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Hi all I just noticed my speckled sussex hen who is about 3 ½ has a huge extra toe growing out above her 4th toe in back. It is only on one leg and seems mostly hard like a nail. She has always been weird. Doesn’t seem to see bugs like her sister. Gets broody. Is very stand offish. any thoughts...

My 3 speckled sussex chickens haven’t laid an egg since mid September. They had a mild molt in September but have long since grown their feathers back. I wormed them in October. Supported them nutritionally with extra protein during the molt. I feed them Purina organic l’arena pellets. They have...

I have 4 speckled Sussex hens that are 22 weeks old. I realize that with the shorter days they may not lay soon, but I’m getting impatient. My other SS hens had laid when they were 19 weeks. How much longer do you think it will be? We are at 11 hours of sunlight now. But in Hawai‘i even in June...

I have 4 week old speckled Sussex chicks. I moved them up to the coop a couple of days ago. They sleep all piled together. I have gone out and placed them on the roost several times during the evening but they always end up in a pile. They will sit on the roost during the day. But not at night...

The girls have had mites since the end of July. I'm covered with bites that itch like crazy. And I know that chicken mites aren't supposed to bother people, but something is eating me. I've sprayed the coop and nest box out, used neem oil on everything , bathed the girls, then dusted them and...

My girls just finished their first hard molt about 6 weeks ago. How long before I can expect an egg? Their last egg was September 6th.

My girls are still getting their feathers back after molting and the shells are quite thin still. But they have also gone from a light brown color to nearly white? Why would this be? Any ideas? They have constant access to oyster shell with their grit and they are fed purina's omega 3 layer...

I am a new chicken owner. My 2 girls are speckled sussex and have been laying about a year now. I feed them omega 3 layer feed. They also have constant access to grit with oyster shell calcium which they eat. And they are out in the yard eating bugs, grass and taking dirt baths a couple of...

My 2 speckled sussex hens are about 14 months old. They have been good layers. But for about the past week, Cluck has been spending a lot of time in the nest box(2-4 hours) but not laying any eggs. My nest box is a "booda dome" litter box. On Saturday, Clack even went into the nest box when...

My girls (Speckled Sussex) turned a year old last week in the middle of a horrible rain storm. They have been laying large medium to large eggs (1.90-2.10 ounces) for many months now. They always lay in their nest box. They scream and holler and cross their legs if I forget or are late. I...

my neighbor has 2 old feral chickens. he is convinced that feeding them an energy bar everyday is what keeps them laying eggs. could that be true? i've heard about cayenne pepper, but energy bars???

My girls are 10 1/2 months old and doing fabulously. At 18 weeks I took a stool sample from each of them to the vet to check for worms ($25 each!) They were clean. My question is do I need to routinely worm them (like yearly or something?) I donʻt want to give them meds unnecessarily. The guy...

my 2 girls are 8 months old and love to sleep in the nest box...if not that then on top of each other wedged between the nest box and the door. they have never slept on the roost. tonight they actually managed to turn the nest box around by them selves (I try and turn the opening toward the...

What does Eggland's feed their chickens to be able to make the claims that they do? "25% less saturated fat, 4 times more vitamin D, 46% more lutein, 19% less cholesterol, over 3 times more omega 3" Does anyone know?

My speckled sussex hens have drastically cut their egg production in the last couple of weeks. They were born March 9. Cluck began laying July 24 and Clack on August 16. They have been producing about 6 eggs/week each (dozen per week total) very reliably. Now I am only getting 3-5 eggs total...

My speckled sussex who is about 6 months now and has been laying for 6 weeks has bruised areas around her vent? I cleaned her all up today with warm wet compresses and noticed that she has ? blood blister like appearing lesions around her vent. Any ideas.

I went out last night to turn their nest box around so they wouldn't sleep in it. When I went back in the house their were millions of mites running up my arms. I'd been itchy lately and have been waking up with bites (I have a water bed, so I doubt it is bed bugs) but now I have the eebie...

Hi, My speckled sussex are 20 weeks tomorrow. Are they a breed that usually begins to lay at 20 weeks or are they one of the 6-9 month varieties? It would be good to know how much longer I have to be patient!

My speckled sussex hens are 19.5 weeks old. The nesting box is a kitty litter dome with artificial grass and 2 plastic eggs in it. I put it in their coop a week and a half ago and theyʻve pretty much ignored it except for sleeping wedged behind it in front of the door. They have never slept...

Has anyone tried this feed? My feed store will only sell it in whole bags and with just 2 hens Iʻm reluctant to buy an entire bag. I was always told to refrigerate ground flax seed because the oil goes rancid so quickly. Has anyone had trouble with it going bad before they can use it up? I...