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Hi. What kind of special attention is needed after? We are about to cage our broody hen today, she is looking really thin. Unfortunately we are going out of town on Sunday morning for a week and I’m concerned about her….

Ah gotcha. We don’t have a rooster…. Thanks for your help😊

Hi. Thank you for the feedback. She’s the only one with the problem. She’s been having soft shell issues for a long time before she stopped laying. She is the only one left from my first flock and we love her dearly. I don’t need her to lay, I just want to make sure she’s ok. It was a bit...

Hi. I have a 3.5 year old hen that just layed a shell-less egg in front of me. She had been having shell problems last year, laying soft shells. We tried the daily calcium pills and it didn’t improve anything. Then she molted in the fall and to my knowledge never layed again. She’s been broody...

Hi! I’ve been quiet for a while since I lost 4/5 of my hens. I was super attached to them and it’s been really hard. They have died from heat exposure, illness and by being victims of a bobcat. We have learned so many lessons through this loss and we can better now. We got more hens a month ago...

Hi. We recently bought two older hens from a neighbor to keep our lone hen company after her sisters were killed by a bobcat. We treated them for mites and I believe she’s 3-4 years old. She started vomiting liquid and has been gagging. Her crop is large and doughy and she is pooping. I’m...

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Thank you so much! One last question, how do I delete a post? You answered all my questions but I had also created a post….

Thank you. What does treating the coop entail? Do I put the poultry dust in the new bedding? Or does it mean treating with Elector PSP?

Hi. What are the instructions for poultry dusting? I scrolled through many post and I couldn’t find any info before posting this. We have a hen with mites so I dusted all 3 birds with poultry dust. I know it’s not a one time deal but I can’t remember the details. When do I repeat the dusting...

Hi. I applied poultry dust to all my hens yesterday to treat them for mites. When do I need to reapply? I don’t think it’s only a one time dosage, right?

This one is tough. The only way we could do this is to keep the new birds in a dog cage inside the run/coop. We don’t have a set up to be able to separate them. The cage is too small and it just seems cruel to put them in such a small space.

Thanks. Is the quarantine only to prevent disease? I’m worried about them hurting each other….

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Hi. We lost two chickens to a bobcat today. We are heartbroken for so many reasons. We now have only one line chicken left. I’m thinking of getting a couple of hens from my neighbors flock so she’s not alone. We got our birds from her a couple of years ago. Would I still need to quarantine the...

Thanks! It’s mid 60’s, not windy and the coop does have some natural coming in. We realized that there was a main coon cat prowling around today. Maybe they got scared🤷🏽‍♀️ They’ve been doing this a lot lately so I figured I would ask.

Hi. My hens have been roosting really early lately. Is that normal? At first it was around 4pm and today they were roosting by 2pm. Everything seems normal with them besides a couple of them molting…. Thank you

RIP Waffles. She had a good life and is no longer suffering. I am heartbroken but that just comes with the territory of loving animals🥹 Thank you all who helped me through this. I wil be forever grateful🙏🏼

Thank you. We live in the mountains and supply options are limited. I will see if any vets have the feeding kits. I’m so sorry about your hen😞 I didn’t know hens can live that long!

Good morning. Waffles hasn’t eaten for a couple of days. I haven’t seen her drink any water. She just lays there but will get up if we move her (like when we clean out her cage) but will lay down right away. I’m just so distraught and emotional. I feel like we are just watching her starve to...