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Yeah, they're a bit raised up. Another chicken got sick this morning too, and hers a little raised as well. What can we do that isn't too expensive to get rid of the mites?

So the person who posted just before me had a rooster with the same exact symptoms my poor little Australorp hen has (not moving around, head hanging, feathers fluffed), but I wanted to say that the only change in her day was that yesterday it snowed for the first time. Normally she is the...

About a month ago, I noticed that one of my red hens had a spot on her back near her tail with only underfeather fluffing out, like her normal red feathers were pecked away. It didn't change much for a while, and I know she is the bottom of the pecking order (she is one of four chickens I own)...

I tried to introduce a new hen to my flock but they've never gotten along. :( Good luck with yours! Have you tried introducing them in the dark, or having them run together with you there to stop any fighting?

This week my almost-year-old pullet suddenly turned from being one of the sweetest girls to full-out attacking whenver I go outside. Is there something wrong? I know that she's hated my brother and attacked him for a long time, but its the first time she's ever attacked me. :( She's still been...

Do they have enough nestboxes? My chickens lay on the ground when there's not enough space up there to lay.

I'm not sure what a normal molt looks like since this is my first year raising chickens. I have an older "adopted" EE who is losing feathers everywhere, they cover her run, but you can't see where they are missing. And for my other chickens, there is one is either getting pecked or going through...

Thanks! I'll try that!

I have an Australorp pullet who has this weird tacky, hard gunk on her feathers on the right side of her head. I've tried to clean it off my using some warm water on a washcloth, but its not making any difference. Is there something else I can use that will help wash it out that won't hurt her...

I live in Utah too, and my two red sex-link pullets are still laying, but the other three (two australorps and an ameraucana) have just about completely stopped. The red sex-links and the australorps are all the same age, they'll be a year old in April. Is that normal?

That is so sad!!! How do you rescue battery hens?

A couple weeks ago my hens were pecking each other too, but not to where they were bleeding . I let them run around the backyard, gave them soggy cat food (for protein), spread some pine tar over their necks and tails and they've completely stopped! I have five large, heavy birds and even with...

Thank you so much! I tried separating Veertje (the pecker) for a day but the nights are too cold, and another chicken has started to pick up Veertje's habit. Its an Australorp, Meisie, that gets pecked constantly.

Big problem, three problems actually that I can't solve -- my friend's flock of chickens were all killed by a couple of retarded dogs, except one older chicken, Zelda. We took her in and put her in the coop with my four young chickens at night and everything, so that my chickens would be more...

Big problem, three problems actually that I can't solve -- my friend's flock of chickens were all killed by a couple of retarded dogs, except one older chicken, Zelda. We took her in and put her in the coop with my four young chickens at night and everything, so that my chickens would be more...