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They eat Nutrena soy free pellets. They also have crushed oyster available in a separate feeder. Plus dried mealworms in the winter as a treat, since there isnt much bug supply that time of year. Marge is the only one out of the four with this issue, but she is also about twice the size.

My hens just turned 2 in April. My biggest is a buff orpington (pictured). The other three are easter eggers, about quail sized. Large Marge is the buff orp, she has always been the bossy one with the most attitude. They all started to lay around fall following their first birthday. The three...

That blood glob makes me nervous, that's why I wrapped it. As soon as the other girls see it, they will start pecking at it and the whole bleeding process will start over. I used gauze and then a self sticking wrap so it stays on (I have used this before for other broken feathers and it has...

Pics...this girl has had more broken foot feathers than the other three, I dont know why but Ive always been able to use cornstarch, wrap it, and everythings fine in a couple days. Today I was gone most of the afternoon and when I got back with them, I found she had more of a hematoma than Id...

Is this a problem? She loves the grit a lot*, I thought they knew the difference between oyster shell and food but it seemed to help my smaller hens when one of them had some issues with a couple softer eggs.

I have a feather footed hen that broke another foot feather but it is bigger this time. It appears to have clotted, but its just kind of hanging there now. I wrapped it hoping it would heal but is that even possible or should I pull it?

Did your quail continue to have this issue after this post? I have a quail sized hen that has been having loose stool, laid a good egg yesterday but had some prolapse issue afterwards, not sure if this was a fluke or ongoing problem.

Update...Blanche appears to have at least too much slack in the vent area, I had a feeling it was something like prolapse. She did lay an egg today but when my daughter was holding her, I noticed the *inside out* going on. It did not appear to be out for long (was not dried out or dirty). And...

First pic is Blanche's first poo of the day coming out of her coop. She had a cecal poo that looked totally normal about a minute later, and laid a perfectly good egg in the next few hours, but lots of those wet poops still. The next is Marge's missing neck feathers (she is camera shy), then...

I will try to get a pic of the necks. I havent found many loose feathers around (as if the fell out) but I know they do eat them. I have found more broken eggs lately, so maybe it is just Blanche with some side effects of molting. Someone is breaking them when they sit on them, which doesnt...

Also, all four have missing necks feathers for several weeks. Could they be moulting and need extra protein?

They have had the routine change as far as when and where they can lay eggs. I have coop in the garage and outside, I kept them inside overnight, or if the weather was bad, and over the winter. So now that it is nice again, they go outside in their yard but it seems to coincide with Blanche's...

The flooring is weathered cement, hope the poo is discernible. It is grainy sometimes, always brown and white but lots of extra liquid. My buff orp has similar issues when she eats certain grains so I do minimize those offerings. Last summer they had almost daily access to fruit and veg scraps...

Today, my hens turn 1. They have been laying consistently since Sept. In the past week, one of the easter eggers, Blanche, has had watery stool off and on, and I discovered this morning that someone laid a very small egg. Their normal size is that of a quail (theyve always been roughly a third...