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    Breathing Issue

    One of my Rhode Island Red hens is rasping horribly. I found her sitting in the bottom of the coop Tuesday morning, immediately isolated her inside opur pump house, put a warming light on her (since it has just turned really cold here in Washington), and have been giving her antibiotics in her...
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    Putting chicks and broody back in the coop

    I've had my Wynadotte hen and her four chicks in a pen away from the coop since the chicks hatched. The chicks are four weeks today and almost completely feathered. I live in the Pacific Northwest and it is cool at night. When can I introduce the hen and her chicks back to the coop? I have...
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    Rooster won't leave hens alone! Hens hiding!

    My coop has three hens and one rooster. Three weeks ago my Wynadotte hatched four chicks and so I seperated her and her chicks from the main coop. Now, my rooster is not being aggressive with the remaining two hens, but mounting them so constantly that their back feathers are all gone and one...
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    Super aggressive pecking leading to injuries!

    I posted a few days ago with a question about my RIR with an injured comb. Followed advice and separated my injured hen during the day. I put her back in the coop each night because I live in the woods and don't have a second cage that is predator proof. When I put her back in the coop...
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    Bleeding wattle!! Other chickens are pecking!

    Need some advice...I have 6 pullet hens who have been together since they were small chicks. Yesterday, on my Rhode Island Red, the best layer, I noticed she had a small bleeding cut on her wattle. I cleaned it up and when I checked this morning, it looked like a small scab. This afternoon...
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    One egg...no more?

    I have 6 hens that are all about 18 weeks old. I was so excited to discover my first egg last Friday and thought I'd be finding eggs in the nesting boxes regularly! But, after the one perfect egg, there have been no more eggs! Has anyone had a similar experience with their young hens?
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