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We recently added 4 adult chickens to our existing flock of 5- we had them in a fenced off part of the yard for 3 weeks, and have let them mingle in the 1/4 acre yard the last week. The two flocks are mostly just ignoring one another, but one of the new hens (a blue laced Wyandotte) has...
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I have a hen with what I believe is stridor based on some research. She has had it going on two days now. Yesterday and today I have given her olive oil soaked bread bits, but it hasn’t helped.
She is acting normal otherwise and does not have any other symptoms like a runny nose.
I...
I know there are countless threads in bullying, but I haven’t been able to find a similar issue yet. I apologize in advance for the long post, I feel the backstory information may be important!
We have a flock of 7 chickens that have a large enough coop and run, and they free range during the...
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One of our sweet chickens was attacked by a fox in November and survived, but most of her feathers were pulled out on her backside. This trauma sent her into a heavy molt and it has taken months for her to refeather. Unfortunately, in addition to this, the flock of 6 has been bullying...