that are soft. We have been 3 year-old chickens and introduced 4 new ones this year that are now about 5 months old. One of the new ones has been laying eggs. From reading it sounds as if these soft eggs are due to some kind...
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    Young, Small Polished Crested Rooster - survive with bigger chickens?

    We have a bantam Polished Crested Rooster. He's about 11-12 weeks old and he's started crowing. We can't have roosters in our town so I need to take him to a rooster rescue place. The problem is he's so small. A couple of weeks ago he was savagedly pecked by the head hen. We found the hen a...
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    Pecking order:Mean Hen

    We have been introducing 5 new chicks (10 weeks old) to our existing flock of 4 chickens (2 RIR and 2 Ameraucanas). The top RIR has been getting pretty mean and the chicks are terrified of her. Tonight the top RIR pecked the smallest chick (it's a bantam and a rooster) to the point that the...
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    Roos?

    The Buff Orpington is 6 weeks old and may be plucking the feathers off the back of a Golden Laced Polish. The gray Polish is 6 weeks and the (Black) Jersey Giant is 4 weeks. Is it too early to tell?
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    Bantam Golden Laced Polished picked on

    We have four 6 week old chicks and one 4 week old. Our Bantam Polish, who is 6 weeks, is being picked on. I believe the aggressor is a Buff Orpington (same age). The back feathers are all but gone. I had separated the Polish from the Orpington while they were in the broder but now that they...
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    10 week old Mille Fleur Bantam - Rooster?

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    Is this 10 week old Dark Cornish a rooster?

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    Fly Coop Maintenance

    We are new chicken owners. We have a coop with an attached fly-pen with a dirt floor where they hang out during the day. Is it necessary to remove the the loose dirt or will the waste be absorbed into the ground. So far it doesn't seem particularly smelly but the six pullets are only 8 weeks...
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