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I feel for you! Has it resolved? I have one broody hen for over a month now. No matter what I do all she wants is to lay in the egg box and prevent others from laying. Then, if they do, she sits on their eggs! She won’t lay, isn’t egg bound, rarely eats, and is driving everyone crazy! She was...

Has anyone seen anything like this?? It happened literally overnight. It’s not mud. Is it developing gout??

I’m having a similar problem suddenly with one hen pecking on the tail end of another who was the leader. No more. I have tried spraying the picked on hen’s hind end with tea tree spray but as soon as she grows some down, she’s bare again. I’m separating the bully for a few days to see if that...

Thanh you for your insight.

Great.

They have toys, roosts, ladders and spend time free-ranging a few days a week.

I was watching them eating their fermented mash and at the hanging cabbage and they were getting along fine, as usual.

She’s pecking at them. I’m finding feather pieces. Watched her at the dust bath and it’s pecking at their lower backs. They’re not bare. Their down is showing.

I get that. Just frustrated because suddenly CG#1 is pecking the back feathers off #2 and #3 but leaving the other chickens alone. They’re down to their down! Not sure if I should try to make some tea tree spray since the Pick No More is a cream.

Welcome!

They don’t act like Wyandottes. one is an attack hen.

I have a Cuckoo Marans and she has beige with grey legs.

Have you looked into Chickenlandia’s suggestions? Dalia says to use the REST method. Remove her and bring her inside. Feed raw egg yolk via a syringe, and she suggests different natural remedies for different issues. Well worth your time.