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  1. YogiMamaSkye

    Hen with feather loss and bare bottom

    Hi all! This is my two-year-old barred rock. She has had an almost completely bare bottom around her vent for a couple of months now, and has also only laid once in that time. Any idea what's going on? This photo is from a week or so ago, and it has gotten worse. We sprayed her bottom with...
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    What breed is this?

    Hi all, We got three day-olds back in May and were assured that this one was a silver-laced Wyandotte. Clearly she is not. She is about 20 weeks and not showing any variation in color, just shiny and black. She is very mild and sweet. Black Australorp? And if so, what color eggs do they lay...
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    When do Barred Rocks begin laying?

    Hi all, We have three hens all about 20 weeks. Our red sexlink/Golden Comet began laying two weeks ago and she produces an egg a day, but we've had nothing from the other two (Easter Egger and Barred Rock). The Barred Rock is definitely fully feathered with bright red comb. Can anyone tell me...
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    Nest box "training"

    Fake eggs!??! That is awesome. I will definitely try that. I hadn't thought about height. We actually ended up lowering our roost because the girls couldn't figure out how to fly up to it. This was when they were 12 weeks, so now that they're nearly full grown, perhaps we should try raising the...
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    Nest box "training"

    We have three hens, all eighteen weeks, who were previously sleeping in the nest boxes—I know, I know, BAD chicken mama, but they had some early trauma with a roo we thought was a pullet, and they seemed to like to snuggle, so ... Anyway, now they are sleeping on the roost in the coop, but to...
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    Buff Orpington Pullet or Cockerel?

    This is our 12-week-old BO, Rosie. She has always been bigger than our other four pullets (all of different breeds, no other BOs), and more aggressive. We just thought she was establishing herself as the mother hen or alpha chicken, chasing the other hens around. And then today she crowed. I...
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    Bloody tail feathers and missing feathers—no Blu Kote until tomorrow

    Thank you so much, everyone. I think you are spot on about the protein bit—I actually saw her eat some of her own feathers that had dropped to the ground today. I will up the meal worm intake for a while and see if that helps. We have some dried ones we use as treats. We also put neosporin on...
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    Bloody tail feathers and missing feathers—no Blu Kote until tomorrow

    Hi there! Brand new chicken owner here: We have four ten-week-old pullets that we just got this past weekend, and already one of them (Red Sexlink) is missing some tail feathers and there is fresh blood there. In the immediate time, what can I put on her to make her comfortable and discourage...
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