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    Hen Molting for a Second Time?

    I currently have three hens and all of them molted about the same time in September or October. All of them lost feathers, but my girl Florence lost the most. About 3 weeks ago, I took a short trip for about 5 days and had a friend watch my birds. She didn't let them out at all during that time...
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    Chick shaking head and losing balance

    I have a chick who is 36 days old and for the past two weeks, she has been losing balance and shaking her head. By shaking her head I mean that she looks like she's shivering. I have tried changing her food to give her more vitamin E thinking that that may have been the culprit, but it's been...
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    Chick losing balance?

    I have a chick who is 19 days old and has been doing rather well. She is being raised in the flock. Today, when I went out to the hens, I noticed that the chick kept falling over. When she was on the relatively flat ground she was okay, but anytime she would walk on any uneven surface, she would...
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    Hens pecking at a chick

    Two of my hens have taken on the "mom" role for (so far) one chick. The chick hatched yesterday but I've noticed that the two moms have been pecking at her? They only do so when I get too close to the chick or if she starts to wander away. She doesn't seem to mind, never tries to run away and in...
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    Chickens Tag-Teaming the Hatching?

    This isn't much of a question, more of a curious comment, but I have 3 hens, Stevie, Lacy, and Florence. I purchased 12 hatching eggs when Florence got broody, and although I gave them all to her, she would consistently alternate sitting on the eggs with Lacy. Sometimes they would even sit on...
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    Thin Bird

    Hi, recently I lost a hen and I just had one left. She got very sad and would not eat (I've since gotten two more birds and she is eating a bit more now) and she is only about 6lbs. Shes a silver laced buff orpington which I read should be 10-12+ lbs. What can I give her to make her gain some...
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    Help! Depressed Hen Won't Eat!

    Hello all, I recently lost one of my two hens to impacted crop. I'm getting more hens soon to keep my remaining one company, but for the time being she's alone. I let her out today and went to weigh her food and she hasn't touched it at all. She's not acting lethargic or sick in the slightest...
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    Deworming Hens Without Worms?

    Hello all! Recently, my poor hen, Onyx, died of an impacted crop. However, at the vet, the doctor said that she might have also had worms. We didn't run any tests because I thought it would be silly to test a dead bird (I'd instead test my only other hen, Lacey) but is it safe to assume that...
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    Depressed hen?

    Hello all, Unfortunately, two nights ago my hen, Onyx, got a very bad case of impacted crop and we had to put her down. I know that I'm heartfully distraught, but I have only one other hen who was very very close with Onyx. I'm worried that she might become depressed as she's constantly clucking...
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    Small bugs in compost bin?

    Hi again I was cleaning out my coop today and in the compost bin where I put all the bedding and poop and such when I'm cleaning is FILLED with tiny bugs. I found one in the coop but it may have jumped from the bin into there. I included a photo of the little critters in hopes that someone might...
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    Hen Losing Feathers

    Hi all, I have now have two Golden Comet hens since, much to my dismay, one of them died 5 days ago :( Anyways, one of my hens appears to be rapidly losing feathers. I know she has lice which I have been trying to eradicate but the feathers lost are not ones with nits on them. She laid an egg...
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    Vent Gleet??

    I got my Golden Comet hens just about 3 weeks ago and one of them, Fauna, has been acting strange. She seems lethargic and much unlike herself. She doesn't want to get out of the coop or move much. She has some sort of white discharge coming out of her butt and the red of her neck seems to be...
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    Hens not eating?

    I recently got my three hens about five days ago. I was told that their food should last about 4 days, but they've barely touched it. I have given them one of those blocks of corn and such (called a pecking block I think?) but I can't quite tell how much they've had because it rained which...
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    Hen losing feathers

    I just got my first hens about 4 days ago. I have 3 Golden Comets and one called Merryweather seems to be losing feathers. We can't quite remember if she had a loss of feathers when we got her, but today when she was dust bathing it was quite obvious. She has no feathers at the place where her...
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    Buy or rent?

    My mother says that eventually, I will get bored of the chickens (Golden Comet), or taking care of them will become a bore and a chore. I was going to purchase from RentACoop.com but you can also rent. Do you guys think I should rent or buy?
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