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Thank you for the interesting information. The hen is 7 months old. She is not low on the pecking order, nor is she being kept from food/water by the other hens. I have added Sav-A-Chick Electrolyte to their water. The next batch of fresh water will have poultry vitamins added to it.

One of my hens has exhibited episodes of leg weakness and a dropped wing. This has happened three times in the past few weeks. It was so bad that I thought that we were going to have to put her down. We gave her some Poultry Nutri-Drench last night and within minutes she had perked up and was...

Thank you for the info. I am concerned about him stressing the girls. I have a small flock - 3 hens, and in error, 1 rooster. He's a pretty cool bird (Lakenvelder) - I received him as a mystery bird from the hatchery. I am considering relocating him to a farm were he better suited.

I witnessed my rooster mating with one of my hens. All of the birds are only 12-weeks old. Is it possible for a hen to be mature enough at 12-weeks? Will the behavior of the rooster hasten egg laying of this hen or the others?

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Yes - I have set each one on the roosting bar and they jumped off. I am fine with them not using the bar as long as they don't use the nest boxes to sleep in once they are installed.

My 8-week old pullets would rather huddle together and sleep in a corner of the coop rather than use the roosting bar. I made the roosting bar from a 2 x 4" and it has been installed at a modest height above the coop floor. The entire coop is approximately 30" off the ground for ease of...