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I clean mine quarterly or sooner if it is especially messy (typically in the winter months). I voted "whenever it needs it" since quarterly wasn't an option.

Oh. she is definitely quirky, and I wouldn't have it any other way. I'm not worried per say....more just curious if anyone has witnessed something similar.

She has a nesting box, but she chooses to do this in this location.

<< video linked below >> This is my sweet blue copper maran, Pippin. She's been laying since September 2023. A very odd layer, she laid every single day for the first month and then took three months off. She's now back to a fairly consistent every other day, but she's started a new pre-laying...

I already separated her and gave her a month in a separate pen. It didn't do anything. And they weren't picking out her pin feathers because she was already separated.

One of my silver laced wyandottes started to molt and then quit midway though. She's often seen on her own so I think she is bullied. I separated her to give her time to grow her feathers in peace, but after a month of isolation she only managed to regrow the ones picked out on her back from...

I noticed about two weeks ago that my 16 week old pullet had an enlarged crop. No worries, didn't think much of it. I only noticed because she started to make a gesture like she was gagging (I know chickens can't gag, but that was what it looked like). Went on a vacation and came back, and it...

I check them often for mites and other pests but haven't noticed anything. They also are avid dust bathers! Even when free ranging, they stay pretty close to each other. They eat well and seem content with their food. We haven't noticed any deficiencies, and have had great egg production! I...

So my hens are about 9 months old and I've always had trouble with my them pecking each other and pulling feathers out. I've tried blu-kote, Vetericyn Antimicrobial Poultry Care Spray, letting them free range more to get away from each other, and vitamin supplements in their water. Nothing seems...