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I noticed that two of my hens' legs and feet look red and after looking closer, it looks like some of the scales are raised on their legs. Is this scaly leg mites and would that explain the redness? My other hen looks like her scales are slightly raised, but her legs are not red. The two with...

I am new to raising chickens, so I may be worrying too much, but I have a young hen that has not laid an egg in 4 days. She is a Buff Orpington and is about 8 months old. She started laying in July and has been a very regular layer. She spends a lot of time in the nesting box, so I thought...

Hi everyone! This is my first post here as I am new to raising chickens. I have 4 hens, 2 buff orpington and 2 barred rocks that are about 15 weeks old. Over the last several weeks I have noticed that there are a lot of feathers in the yard and in the coop. Is this normal? I saw one of the...