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Well it has been a little over a month now and the hen with vertigo has died. No one seemed to know what was going on with her, but after searching through some of the questions others had and looking on the internet I believe that all three hens that died had a genetic disease known as Marek's...

My 2 year old Rhode Island Red has just finished moulting and almost every morning when she jumps out of the henhouse she flutters around in circles and turns her head under her, closes her eyes and falls down on the ground. After lying motionless for a few seconds she jumps up as if nothing...

I have 7 Rhode Island Red hens approximately 1 1/2 years old and one of them is having extreme difficulty with the moulting process. She has lost feathers all over her body, but the new feathers are only little prickly things with a small feather shaft in the middle. She sits in the chicken...

Thank you for your informative replies. My chickens have been laying but at only 50% and smaller eggs! But the chickens are two different ages and 4 of them are bare-butt right now. Thank you also for the link to Kansas State U it was very helpful. I will keep an eye on the hens and see if...

I have 8 RIR hens that are a little over a year old. Four hens have bare butts! I assumed that they were moulting, but their butts have been bare for a few weeks now and I am getting concerned that I might have something else going on here. As I am new this year to raising chickens I would...

I am getting about one egg every day from one of my eight RIR's that has a very deep orange colored yolk and has a sort of sticky or thick consistency when cooked. Is this normal for RIR's ? The chickens are almost a year old. I am eating the eggs but want to be sure there isn't anything...

We have 8 Rhode Island Reds and they started laying 2 1/2 months ago. The eggs are laid every day but are still small to medium size. I was under the impression that RIR's laid large to extra large eggs. Is it because they are still young or do we need to give them something extra. They are...

Many thanks for the warm welcome!! I have a question about the nest boxes in the coop. We have 8 RIR's that are 10-12 weeks old. My husband built the coop with 10 nest boxes, 5 on each side with a space down the middle of both sides. Since then we found out that we had to take out one side (5...

Hi y'all! We are new back yard chicken farmers as of 2 days ago! We have 8 RIR pullets between 10-12 weeks old. They are fabulous and happy in their new environment. My husband is a carpenter and built our chicken coop of his own design. When we get pictures I will post! We live in Davie...

Hi! We are new members and new back yard chicken farmers as of 2 days ago! We have 8 RIR pullets between 10 to 12 weeks old. They have made the transition successfully and love our backyard! We live in Davie, Florida and have an acre and three dogs! The chickens are in a coop my husband...