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    Aggressive Flock

    When one of our broodie bantams had an egg hatch (just the one), I moved her to in totally enclosed separate coop (as a couple of chicks had disappeared from the main coop - maybe a pine martin during the night). It seemed like a good idea, and the chick did well until yesterday it disappeared...
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    Chicks hatch, but then die

    Hi. We've now had 4 chicks die with a few hours of hatching. Two were with a broody, so I'm no sure what may have happened; the third was abandoned by that broody and got cold and not moving but in an incubator it revived and seemed OK, then out of the blue we found it dead a couple of hours...
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    Clearing Red Poultry Mite

    We had an infestation of Red Poultry Mites last summer, which we reduced with rubbing diatomaceous earth on them and in there favourite spots - the hens stopped laying, and the mites went as the cold weather came in the UK. However with the arrival of spring they have started to return - and...
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    Poorly Hen

    I've not had any replies in the feeding section, so I'm hoping I may have some joy here - I'm desperate to help our 4 year old Columbine (who got through a lethargic time last October, helped with some ideas from here), no longer laying, who has gone all lethargic and apathetic. She's still...
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    Poorly Hen

    We have a 4 year old Columbine (who got through a lethargic time last October, helped with some ideas from here), no longer laying, who has gone all lethargic and apathetic. She's still eating, but doesn't rush to (normal feed, corn or scambled egg), and has her head down into her shoulders...
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    Help for a Hen off her food

    We have a 3.5 year old Columbine who had not laid since the middle of the summer, and is now being rather lethargic (she is the top of the pecking order, but isn't making much effort (not that anyone is challenging her)). For the last week she has not been joining the others in scrabbling for...
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    Malformed Eggs

    We've noticed one of our hens - probably the Hy-Line Brown - has started to produce ridged eggs - the latest being very odd. We don't know the ages of the hens, and wondered if this happened before they stopped laying, but hope that someone more knowledgeable could help us with their thoughts...
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    Feather-bare Breastbone

    We've noticed that one of our hens is looking featherbare underneath, with the edges quite red. Otherwise seems fine - eating drinking, laying, ... No sign of being bulling (quite high up the pecking order), and spring seems an odd time to moult. All the others in the flock are fine. Any...
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    Thoughts on a Silke cross

    A couple of pics of our pretty silkie cross. Iridescent black with gorgeous golden neck, hooked beak, and bouffant top. Can anyone help identify what she might be?
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    Hen has become lethargic, and struggles to walk

    We have a mixed flock of 14 birds, living in a wooden coop, with dirt yard, and over the last 3 days one Silkie (probably 4+ years old) has become sluggish, and is waddling rather than walking. She has not been laying for a few months, over the winter, so we thought she was "egg-bound", and...
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