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Hello, We have a hen who went broody about a month ago. At first we let it go, expecting her to forget the idea. We have no rooster, anyway. Finally, after about 10 days, we decided she was serious, so we got 8 eggs from a friend who has roosters in with his flock. Glossie broke one, and...

Has anyone had reasonably-correlated success in repelling predators with blinking lights (Nite Guard and similar products)? Many reviews of such products are along the lines of "We use these and we've never lost a chicken!" That, to me, is little proof of their effectiveness. Too many...

Hi, One of our hens (a black Maran) has been broody for about five days. It might be an opportunity to get some chicks and let her raise them. (We only have five hens, but two are about past laying, so we will need a few more.) Have members had a hen accept chicks? It would be fun to start...

Hi, One of our hens began acting strangely several weeks ago. Sometimes wandering off alone, not coming when called (they are free range), seeming spaced out. It didn't look as though she was hurting, and I put it down to age (they are four years old). The others are fine. Because the...

This black sexlink, about 3 years old, in a few days lost most of her feathers. She looks plucked over most of her body. I don't think this could be moulting. I am concerned that she is sick or dying. She still eats, but she sort of moves in slow motion, as if disoriented. Sometimes she...

Hi members, we have a red sexlink who's having problems. I suspect she's egg-bound, but am not sure. We have not seen this before. Our chickens are about two years old, free-range. Yesterday morning this hen was in fine fettle, but late in the day I found her semi-crouched in the grass with...

Hello, We have five hens, hatched this past spring--two cinnamon queens, two black sex links, and one Brahma. All seem quite healthy, and everybody's laying (except for the gentle Brahma--a late bloomer, apparently). My concern is about one of the sex-links. She had been going around...