isolates herself

Hello all, First time poster, long time lurker. Unfortunately for my first post here is a pressing health question. I'll list the general symptoms on top with her other bio/common chicken stats stuff List of symptoms Opens mouth occasionally Not as social - moves away from flock Has begun...

I am at a complete loss as to what is going on and I’ve been researching but I don’t know what’s going on. I have one hen who seems to be isolating herself from the rest of the flock. I noticed her standing by herself yesterday and went to close their door at 11pm with negative winter...

I bought three chicks a little over three weeks ago. They've been great together until my Welsummer got splayed foot after slipping in a card board box because I didn't put any wood shavings for traction (rookie mistake). After much reading, I made several hobbles for her (I think the rubber...

I have a 3 year old hen whose feathers are thinning out. It's like she has a receding hairline, tail feathers aren't growing back since winter and feathers on her bottom have become very thin. She also has developed unusually long toe nails as well. Also, she sleeps away from the other 5 hens...

Hi there .. I’m new to chicks and came home from the county fair to find one of my 16 week old production red pullets isolating in the coop and lethargic. I took her out and placed her in the yard with the other cockerels and pullets and she played for a while and then isolated again. It was...

So, I have 4 chickens about 2 years old: 2 Americaunas, an Australorp, and a Buff Orpington. The Australorp has been broody for close to 3 weeks now, and I have been unable to break her of the habit. I've locked her out of the nesting boxes, and I set up a new nesting box for the other chickens...

Hi there! I have had my 6 hens for almost 3 months and they had all been getting along well. I put in a heat lamp a week ago as it's getting cold and their water was freezing. I noticed some blood in the coop the next day and one girl had some blood on her comb. I figured they had just pecked...

I've noticed the last couple of days she hasn't wanted to leave the coup and has only laid 1 egg a week for 2 weeks now. She is a year old and has 4 other chickens of different varieties in with her. When I let them out today, she did not come out so I went to the coup and saw her drinking. I...