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  1. SomeChookLover

    How to stop two hens eating feathers

    Hi, thanks for your reply. I couldn’t find that exact feed as I’m in Australia rather than North America, but I did find a feed with dried mealworms, black soldier fly larva and a few other bugs when I went to a pet store in the nearest city (locally sourced too!) The chickens are already free...
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    How to stop two hens eating feathers

    Hi sorry for taking so long to respond, the notifications didn’t come through for some reason. I’ve ordered some pin less peepers and a higher protein feed (20%) and they should be here in a week or two. I could never find consistent figures on how much protein chickens need so that’s really...
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    How to stop two hens eating feathers

    Hi everyone, I’m having a bit of trouble with two of my hens, Albatross and Molly. Both are pecking and eating feathers, and I want to stop them before it escalates further. They’re both around four years old, still very healthy and laying. The pellets I give them are 15% protein, which they...
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    2.5 yr old hen won't walk, looks completely healthy otherwise

    That is amazing to hear! She’s so lucky to have such a dedicated owner. I have since learnt that chickens can have strokes which can lead to paralysis, as it happened to one of my hens. Unfortunately I believe she had another stroke. It makes me very happy that your hen could pull through. I...
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    Tips to prevent boredom and bullying?

    Thank you for your response. I’ve already got plenty of water around and can add two more feeders. There’s already a few barriers as the shed is broken into two rooms. There’s also a place under some of the nesting boxes and behind the food storage. I don’t know how much more I’ll be able to...
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    Tips to prevent boredom and bullying?

    Thank you for your reply! I’ve tried to figure out the area of the shed but I think my maths is a bit wrong since I got 258 square feet which doesn’t seem right. I’m not really familiar with feet though so I don’t know. The shed they are in was initially made for calfs so it is decently...
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    Tips to prevent boredom and bullying?

    Hi everyone, There is currently bird flu in my state, and recently it’s gotten too close for comfort. My chickens are normally free range, but they will be locked up until it’s safe to go out. The problem is I have 14 chickens, including 3 roosters. The spacing is not ideal. They will not have...
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    Mostly unresponsive hen, possible heat stress or dehydration

    She’s probably from 2-4 years old now, I’m not sure as I didn’t raise her. A family member hatched her during Covid and ended up being unable to take care of her once most of the lockdowns were over. We do have a hen over 5 years old who seemed to cope fine. I know hens body temperature raise a...
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    Mostly unresponsive hen, possible heat stress or dehydration

    Thank you for your reply. I’ll definitely be doing that for my other chickens from now on. I’ve put some sugar in the water at a safe proportion (unfortunately I don’t have electrolytes.) I might try and feed her some wet chicken food since that worked for an old hen I had who was blind. And yes...
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    Mostly unresponsive hen, possible heat stress or dehydration

    Hi everyone, A little earlier today when I was checking all the animals I noticed one of my hens acting odd. She was just standing in place with her eyes closed. Even when I approached her, she didn’t respond to my voice, the other chickens or the twigs snapping. She only very briefly open...
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    2.5 yr old hen won't walk, looks completely healthy otherwise

    You said she had been picked on by the other chickens. Is it possible she could have a head and/or brain injury? A vaulted skull wouldn’t be common in Rhode Island’s but one of my hens got a brain injury after being pecked by another chicken. She seemed decently normal and I probably wouldn’t...
  12. SomeChookLover

    Egg with a cracked shell

    Oh that’s really interesting! It definitely hasn’t been freezing recently but I am planning to move to Tassie so that’s good to know! Thanks for your help!
  13. SomeChookLover

    Egg with a cracked shell

    That makes sense, she was in the nesting box this morning so I’ll be able to check if it happens again. I usually weigh them a few times a year but mostly go by the keel bone. None of them are significantly underweight, they weigh similar to when they’re molting. I live in Southern Australia and...
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    Egg with a cracked shell

    Hey everyone. I was collecting the eggs today when I found one of them had a cracked shell. Now this wouldn’t be out of the ordinary, but it looks like it came out broken, rather than broke for whatever reason. It also has this strange white powder looking effect. My chickens should have all the...
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    Peacock harassing chickens

    Thanks for the replies! My chooks are free range but I do have a run I could keep him in, the only problem is he can jump out of it. That being said we already had plans to cover it, since a quite brutal strain of bird flu is expected to make it to my country soon. He’ll just have to wait a bit...
  16. SomeChookLover

    Peacock harassing chickens

    Sorry for what I said about killing him. I was quite stressed at the time I wrote this as I thought he seriously injured one of my hens who is dealing with coccidiosis and I wasn’t really thinking rationally. Thinking about it now that I’m calmer I don’t think I’d be able to kill him. I would...
  17. SomeChookLover

    Peacock harassing chickens

    Hi everyone, I’ve been having some issues with my peacock. He’s almost 3 years old, I believe it’s currently breeding season, and he’s almost constantly chasing my chickens around. He’ll generally pick a target, and chase them around until he gets bored. With one hen in particular, he followed...
  18. SomeChookLover

    Blood in poop, possible coccidiosis

    Thanks, I’ll do that.
  19. SomeChookLover

    Blood in poop, possible coccidiosis

    She’s about 4 years old, I don’t think she’s layed an egg for a good while and we did worm them pretty recently. I couldn’t see any damage on her vent. I’ve got a photo here, she’s also paler than when I last checked on her
  20. SomeChookLover

    Blood in poop, possible coccidiosis

    Cocciprol and the dose was 5 grams per 4 litres and then lowered to 3 grams per 4 litres
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