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Wow, thank you for the link! That's very interesting information.... Looks like I'll have to check the girls for lice. If not, I'm probably going to chalk it up to the dominant hen. She was one of two chickens who started our flock. After they turned a month old, we added 4 more. Everyone has...

Well, she's only 7 months old... I thought molting didn't normally occur until they're a bit older.

I'm so sorry for your loss. My dog attacked and killed 4 of my pullets when we were first starting our flock. I was mad at her for a couple of weeks, even though I know dogs never TRY to be mean... It's just something they do. Good luck in the future.

My black australorp, Helen, very curiously has a bald butt. It's been like this for a week. My thinking is that the hens are getting bored and testy with each other, as we've had them penned up more often than normal for the past couple of weeks - it's been too cold and rainy. But this is such...

I have a Rhode Island red, a salmon faverolle, black australorp, amber sexlink, and a buff orpington.

My name is Minnie and I've had 5 hens since the summer of 2016. They've been quite forgiving of some of my mistakes as I learn how to best take care of them... that said, I'm surprised it's January and I still get at least 3 eggs (if not 5) every day. They are total sweethearts (: