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    My Chicken is puffed up, lethargic, and standing still. HELP

    Mrs.B I have read and reread your post. I adopted 2 chickens. 1 has already passed. The other was doing great. Laying regularly and has integrated into my little flock pretty well. Yesterday she puffed up and started isolating. This morning she is not moving. I have felt her little...
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    I'm baffled

    I had 5 chickens. Averaged 4 eggs a day. In july my head chicken Bubbles died. Only 1 1/2 years old ( all my chickens are same age). Since then only one chicken is laying? No change in feed, checked for mites..they all went through a ruff molt. We are 4 months after bubbles death and I don't...
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    I am a relatively new chicken mom. 1 1/2 yrs. Not sure what is going on with my buff orpington

    I want to thank you for your guidance. I will check all that you have suggested. We have twin granddaughters and this is what they wanted for Christmas last year. They raised these girls from hatchlings. We have a great fenced area 80ft x 25ft along with a coop for their safety and comfort...
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    I am a relatively new chicken mom. 1 1/2 yrs. Not sure what is going on with my buff orpington

    I feel silly asking. How do you check? I apologize and thank you for your help. As a child we had chickens. Just regular old white chickens that were a farm staple. As I said above, I'm relatively new to backyard chicken raising in adult life and I had no idea that chickens had so many issues 😁
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    I am a relatively new chicken mom. 1 1/2 yrs. Not sure what is going on with my buff orpington

    I feed scratch and peck farms organic 18% protein And.. this feed pictured below.
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    I am a relatively new chicken mom. 1 1/2 yrs. Not sure what is going on with my buff orpington

    Hello everyone! Her name is Mini. She was my beautiful buff baby. Age: 1 1/2 yrs. Behavior change as follows: will not leave coop. I physically pick her up and put her @ water or feeder 3 times daily. This has been going on for 3 weeks. I thought she had gone "broody" but now her feather...
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    They've become carnivorous LOL

    Ok..on scratch & peck. I had not heard that before. And yes, we mix our feeds. We always have and have always had consistent egg laying behavior. The "egg eating" is a new behavior.
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    They've become carnivorous LOL

    5 chickens..free range in 100'x25' fenced area. Cooped @ night. It's just new behavior? We do have a game camera also.
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    They've become carnivorous LOL

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    They've become carnivorous LOL

    We feed really good feed. 5 chickens. They free range in fenced 100'x 25' area daily. Cooped @ night.
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    They've become carnivorous LOL

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    They've become carnivorous LOL

    In the last 4 days we were suddenly down to 1 egg a day (from 5). This morning when hubby went out for morning release he caught the little buggers eating eggs. It's our 1st experience with this behavior. Any thoughts? ps..yes they get oyster shell supplements
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    No eggs since molt

    Thanks! We are new to this adventure. Our barred rock and orpington are laying daily. They are all the same age and molted at the same time...
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    No eggs since molt

    My Easter egger&Ameraucuna haven't laid a egg since molting? It's been approximately 10 weeks.The Ameraucuna had a really hard 1st molt. Any suggestions or advice?
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    Molting issue?

    Well, they are right at 1yr. Feather loss is ginormous quantity
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    Molting issue?

    Hello everyone! 1st year as a chicken grandma. We have a beautiful mix 5 in total of nice little ladies. Began 1st molt approximately 4 weeks ago. Egg production down ( I understand) . But my little Americuna seems to be having a really difficult time. Has not left coop for 2 days. Hubby went...
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