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We have a new neighbor who thankfully loves our chickens. We're in a residential area, small backyard with ten hens (the limit). She comes over daily to see how they're doing which I don't mind at all. However she always brings them treats and scraps. She initially asked about feeding them...

We have a hen that's been broody for 2-3 weeks now. We were out of town for a week and when we returned she had taken over the nest, chasing away other the other hens (we have 10 total). For the past two weeks we've kicked her out of the coop during the day. She began sitting on the nest at...

In the past several days, I've spotted three hens (out of ten) losing feathers on the back of their necks. Other than feather loss they seem perfectly healthy, eating / drinking / laying well. One is the youngest and usually picked on, and she has it worst: The other two are both Welsummers...

Now that I'm fairly confident our hen didn't die from avian flu (instead I suspect fowl play), I'm focusing on creating a better free range area in our urban yard. Last year I bought a lot of perennials which of course the girls promptly ate. I don't want them cooped up all summer, but I also...

We have a backyard flock in Indiana with ten hens and I haven't been able to find anything that tells how quickly bird flu can spread within a flock. Four days ago one hen died suddenly. She didn't have any purplish coloring, or a swollen head. She was about seven or eight years old. The rest of...

This probably should be in two separate forums, but it all connects... We're about to have a cold snap in a few days and I have three pullets who are almost 13 weeks old. Plan was to integrate them on Friday, but it will be below freezing for the following several days. Tonight it's between...

Weird thing we just noticed today that wasn't apparent in the last couple of days, our Golden laced Wyandotte who is 6 months old seems to have grown a horn. It's torn and a little bloody at the base. Anything we need to worry about? Otherwise seems healthy, in fact she just started laying a few...

Our chicks are 25 weeks at minimum. Three are Welsumer and one is golden laced Wyandotte. They haven't laid at all and I'm beginning to get a bit nervous about it. Is there something I should be doing to coax them, or something I can do to check their health? They've explored the nesting boxes...

I've got 10 hens - 4 are new and are a few weeks away from starting to lay, the others are between 4-7 years. One that's 4 or 5 is consistently laying daily, the oldest tries to lay but when she does it's a really soft egg so I'm not concerned about her. The others that are around 4 years were...

Three weeks ago we started integrating four pullets (born in mid-Jan) into the flock of six older hens. The older ones were inherited, they're estimated between four and seven years old. Not positive of breeds - I think three are golden comet, one looks like barred rock, one is an easter egger...

We have six adult hens and just added four pullets to the flock. Soon after the weather warmed here the hens' egg production had just started to improve and now we're back to nothing. We were getting a dozen eggs a week for about three consecutive weeks, then suddenly it stopped around the time...

I know it's probably a long shot, but any ideas of what's wrong with my hen? She's lethargic, purple comb (could be frostbite from the really bad winter - but it came on suddenly even though weather has only dropped to the 30s lately), falling asleep standing up. Two days ago all my hens were...

In the past few days I've gotten two eggs that are cracked. In the past year of owning these hens I haven't ever seen a cracked egg unless it's was laid from the roost. The nesting box is lined on the bottom to prevent cracks, and none of the other eggs have had an issue. The lighter colored one...

Our chicks are about 6 weeks old. It looks like they have most of their feathers and the weather is supposed to be sunny and up to 60 this weekend. My full-grown chickens have been running out the yard perfectly content so I thought I'd let the little ones enjoy some fresh air too. Should I...

A few questions - we're getting three chicks this weekend. We have seven full-grown hens so I'm prepared for some aspects of chicken raising, but we didn't raise them so there are some things I'm not sure about. It's very cold where I live so we're keeping them indoors for the next few months -...

Hi there. We inherited our nine chickens about a year ago - most of them are about 4 years old but the oldest is about 8. I noticed today that the combs for all of the same breed in the flock have white flecks on them Some have really small black scales. It doesn't look like typical fowl pox...

Hi there, I've been stalking the forum for less than a year and have found so much great advice. Thanks to all the people who post help here. We have 9 birds that were inherited from neighbors who moved. They range in age from 4 to 8 or so. We inherited ten birds but the oldest, who they think...