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    NAKED HEN

    One of my barred rock hens who is about 2.5 years old lost her feathers on her back and head during a molt about 1.5 years ago! She never regrew them! Other than looking awful, she has been a happy hen, laying about 3-4 eggs a week for all that time. Now she is losing more feathers around her...
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    Wazine use in laying hens

    Please, could some knowledgable person address the issue of wazine usage in laying hens. It says on the bottle that it is not for use in layers and yet I have read that many, many people seem to use it as the first step in worming. Even if you give it the 14 day no egg wait, it is still not...
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    EGG LAYING CRAZINESS!

    So, I have a 1.5 year old australorp hen. She has never laid a normal egg; they have always been very large, usually pointy on one end, occasionally banded, or otherwise misshaped. She would lay normally about 4 times a week. She has a sparse bottom that is pretty red looking, and was pecked by...
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    RED TUSH

    I have a young rooster (about 1 year old) that has a very red, inflamed area around his vent and extending up about an inch. He does not have a pasty butt, so perhaps not vent gleet, but looks like similar. He had lice and I thought the redness was do to that, but was treated for the lice over...
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    2 month old chick with injured shoulder?

    At first I thought it was her leg, then her elbow, but now consensus is it may be her shoulder. She displayed with limping, high stepping, falling over as she lost balance. After checking her out, no bumble foot, had been vaccinated for Marek's by breeder, eating and pooping okay, hobbling...
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    How to re-unite momma and babies with flock?

    I have a few questions about when and how to let momma hen and her 4 chicks re-join the flock. She has been sequestered for the broody time and just hatched 4 chicks Saturday. They are living in a separate part of the run with an enclosed dog crate for sleeping. Momma hen (Delicious) has had...
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    STOP THE ROTTEN EGG BILL

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    STOP THE ROTTEN EGG LAW

    Please inform yourselves of the federal law that will affect all chicken owners (H.R. 3797 and S. 3239). It will soon be coming up for a vote. It would establish a law concerning egg factory cages that could never be changed! It has implications for small family run hatcheries and all chicken...
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    So, it goes like this:

    I have a orp that just won't stop going broody, in and out, in and out. I have broken the cycle, so I think, and a few weeks later she is back at it. So, I decided to let her have a hatch. The problem is that I have a bantam roo and am not sure he is getting the job done with the larger hens...
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    Lil' Pappy pulling tush feathers

    I have a bantam rooster that I think is pulling out (and eating) the tush feathers of my 6 hens. When they roost for the night, Lil' Pappy lays down behind all the hens that are on the roost. They all have their tushies in his face. They all have naked butts (except one, who faces inward on...
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    Sudden hen death

    My 1+ year old polish hen was acting normally yesterday. She was let out for some supervised freedom, ate some chopped up kale and oatmeal. Ate some feed (organic non-soy pellets). Tooled around the compost pile with everyone else. When back in the run, she sat in the nesting box for quite a...
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    Wind-proof material for chicken run floor?

    We live on a ridge, where we get high winds sometimes. Need a run material that will not blow around and is easy to keep clean. Can regular gravel or pea gravel be used in the run and then hosed down to keep the poo build up to a minimum? We're in Central California, so cold is not often an...
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    New Hen not be accepted...

    Someone gave us a Roo that turned out to be a hen and so she has joined our little group of 6. They were very hard on her, not letting her eat with them, chasing her away when she attempted to get close to them, not letting her near their little huddle on the roost at night. She is very timid...
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    Ugly Scaly Leg Mites! Oh My!

    I have read a lot of the posts about treating leg mites and am wondering what is the most organically "clean" method. I have been trying the oil method for 2 days and haven't seen any results. Plus, the chickens hate to be handled anyway, so soaking their legs in oil is a real ugly mess. I...
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    Drama In The Hen House

    One orp gone broody, one polish ruling the house with iron hand (foot), and a rooster who wants to kill me....HELP! Put the orp in the broody buster, but the polish goes over to her and tries to peck her thru the cage wire. When I let her out to stretch her legs, the polish attacks her. The...
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    Help needed: Broodiness affecting other hens?

    My 6 hens have been laying pretty much everyday and then yesterday only 2 eggs and today only 1 (laid on the poop board). Plus one orp has been sitting in one of the nesting boxes since I let them out this morning. She will eat from my hand but will try to peck me if i attempt to move her...
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    Safety vs freedom

    I used to let everyone out all day, every day. Then the hawks started perching in the trees and doing fly overs. The crows help somewhat to chase the hawks, but I don't have a contract with them so...... What to do? The rooster is mad at me and spends lots of time staring through the fence...
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    VERY NOISY LAYER, I mean NOISY!!!!

    I have a buff orpington that has been laying for about 2 weeks (an egg a day) and as she is sitting in the nesting box she carries on like an old cackling biddy.....squawking loudly; then our roo answers her and then she responds...never heard anything like it. This can go on for 10-15 minutes...
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    Keeping compost pile in chicken run...Yeah or Nay?

    When my chickens free range, they head straight to the compost heap, scratching and pecking and clucking away, happy as...well...hens in a compost pile. So I was thinking of keeping a smaller pile in the enclosed run, filled with old straw from the coop and grass clippings. That they they could...
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    No Eggs Yet... Help Needed!!!

    I have two golden laced wyandottes, two golden orps, 2 polish hens. The orps and wyans are suppose to be about 6-7 months old. The polish hens are older and were laying (I was told) by the person who sold them to me: "an egg each every day". Well, I'm only getting one egg every other day or...
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