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I have a baby about a week old with her momma. She had been getting severely picked in by the other hens ( as in drug around by the neck at breakfast) and accidentally got stepped on by the dog yesterday. Poor thing is in rough shape but momma is keeping her in fairly good spirits. She doesnt...

I've just begun ranging my baby flock on about 8 week old (clearly tom) Turkey poult and some pullets with my older chicken flock. Just came across him violently trying to mount one of the hens yesterday, which I can see can be a big problem. Hes barely a teenager and bigger than they are. He...

Thanks, I have the corid out and gave him a dose. He does have a lice infestation so I dusted him.

A few things have been happening in my flock lately and I'm trying to sort out exactly what is going on, so this may be a bit long... first off, we have seen egg production drop dramatically in the last few weeks. We had our typically freeranging flock locked up in the run for about a week due...

I just had two clutches of precious chicks hatch. One is from a splash maran momma and the other is buff orpington. The daddy is a black (copper? ) maran. I'm not entirely sure that all the eggs hatched were from these two hens either, so trying to see what I've got. And at this point they are...

My dog thought playing with my sweet little hen was a good idea till he got his butt beat. She got a bit of a slice between her leg and breast. Only the skin. I taped her up best I could and put antibiotic ointment on it. Should I give her some oral antibiotics ? Anything.g else?

Well that's the plan . The new coop should be done in a few days. I'm just concerned that their feathers won't get clean

My youngsters have had a muddy time of it in the little space I made them in the coop. They are so filthy and its been raining all week. Dry today but they don't seem to be getting any cleaner. Should I give them a bath? How does one give a chicken a bath???

hm. well, chick is still kicking. I think whats going on is that hes simply a bird bred for meat, and im not used to that lol. guess hes just fat n tasty...:)

One of my tractor supply chicks has a puffy belly from crop to vent. Hes about 4 days old. Doesnt seem to be acting weird. His belly also seems a little rubbed raw....? What on earth? I gave them chick grit. But the feed is not medicated. I have to get that tomorrow.

I came home tonight and my little babies I got yesterday were panting. Its pretty hot in there so I moved around the heat lamp so there were cooler spots but I'm worried there still won't be enough room for them to really chill out. How bad are hot chicks? Will they work it out ? Will they b OK...

The dog is a mutt. And now hes staying on a leash. I think. Anyway somehow losing one chicken meant I needed 8 more chicks..... so now its my cat i have to watch lol. Had her head in the box within 5 minutes and is now stalking the door to the room they are in..... oh, the life of a...

I'm going to b getting a shock collar for my dog, though he hasn't tried eating any chickens. So I will probably lend it to her..... or just take the training into my own hands ...mooohaahaa. but yea. She feels bad. But she also thought maybe we should eat the chicken....hmm.

My roommates stupid dog just killed my favorite new little pullet. She was a blue maran and I was so excited. My roommate just is not training her dogs and I asked her to feed the chickens and she must have let him get in. I bet this is not going over well with my already anxious rooster. I...