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I'm new to the site and new to chicken raising. I've had three full-grown hens since August, Chili, Basil and Rosemary. They've all been laying an egg a day, until the recent cold snap when they've all gone down to about every other day. Yesterday, Basil, my beta chicken, was acting squirrely. I...

My Rhode Island Red Chicken is walking very slowly. I let the Hens out of the coop and the others jump out for the food when she stood on the ramp to get out. She made a very quite high pitch noise while on the ramp. I picked her up and put her on the ground and then she walked a little bit but...

I'm fairly new to raising hens, I currently have 5 in my yard. One of my hens (1 year old cream legbar) has been sitting around sleeping with her head tucked in to her body for quite a while. Several days ago I picked her up an inspected her an noticed she had lice, so I dusted her with DE. The...