Hi, I have a hen who is moving around extremely weakly and keeps stumbling/falling over. She feels like about a third of what her normal weight is and seems to be rejecting her normal layer pellet (all my other hens are eating fine) but has accepted oats and some mealworms from me. She’s still...
hi! i have 8 hens and two or three of them have a similar issue, mostly on the combs (maybe it’s not an issue at all, i just wanted to check!) i noticed some dry, flaky-looking areas around their faces. it looks a little white. is this okay? my other girls have vibrant combs, so there is quite a...
Hi! i recently got 8 hens a month or two ago (but they’re fully grown). there are around three who are constantly picked on by the others. a couple weeks ago, my white americana went through a molt and lost some feathers (but she has a ton to begin with so there weren’t many noticeable patches...
One of my rhode island red hens always has patches of missing feathers around her neck and a few feathers missing on her body too. She’s the smallest of my flock and the others tend to pick on her (we aren’t able to get a rooster, unfortunately). Is there anything I can do? I always step in if I...
Hi! I’m a new chicken owner and trying to figure out how much of each food for them to eat (for their veggies and animal proteins. I included a picture also. There is a handful of blueberries (cut in halves), around a cup of lettuce and spinach, half a cup of cilantro (including the stalks), 1...
Hi! I just got the 8 hens I posted about recently. We moved them into the new run and coop and they seem to have settled in. But I noticed one of them (Elaine) is limping. She is the one they pick on most :(. She is still moving around (laying in her dust bath too) When shes standing around she...
hello! i’m getting some hens soon (i just posted my introduction on this forum) and i had a question about toxic plants. we are planning to make our coop the length of our yard, and use our 6 ft fence as the farther wall to save material (it’s secure and we will build a trench, don’t worry!). it...
Hi! I’m Rachel, and I’m from Massachusetts. My family is getting some chickens soon, so I figured I should join a forum or two to answer some of my questions. We are getting 8 chickens! We actually aren’t getting chicks because we’re taking 8 hens from a family friend that can no longer take...