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    Molting feathers

    This year I have more hens molting than previous years, and there are feathers everywhere! I try to keep them picked up, but I am not getting them all! Is it okay to let the feathers stay in their run? I have heard that feathers in a run can attract lice/mites ..is this true? East Tennessee
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    Too many worms

    So in East Tennessee, we are having a ton of rain, which is bringing a bounty of red worms , my chickens are having a feast! My biggest concern is the the possibility of them getting gape worms in their throats, do I need to be concerned? Any suggestions for prevention? Thanks in advance! My...
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    Speckled egg layer

    I was told she is a Sapphire Olive Egger, but she lays a light brown speckled egg, any ideas as to what she is? East Tennessee checking in
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    When only one molts

    What do you do, when only one hen is starting a molt, and the others are not, how do you feed for the one molting and make sure the active layers are getting the nutrition they need?
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    Thin shell and rubber shelled eggs

    I live in East Tennessee, and my two ,Silver Laced Wyandottes which will be 3 in August are starting to lay paper thin shelled eggs or rubber eggs… they have plenty of oyster shells in bowls around their run, and they are fed a nutritious complete layer pellets… in addition to that they have...
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    Adding electrolytes

    My daughter lives in Southeast Texas, where the temps get up into the triple digits in the summer, she has researched and discovered that adding baking soda to chicken water helps regulate their body temp? Has anyone ever done this? And what else is imperative to help keep her flock cool? Thanks...
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    Swollen eye lid

    Does this look like a respiratory in her eye? She is 3 months old, living in south east Texas. Another flock member was treated for respiratory symptoms about two weeks ago…thanks for your response!
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    Updated picture of the Brahma Pullet

    Week 11 of a Brahma Pullet .. getting another confirmation with these updated pics
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    Updated pictures from 4-13-24

    Is this a pullet …approximately 10 weeks old Brahma
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    Pullet??

    This is a 9 week old Brahma, my daughter thinks it’s a cockerel.. any ideas?
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    Male or female

    Is this Brahma a pullet or a cockerel? Asking for my daughter thanks in advance for your reply!
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    Rubber eggs

    This morning I found two rubber shelled eggs on the droppings board from one of my hens … she will be 3 years old in August. I have several locations throughout their run with two types of oyster shells, and kept full at all times! Her annual molt has already passed…..if this rubber egg incident...
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    Frigid weather anxiety

    Hello, I need some reassurance here…our weather this week is only going to get worst with the temps in the evenings going down to-7 by Thursday night before rebounding.. my girls have a wooden coop that I have double insulated on the inside with plastic and insulated bubble wrap, the run outside...
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    Crowing hen

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    My girl seems sick

    I went into the coop tonight to do my nighttime headcount, and one of my girls was not on the roost but on the floor, I picked her up to check on her and she didn’t even fight it, I sat her on the roost and she dropped her tail and wing feathers, I picked her back up and she passed what looked...
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    Poop and egg

    Does anyone else have a hen who poops every time she lays her eggs? I have one hen who does this all the time! She is parasite free and no worms… her poop looks healthy but she always lays an egg with it..she does take a long time to lay her eggs so I contribute this habit to that… any others...
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    Competition in the flock

    Is it normal for the pecking order to be reestablished? My Brown Leghorn (9 months old) used to be at the bottom, she is now challenging her flock mate Sapphire Olive Egger who’s also 9 months old! They are actually going at it like two Roosters, so far just minor pecks on combs .. most of the...
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    Grandpas Feeder

    Well I have finally broke down and got the Grandpas Feeder, my 6 girls are currently on step two of the training process.. 3 of my girls use it with no issues at all, and my other 3 will use it but they are not very comfortable with it.. my question is…if a chicken is hungry enough will they...
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    Wowzer!!!

    My Brown Leghorn has been online for three weeks, laying daily and typical pullet sized eggs, but the last two times she had laid, the eggs are huge! Today’s egg had some tinge of blood on it, is that okay? It is hard to believe that such a small hen can lay such a large egg, my Wyandottes eggs...
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    Molt concerns

    My 2 year old hen is actively in a pretty decent molt , she is eating very well, and drinking lots of water, my concern is her droppings are extremely runny, they look healthy just very watery.. could this be because she is in active molt?
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