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Hi all, I've read a lot on this, and I'm just confused right now as one of my larger chickens (lavender orp) who I just got to stop being broody for the (4th time in two years) is now molting, but she already molted once last year. Should/Could she be molting again? It seems odd that she would...

I've got an Ameraucauna (2 years old) who seems to have a swollen bottom below her vent. Her poop seems stuck to her in the feathers near her vent and back side. The bottom portion that's swollen seems to have either new feathers or feathers that are falling out. She's drinking (not sure about...

ok, so I've got my dog's x pen outside with chicken wire on top, shade, water and food. Chicks are between 4-6 weeks (two are from 6/14 & 6/21, two from 6/27). It's about 95-100 here during the day, but only 65 at night. Should I bring them back in at night? I have no way to put a heat lamp...

(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens? First got our chickens last year. We have 4 hens about a year old. (2) How many chickens do you have right now? 4 hens and 4 chicks (3) What breeds do you have? Grown hens: Speckled Sussex (Pickles), Gold laced brahma (Princess...

Hello! I've done some reading on a lot of threads thus far and it seems as though there are a myriad of ways to introduce new chickens to the flock. My big girls are about a year old (a couple weeks shy- 1 lavender orp, gold laced brahma, ameraucauna and a speckled Sussex)and my four new chicks...

So my good laced Wyandotte is about a month younger than my big girls, but she's recently seemed to pull her neck to her chest and doesn't walk around with her head up of that makes any sense. The few days she's seeming to separate herself from the group of hens. Any ideas? She also is smaller...

Hi all, been lurking for a while and finally decided to join up because I have questions that I've not seen answered or haven't yet found a thread yet. Anyhow, I'm new to chickens, and so far it's been going well. We picked up chicks on 7/23 that were a week old at the time. Two Orpingtons, two...