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I have three Orpington hens and these chickens are not being warm and fuzzy. True they are having a hard molt but their unfriendliness is getting on my nerves. I have always had orpingtons and they have always been so sweet, but boy they aren't now. I lost the sweet alpha hen in September and...

I can’t find my previous post about my year old Orpington hen that for the last 2-3 months has had this swollen bald area below her vent. She eats well, she is active and last laid an egg 3 days ago. She is having a soft molt and no one else was laying but her. Tonight I went to the coop to...

i have a 3 year old orpington hen. She has had respiratory issues for The last year and a half. She would cough and mouth breathe. I have had her to the vet a couple of times and he just says it as a respiratory issue, he did not specify what exactly it is. She has always been healthy, except...

I guess I can add my hen to the list of people who have chickens with bald bulging butts. I have had 2 of my chickens to the vet this year for respiratory problems (I lost one and it broke my heart) I am retired and cannot afford any more vet bills. It seems so many chicks have this. I have...

Now that warm weather is here I remember that last summer my 3 hens would not drink the electrolyte and vitamin water that I mixed up for them. (I tried 2 different ones, especially for poultry but can't remember the brand). I could smell the vitamins when I mixed them up. The chickens...