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    Bullies - what should I do?

    Hi everyone! A few years ago, I got my first chickens, 3 hens from a local breeder. They had a few pecking order scraps as they got used to the smaller flock but nothing serious and got on really great after that. I lost one unexpectedly and decided to expand the flock a little. I got 2 day olds...
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    Hen with damaged feathers

    Hi, I have a flock of 4 hens. I have two 2 year olds and two 1 year olds. Introductions went fairly smoothly last summer but one of the younger girls feathers keeps getting more and more damaged. She now has bald patches on her shoulders and back. My first thought is that one of our older...
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    Do I have a mareks positive flock?

    Hello everyone. I have a flock of 4 hens and although they all seem in pretty good shape, one of my girls, Holly the cream legbar, has oddly shaped pupils that are different sizes. She’s also pretty underweight. I can’t tell from looking at the pictures if they are greying or not and if it is...
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    Normal vent?

    TW: close up vent pictures I was checking on my chickens this evening and regularly check on this one because she has a tendency to get a dirty bum. As I was taking a video to see if it was time to give her a bum bath (which it is!) I noticed her vent looked a little odd. I’m a new chicken...
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    Why are my hens pupils an odd shape? Mereks?

    This is Holly, she’s a 10 month old cream legbar. A few weeks ago, I noticed her pupils are oddly shaped. I looked it up and it said it could be from Ocular Mereks! Of course that has really freaked me out but after checking everyone else, I can’t see anything wrong with their eyes and none have...
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    Top hen bullying and causing injury to one of our younger girls

    Hi everyone, Last summer, we got 2 chicks. They both integrated into the flock well after months of careful introductions. There was some bullying but mainly just pecks and chasing, it never escalated into any injuries. Over time, our top hen has focused on bullying just one and is constantly...
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    Hen illness advice after going to the vets

    Hi everyone! This morning, I went out to the coop and saw that my Buff Sussex hen was laying down looking lethargic. When I went in, I picked her up which she literally never lets me do so i could feel her crop. It was completely empty and as I put her down, she pooped a small green poop and her...
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    Egg laying chaos, is this normal?

    I have 5 hens and they all lay about every 1-2 days. Every morning at around 7am they cause a huge amount of noise. When I go out, I usually find one in a nest box and the others are trying to get into the same one, pacing around and seeming really stressed out. The noise they make in similar to...
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    Should I be concerned about my hen?

    Hi everyone! I’m looking for some advice regarding my light Sussex hen, Clover. She will be 2 this summer. Clover has always been a pretty lazy hen. She tends to lay down quite a bit and just doesn’t really care to forrage for to long and sometimes gets left out because she can’t always keep up...
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    Opinions on our coop/run?

    Hi everyone! This is our coop/run for our 5 hens. I’m just wondering what everyone’s opinions are and if there’s anything we can do to improve?
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    What mix do you think she is?

    Hi everyone! This is Ivy and she is 6 months old now. Usually i would vet the breeder heavily and ask all sorts of questions but it was just about getting another chick to keep our lone chick company that was the most important really! Anyway, the woman we purchased her from was just a hobby...
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    Crop issue?

    One of my 1.5 year old hens isn’t looking quite right in the crop area. She has no other symptoms that I have noticed and is running around and forraging as normal as I’m typing this. She is the most skittish out of the flock so I can’t catch her at the moment but will have a feel at bed time...
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    Sick chicken?

    My 20 week old Olive Egger has been acting strange for the past few days. None of my flock is eating very much but I have just put that down to molting. However, since she’s young, she’s not molting but not eating either. She is very inactive, when she’s out for free roam, she just stands there...
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    Red in poop

    Hi everyone, I have 2, 17 week old chicks that have just been moved into the main coop and run. Since then, I have noticed that under where they are sleeping, they have some strange looking poop. They aren’t showing any other symptoms and seem really healthy at the moment. Could this be...
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    Run build questions

    Hi everyone! Over the past few days, me and my partner have been upgrading our chickens run but I have a few questions before we fully complete it. should I cover the whole run? I live in the uk so it tends to rain quite a lot. Previously, about half was covered but the bit that wasn’t would...
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    Bumblefoot - is it healing?

    Hello! I have been treating one of my hens for bumble foot and after changing the bandage today, I noticed a scab. I’m not sure if it looks healthy or not and if i should remove it or leave it? When I removed it the last time, it did bleed quite a bit. Please let me know what you think!
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    When should I introduce my chicks to the flock?

    Hi everyone, So I have 2 chicks, one is 11 1/2 weeks old and the other is nearly 13 weeks old. The chicks have been in the run for 6 weeks with a fence separating them from the 3 older hens. They are able to see each other all day everyday apart from night when the chicks are in their own coop...
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    Bumble foot treatment questions

    One of my hens has bumble foot and I have started to treat it following Tilly’s nest article. I was able to get the black scab off and bandage it and i think it looks like it’s starting to heal but I’m not sure. I took the scab off 2 days ago. Please let me know from the added pictures! I have...
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    My hens won’t use the ladder and 2 have bumble foot!

    My 3 hens absolutely refuse to use the ladder up to their roosts and they fly up/down from them. Recently, i found that 2 have mild cases of bumble foot and I’m worried that it’s due to them smacking their feet down onto the floor when they fly down. Is there any way I can encourage it or do I...
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    Bumble foot?

    Just making sure that this is bumble foot before I begin treatment. Would be grateful for any tips!
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