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I am a new chiken mom. What is peritonitis?

Hi Everyone, I am not sure what is happening, but my hen has lost feathers on her bottom and underneath, and the skin is bright pink and looks oozy. I chased her around to get this picture. How do I cure this? We did have a snake break in and now the chickens do not want to use their roosting...

Perfect! Yes, the heat lamp was on a thermostat which we lowered each week. Now they are in a giant dog kennel doing the look, don’t touch with my 2 year old hens. I need to get some fencing to give them a safe patch of the run.

They are outside in a big get space. I just wanted to be certain they were old enough. Thanks for the confirmation!

How old are my chicks? And when can I stop using a heat lamp? I think they are 5 weeks old. The temps at night are in the 60s and the days are upper 70s, low 80s.

Thank you! I have a flock of 2 year old hens and some brand new babies I purchased at Tractor Supply. This was very helpful.

I adore pineapple on pizza! I have 3 baby pineapple plants that I overwinter in the greenhouse. I am hoping they will grow pineapples for me.

Thank you. Dizzy Lizzy was a sweetie. I agree. I think it was the heat. To be safe, I deep cleaned the coop, the nesting boxes and raked the run. My remaining six look happy and healthy.

HI, My hens have been doing well, running around, playing, eating, laying. Tonight, I came home and one of my barred rock females was dead in the nesting box. She was fine this morning. Does anyone have any ideas what could have happened? This was not the hottest day. We have had hot days here...

I bought one today, cut it up not quarters and put it in the run. They are loving it!

Do they eat the leaves or the pumpkins themselves?

Thank you! I will do that! I love my girls and tucking them in for the evening.

My 7 chickens are in a 10’x20’ run to protect them from predators. In the evening, they all trot into my coop. The past few days, I have worked past dark and I do not want to disturb them in their coop and scare them. I check to make sure they are not outside in the run.

I am not positive if she was in there overnight. She did come out to greet me this morning.

I will take her out and see if she becomes a "fluffy pancake." Lol

Will do. I will look for ideas.

I do not have a rooster, so, while I have the room, I do not have "the dude."

I have 7 hens. Two have begun laying, and one of those 2 is a broody hen. She is sitting on the ceramic eggs I placed in egg boxes. Should I remove ceramic eggs if I have a broody hen? Not all of my hens are laying yet. Will she get up to eat? I have never had chickens before.

I am waiting for mine to start laying any minute!