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Background: this hen is 18 months old, went throughher first molt this fall. Back feathers are looking nice but her butt has been bare for 2 months. Previously, I would soak poop off her but feathers cuz it didn’t clear her bottom and end up a nasty mess. About 3 months ago, i trimmed her butt...

Yes, I have golf balls in all 3 nesting boxes.

If a new-to-laying hen is laying in places other than a nesting box (resulting in broken eggs), will she figure it out eventually? Also, I have noticed that when one of my novice egg layers comes into laying, one of the 'experienced' hens guide her into the nesting box the first couple of times...

Three nights ago, I found one of our creme legbars limp and sprawled out on the tray below the roosting bars. I left her overnight to determine if she would resolve on her own overnight. When I went to her in the morning, she was in the same spot. I noticed a place on each foot where there was a...

Hi Hi: The name I have adopted for my BYC posts is CooCooCoo because that is what I say when calling my girls or whenever I want to get their attention. This is my first adventure in raising chickens, and before I encountered my first road bump at 20 weeks, 5 days, I would say that raising...