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They smell just like they taste...DELICIOUS!!

She's still here this morn.

After i posted and searched threads to look for advice i went back out to give her a bath. she was in a nest box and there was one bloody egg on the floor her prolapse was much smaller but very bloody. she must have passed both eggs as i couldn't feel either. she's isolated comfy and warm but i...

BO was o.k. last night. this morning she was prolapsed with two eggs bound in the prolapse. Our hens are just starting to lay. She may have been egg bound yesterday. then the bound egg caused a prolapse over night? and this mornings egg came in behind? After cleaning the protrusion and trying to...

one of my BO hens is egg bound. she has two eggs that are bound and are protruding out of her vent. the first one seems to be stuck to the membrane. there are also some tears in t protruding membrane. i can't seem to free the first egg. ican push the second egg back in but the first egg wont...

hey, FNG here. from the Boat. I live in the country but steamboat and oak creek recently passed backyard chicken laws allowing 6 hens. steamboat is very agriculturally minded and the transition movement is pretty big here. All it took was a few people to show up to council meetings an press the...

Thanks for the warm welcome all. RIR update: she passed away yesterday. R.I.P. RIR #7

:(She past on to the grain field in the sky yesterday:(

I'm thinking injury but why can't she stand up if her wing is hurt?

Howdy, I am a market gardener from steamboat spring, Colorado. I grow veggies for market and storage at 7000 ft. elevation. I have a flock of laying hens (4 ameraucanas, 7 RIRs, 7 BOs, 7 BRs) and one ornery rooster. One superdog, and one kitty. It's winter here for 7months, spring for 1...

It is normal to have a chick or two die in the first couple of weeks more than 20% should be cause for concern. runts are especially susceptible to cocci as they're weaker. Add a teaspoon of apple cider vinegar to their water to help fend off cocci.

several days ago one of my 15 mo. old RIR hens just started making a huge ruckus all of the sudden. As i was near by i ran over to see what was up. she came running out of the coop all wobbly, flopped over kicking and screaming, and then couldn't get up. I looked her over pretty good and...