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They get some meal worms as a little treat each day, as well as a generic layer feed, but mostly they jut free range all day, eating grass, bugs, worms, and whatever else they find! For checking for mites I just lightly lift the feathers?

Okay, wow, thanks for all the help! I was also suspecting she might be going broody again. Before we broke her by it by using a wire cage inside the coop to keep her away from her nesting box. It was tough work, she’s very persistent. I will definitely separate her again, especially if she...

She seems to have been eating and drinking okay, yet is still skinny. She has always been thinner then my other hens, I think it’s just body type. Tomorrow I will check her over for mites. All of my hens have been molting recently, as they normally do at this time of year, so she seems normal...

Just this one, that’s why I’m so concerned.

Please help me try to figure this all out! I have a 1 1/2 year old Whiting True Blue hen, who has been a little odd from the start. First off, she climbs completely vertical fences with no problem, and I even caught her attempting to walk upside down on the chicken run wire top once! I kid you...