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Hi, one hen is losing/having feathers pecked out as shown in the photo. She appears healthy otherwise. It is autumn here so normal time for molting but any suggestions for what to do here?

Hi, I've just put three new chicks under my hen....and now I'm freaking out as I've read that she might kill them?? Here's the details: she sat on 11 eggs and hatched one chick 2-3 weeks ago. She appears to be a good mother, but it's the first time I've put eggs under her and I'm pretty...

Hi, my family has three hens which are pets cum egg-layers, but two of them aren't laying much (they're always clucky) and aren't all that friendly. I'm told they're bantam white sussexes and they're about 18 mths old. Our third chook is a black australorpe and is the head-hen, lays well and...

1st and 2nd photos: These are the two chooks I've seen 'crowing' They stand up, flap their wings and crow and to me, it sounds like a rooster, but I hae heard that hens can crow too?. Conversely, given that they've got short tails which stand up, doesn't that generally mean that they're hens...