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She is a Speckled Sussex, 8 months old, healthy and clucking around but has this dirty butt. I think she is laying (I have seven hens and often get 6 eggs) but its hard to know as she lives with six others and for whatever reason and despite having several laying boxes they all lay in one nest...

Things are going well around here. Our chicken yard grows and shrinks with the needs of the ladies, but mostly due to the need for some weeding partners! I sure love reading what folx post but don't have the time I'd like to spend just reading posts. Have a good day!

The article is informative and I believe from my experience of keeping backyard flocks for 30 years pretty accurate. I will say that folx should be aware that when they keep the incredibly high layers they are doing so at a cost. Those who produce 280 and more deplete their bodies quickly and...

Yup, sometimes it looks as if you've had a fox in the hen house when they molt like that. Fortunately she is growing back feathers already. Adding high protein foods to their diets this time of year is a thing I always do...summer they find their own extra protein as needed but in the winter...

thank you, I will look into this. is there a cure for water belly, it’s such an apt description.also is it contagious?

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How can I repost my post onto a new thread? I am new at this despite lurking for a long time? everyone else in the coop is healthy, her body composition is great ( she did begin laying this year already), but no worming…never have, very small flock of 5 to 7 at any given time. thanks for your...

I have a six year old Americauna and yesterday I noticed her with tail down, interested but not really eating (crop all but empty later in the day). On inspection the area around her cloaca is swollen and feels full of liquid. There could be an egg in there so treated her as if she was egg...