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Hello, sorry, just seeing your message now. She's doing fine. I keep her separate most of the day so as to avoid some bullying, and supervise her when she's out foraging with the others. We're just about to introduce three young chicks to her, in the hope she'll adopt them. We'll keep our eyes...

Thank you so much, Shadrach! I'll read it now.

About two weeks ago one of our nine hens fell ill. She started shedding many inner soft feathers, seemed to find it difficult to walk and refused to eat or drink. We started feeding her protein powder mixed with honey, milk and vitamins though an eye dropper and after about ten days she started...

Thank you. I hadn't heard of this regarding roosters - though of course it makes sense. I have always kept chicks apart and given them their own feed. I will look for Flock Raiser at the feed store next time.

I thought I read that this was telltale sign of Marek's. May have my wires crossed.

My chickens quite suddenly all stopped laying about six weeks ago. About the same time their food consumption dropped to about a quarter or less of what it was previously. They all seem healthy, except Rooster has trouble standing up in the morning and often has to sit down during the day. One...

Hi - no it's definitely on the back only. And everything looks pink and healthy. Both hens have had this for a couple of months now. It happened quite quickly and doesn't seem to have spread to other parts of their bodies, and there is no sign on the other hens or on the rooster. I'm trying to...

Hello, Two of our eight hens seem to have lost almost all the feathers on their backs. I first thought at first that the others might be picking on them but I have never seen any aggressive behaviour - they all seem to get on just fine. The rooster mounting them usually causes a few crooked...

I'm new to this list. We live in Orlando, Florida. We have 8 hens and 2 roosters of breeds unknown to us. All are around a year old. All have been well and happy up until a few days ago when the number 1 rooster started to look as if he was having trouble staying awake, he also looks slightly...