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Basically, I clean mine like my house: when company’s coming, or if I just can’t stand the mess anymore. Over Tgiving weekend a few years back, my kids and I threw it all together. It’s nice, really nice. Anyway the coop is elevated w a never-used bath area directly below. For the bottom of the...

I agree with article; w/o milked cooked w the oatmeal, my girls have little interest in eating it either. Oatmeal, like cracked corn, are poor sources of protein and should be offered in limited doses.

Well that’s not gonna happen. They love their rolled oats cooked in milk and it has completely taken care of my weak-egg shell problem. My girls free-range all day so they’re not too plump; indeed they look fabulous. And everyone knows, it’s better to look fabulous than feel fabulous. Add to...

layer pellets from The Grange, a few handfuls of cracked corn when it's cold, plus rolled oats cooked in milk each night before bed. I'll retrieve the Molasses water. Grrr..

Thanks everyone for the personal touch and attention, really appreciate it

OH! now I see your missive. Yes, I'll 86 the Epsom water

I haven't checked her crop; I'll do that in the morning. The yellow discharge stopped. Her vent looks pretty good tonight. They all just went to bed, except for the jail bird. A missive came in on my email, which I do not see here yet, that directed me to abort the Epsom salt water. I do have...

Report from solitary: hen ate some plain Greek yogurt and has a quart of water w 1T molasses

Ok she’s in jail. Took some water & epsom salt

Roger that

Too late on the dead hen. The one that died was 18 months. The sick one is either 18 months or she could also be one of the remaining two of my original flock that I got in August 2016, so 3 1/2 yrs. Don’t know if she laid yesterday; she didn’t today. I’ll head out and give her water from a...

Thank you. She self isolated during the day.

Eleven hens now. She isn’t eating; both are around 18 months.

I have (had) 12 chickens of various ages, all extremely healthy with beautiful feathers. NIna (pictured below) had a yucky vent when I did a check on Fluff-butt Wednesday, 11 days ago, and her tail was drooping as well. She had been heading into the pen roosting early, apart from the other girls...