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Maybe a light in the coop would draw them in when it's dark outside. When my chickens first moved into their coop/run, I put a light in the coop for the first fall/winter and left it on till after they had roosted - somtimes this didn't happen until 10pm (we referred to them as the late night...

How scary! Thank goodness you saw it before it turned into a full-on fire!!! I would think your chickens could recover from this quickly. Can you put a fan up to a window/door blowing OUT- to suck the smoke out? Good luck and let us know about your chix!

I wonder if she could have inhaled a small bit of something that's obstucting her breathing? My white leghorn had something similar going on until she coughed up a piece of grain - she had been scarfing it down pretty greedily when this happened. Good luck!

Don't worry - chickens take a break from laying when there are fewer daylight hours, and also when they are molting. My Ameraucana started molting in August and after 5 months I had just about given up hope on any more eggs from her, but last Sunday she surprised me with a beautiful green egg! I...

I had rabies shots 4 yrs ago - they were not painful (I'm kind of a baby about needles, too). If you can get non- emergency room treatment that will make the bill less painful - ask your dr./ hospital if this is possible - the emergency room charges more per visit than say, outpatient services...

Hi, catbox. How's your chicken doing? What did the vet say? My little white leghorn is also experiencing a loss of balance - which began during her first adult molt. I have noticed this chicken more than the others uses her tail like a rudder - she turns left, her tail also goes to the left...

Happy chickens come from California! Thanks everyone who voted Yes on 2!

This looks like when my chicken got bumblefoot - I noticed the swelling between her toes. She had only a tiny black spot on the bottom of her foot at first, but it kept getting bigger. I treated with antibiotics from First State Vet Supply (you can do a search on this site or google it ) they...

I have read that feeding them plain yogurt will help. I mix it with oats and sometimes a pinch of avia charge. Good luck!

Hi, beakkeeper. I'm no expert but will give it a go and answer from personal experience: 1. Once a year 2. August-Sept 3. Oh, my goodness, my Ameraucana is just going through her first real molt - it's like a feather duster exploded! I picked up over 100 of her (clean) feathers yesterday! If...

Hi, tiki244. When my chunky chicken got bumblefoot I used Cephalexin that I got from 1st State Vet Supply - it worked great! If you google Feather Fanciers website and go to the forums there, there is an information page specifically on bumblefoot - there are other antibiotics recommended that...

Hi, Alaskan. A year ago my chickens were about the same age of yours - well, they were 11 weeks - and went through what I understood to be a juvenile molt - all their long tail feathers and some long wing feathers fell off and new ones grew. They also lost significant amounts of fluffy...

Oooh, Terrielacy, I didn't know you make the aprons - very nice! I love the flannel-back one I got - it's so cute! and I found that the nice, soft flannel comes in very handy for cleaning my glasses (should something splash) and wiping away "onion tears".

I am sorry to hear of Goldie's passing - as Ruth said, she was an inspiration to chicken lovers everywhere. She was greatly blessed with a long happy life and a loving mum. Hope you're feeling better.

Mine love a wet dirt wallow! Just pour water into their regular dust-bathing craters.